How many of y'all will be giving out candy tonight?

[blue65coupe]

I dressed up (and if you ask nicely, I might post a pic)

No thanks. As far as trick-or-treaters.............have I mentioned I LOVE not having neighbors?

 

[JeffTepper]

I just rode my bike home from work. Jeff Tepper's neighborhood was HOPPIN'! Willow St. is a main through road but still residential. 8:45 and the sidewalks were FULL of people and the headlights were non-stop through Willow Glen. I crossed Meridian Ave. to my neighborhood and it was DEAD, as usual. I think the parents in my neighborhood take their kids to the "rich" neighborhood.

Frank

Frank:

You're right about the crowds, it was virtually non-stop from about 6:30 'till we burned through about 10 pounds of Halloween candy by around 8:30! The kids were still coming @ 9:00 but by then, most of them were older and most looked like they were bused in from somewhere else!! Though I usually get doorbell duty on Halloween, my wife really got into it this year and even dressed in costume to greet the kids at the door.

 

[Horseplay]

Halloween is a big deal at our house. Our neighborhood is loaded with kids and the doorbell starts ringing at about 4 when they get home from school and keeps going right up until about 9.
This year I decided that since my youngest is almost 8, it was time we got back to the "scary" for the evening. I built a gothic looking gate and fence facade and added a few animated ghouls to the graveyard and dared the kids to come up to the door. I couldn't get any decent night shots with my camera but with all the green and blue spots I had lighting the place up it looked pretty good.

Anybody else like to decorate their house/yard for the night?

 

[RustyRed]

Wife went with the boys and several of their friends around our neighborhood to trick or treat.

I sat at home watching Halloween on TV and answering the door.

We probably had 30 kids or so come by.

 

[DEL65]

An hour later, the candy and the bowl were gone

Classic. You know the first group took all the candy for themselves and the second group stole your bowl.

 

[opentrackerSteve]

We had the record low for our house since we moved in in 1992. The house was new at that time and the neighborhood has grown up.

I ended up taking a bag of candy to work and dished it out.

Someone did take a softball sized pumpkin from the courtyard pillar before the night was out. I suspect it will be splattered somewhere....

 

[Starfury]

Classic. You know the first group took all the candy for themselves and the second group stole your bowl.

We actually found the bowl this morning off to the side of the house. Don't really understand the purpose of the relocation. If anything, I would've expected a pumpkin or two missing.