Can you believe that I went thru 24 boxes of Pringles? Got them at Costco, as well as 2 boxes of full sized candy bars. I can honestly say the kids seem to range between 4-12, everyone in full costumes. They came in groups, so I couldn’t spend much time admiring costumes. Lots of princesses and superheroes. Parents visible from street. Lovely.
Unfortunately, I still have 2 snicker bars and my fav, Reece’s peanut butter cups left, plus random M&Ms. The peanut butter cups just walked into my freezer…
Our first year of Halloween in a condo, so no trick or treating. I don’t miss, for a second, the constant ringing of the doorbell and subsequent barking of our dog (although this year he’s recovering from surgery at the animal hospital, so no barking at all). And I don’t miss having leftover candy in the house!
Still waiting for our first trick or treaters. But it’s still light outside, so it’s still early. There are a lot community events so It is hard to guess how many will come.
My wife is directing a play and they’re rehearsing tonight, so i was on candy duty.
Some parents might not have been too happy had they known I wouldn’t let a kid leave without taking at least five pieces of candy. I told them all to grab what they wanted – some took handfuls while others were more modest in their selection. I had to draw the line, though, when one kid wanted to take all the Twizzlers. haha
So much fun! Great night - not too warm, not too cold. Dry! 200 is my best guest. Didn’t run out, but didn’t have a lot left. The biggest hits were the Costco bags of Goldfish and fruit snacks.
We live in a hilly neighborhood of mostly older families and haven’t had any trick-or-treaters in the last few years. I didn’t buy candy and left the porch light off. Much to my surprise, a cute and boisterous group including parents pushing strollers came by. I peeked through an upstairs window but didn’t answer the door. And felt bad… maybe our neighborhood is changing. Next year I’ll have something to give out and leave the light on. I did look in the panty earlier in the day, but didn’t think that a half sleeve of Easter Peeps or single-serving tuna packets would go over well.
We had about 20 trick or treaters between 7 and 8:30 pm, a modest turnout compared to the 100 + we used to get. I decorate for the kids, and love to greet the young families at the door, but am not at all into this holiday as an adult and don’t dress up myself. I see lots of big and little Donald Trumps on FB, but thankfully none of them knocked at my door. That would have been really scary.
We had very few, I was prepared, but it was only a handful. I suspect where we live that unless Halloween falls on a weekend, it will be light, I suspect with both parents working it is just too difficult with the little ones (get them from daycare, then trick or treat), and at night with the homework kids have these days, just may not be time. I noticed this weekend a lot of people had parties for the kids, I suspect that is when a lot fo activity happened.
No trick or treaters made it down to our house. Yes, there are a few dark homes but our next door neighbors and the people across the street from us — we all had our lights on and jack-o-lanterns lit up. Oh well. Sad pumpkin face.
We had bought 48 full-sized candy bars and gave out 46, almost had to break into the s’mores Hershey stash. Past years have been in the 20-30 range. Our neighbor’s two year-old grandchild showed up dressed as a fairy accompanied by her 14 year-old aunt. As soon as I opened the door, she started, “Canny, canny, canny, canny …” She was still going as she was walking away. I miss the days when our kids were that adorable.
I spent the much of the night checking up on S2 as he finished his ED and EA apps.
My H is a teacher so he dressed up for school. He stayed in costume for the trick-or-treaters. One little kid walked away excited and reporting back to his mom that “There was a storm trooper in there!”.
We got none at all. t was rainy and no one else on our street, which is a dead-end, had their lights on. But at the end of our street is a school, and kids walk past our house every day, twice a day. I had hoped that some would come our way. It’s sad, I loved handing out candy. H always brings the leftovers into work, where it all magically disappears before lunchtime. He leaves it in the lunchroom. We kept out a few of the Reese’s because we all like those.
I don’t understand why, but we got 50+ kids this year. We got maybe 6 last year and even the year before when it was on a Saturday, maybe 10. I love Halloween, and ever the optimist, bought 18 big bars and then a bunch of small candy. The last kid came at 8:00 and I gave him the last handful and then turned off the lights. I didn’t recognize a lot of the kids and saw one SUV dump a load of kids off so maybe they came from other areas? If so, I don’t know why as we were one of the few houses that decorated on our street. We had thought the families w/ small kids on our cul-de-sac were closing off the street and doing a block party, but that never happened. Anyway, lots of activity and lots of fun!
We went to the local enclosed shopping mall. The place was PACKED with adults and kids all in costume. The kids were from wee infants to kiddos to teens, young adults and older adults. The costumes were mostly quite adorable–several Nemos–no Dorys. Quite a few ice queens, some Belles and one Cinderella with the blue dress that looked very similar to the one in the movie–the kid either had blond hair or a very good wig and was happily twirling her gown around and having a video shot by loved ones. There were a ton of superheroes, quite a few Star Wars folks, some zombies, several condiments (hot mustard and chirachi sauce). ONE mini-Donald trump, one monopoly guy with his cane and top hat and suit. Quite a few lovely gowns, some folks with robes (fleece blankets), quite a few Harry Potters and Hermonies, several bumble bees and fairies. All in all, it was very cute and they slowly formed a massive line and walked from merchant to merchant, “trick or treating” at each venue. They seem to have been receiving the regular mini bars and other candies from large bags at Costco or similar. The line lasted 5-7pm.
One thing the girls thought was cool this year was that a lot of houses had teal pumpkins, which are for kids with allergies, and it means they offer a non-food option. We hadn’t done it (even with a peanut allergy kid in the house) because the non-food options were either lame or expensive, but D17 came home with a lot of beads this year (think Mardi Gras), and loved it.
So, we’ll be adopting the teal pumpkin next year and doing a non-food option of lots of beads! Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Yea, you can buy beads and other inexpensive items online and give them out. If you don’t give them all out, they can be giveaways for the holidays that follow. I used to give glow sticks a lot, before they were associated with rave parties. I may buy small bubbles (like those used for wedding favors) and give them out–they were very popular when I bought them for a health fair.
