Another Halloween has come & gone. It is insanity in our neighborhood.
In just under 2 hours, we had about 150 trick-or-treaters. Of course if you do the math, that works out to about one a minute. It's great to see the neighbor kids we know, and then there are the others. The ones who are trucked out to comb our quiet suburban street. The street is lined with cars and vans. I have no problem with the kids coming. But the adults? Who are supposedly collecting for the other kid at home? Oh, and we had our first-ever pregnant woman trick-or-treating for her unborn baby last night. Yes, I'm serious.
We turned our lights off at 8pm; otherwise they'd have kept coming.
Of course we'll keep doing it since we have a little boy who's VERY into it now. Can't say that I'm so into it anymore!
What's it like in your neighborhood?
We had absolutely gorgeous weather this year... And so few trick-or-treaters. It was weird. Usually our neighborhood is packed with people because, living in the "exclusive" area, the treats rock. But this year... So slow.
Posted by: Jody | Thursday, November 01, 2007 at 11:49 PM
Not a single trick or treater. I live in an apartment in sort of the "wrong" part of town. I wouldn't take my kids to this street either.
:)
Posted by: Elle | Friday, November 02, 2007 at 06:09 AM
It was so nice out! Out here, I noticed that there wasn't very many kids out, nor were there a lot of houses giving out candy. I don't know why? I'm glad you had a good turn-out (although maybe not - that's a lot of candy!).
Posted by: Lisa | Friday, November 02, 2007 at 06:26 AM
We never get many. We blame it on being on a short street and having a relatively long, uphill driveway. This year we had about 10 total, including one solo kid who rang the bell around 9PM after I'd already turned off the outside lights. I'm still eating the candy we bought.
Posted by: Bluegrass Mama | Friday, November 02, 2007 at 11:54 AM
That is ridiculous!
We didn't have as many as in the past. We went through about 4 bags of candy.
Posted by: kristi | Friday, November 02, 2007 at 02:31 PM
What's the preggo going to do, save the candy for when her kid gets teeth so she can contribute to the rotting?
The adults never cease to amaze me!
Posted by: nat | Monday, November 05, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Next year I'll fly THERE. We had NOBODY. We went off to a market place to t/t. Silly. Your house next year! WOOOT!
Posted by: Mrs. Flinger | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 at 06:12 AM