Halloween Fun (ON topic!)

Here in the Swamp, there are no Trick or Treaters. Well . . . we guess there weren't any. Polly

We don't have trick-r-treaters here either. Not sure why since we are only 1 mile outside town limits. We always make sure we have candy. DH pick up a couple of bags this year, of course, nothing I like........no dark chocolate. I really don't think little ghosts and goblins like dark chocolate. Wouldn't it be a better idea to buy dark chocolate and then when no one shows up it won't go to waste????

=)

Marsha

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:52:34 -0500, Meandering wrote (in article ):

We don't get them either. And we live in town.

Well I'll take some treats into to work for my friends kids today.

Maureen

Some years are like that. This year we got some 40 or 50 odd, even though we were the only house on our block with the light on, plus serious decorations and spooky music. DH actually found some Groovy Ghoulies (remember them from Saturday morning?) tunes to play.

Our Ash went out as Raistlan Majere (sans freaky eyeballs), and had just about the best time he's ever had on Halloween. Usually he wants to come home after twenty minutes or half an hour. This year he was happy to stay out for the full two hours and had much joy out of being allowed to go right on up to people's houses. Only one person was a little grumpy with him for not saying Trick or Treat, but being as they asked "Doesn't he talk?" that was straightened out right quick. His solemn "tahn koo" (thank you) just about melted a few people. Being as he wanted to do the whole night at a dead run (thank all the deities that I thought to wear commando soles instead of heels!) he went to sleep about two minutes after we got home. Which worked out for me as I had a "Funeral for the Castro" party to attend.

NightMist slightly hung over

Howdy!

You clever, industrious woman, you, Pat!

I sat in the front room, closer to the front door, reading a magazine & talking to the kids & their parents. I love trick-or-treat time. We have peaceful Halloweens here. It's fun to see the kids growing up, even the very tall ones. I suggested those big guys put wheels on their pillowcase/candy-bag next year, making it easier to haul around. *snicker* Later, when traffic had slowed I drove around the neighborhood to see the decorations; some of the neighbors really put on a show, blow-up haunted house, haunted house leading to front door, haunted house inside front entry, ...our house just looks a little haunted; I don't invite the kids to come in. Did give away almost all the candy, with just a few Hot Tamales and some M&Ms left---great combination. ;->

After that it was quilting 'til midnight.

Happy All Souls Day, quilters, El Dia de los Muertos.

R/Sandy--who thinks the Spanish "El" is a bit confused but that's the traditional name...

Sandy: Your evening sounds lovely too. I was pleased to see that most of the costumes were home made, or made with the use of just a few bought accessories. So much more fun than those out of the box outfits, IMO. In our tradition, November 1 is All Saints Day ... including ME, according to the pastor .... and November

2 is All Souls Day. Just a little factoid to digest along with the chocolate. So, are you heading down to Houston this year, Miss Mop?

PAT > Howdy!

Hoo-boy! Not only do we get the local kids, but our subdivision imports'em, too! We had steady customers for about 3 hours last night! We went through about 6 big bags of candy (with about 1 bag of candy leftover).

But then, hubby always goes above and beyond each year with the decorations and such ... this year, he was "The (original) Fly" - complete with creepy paper mache fly head, claw and lab coat. People come oto our neighborhood knowing that there's a house that goes looney at Halloweenie ... next year, we're doin' a full-fledged Haunted House.

*sigh* Might as well get stock in Home Depot now and see if we can get some return on the $$ ...

I can sympathize with Connie! i answer the door at my mother's (where i grew up, about 5 miles from my house) and she lives in a developement. we get kids from the neighboring cities and towns, i think we went thru 9 or 10 bags of candy, about 50-60 kids. Phew! ( i just take out the screen from the front door and lean out to them!) i didnt sit down for almost 4 hours! but it was such fun! especially the wee ones that come early. we even had a few dogs dressed up and a horse!(he had a set of reindeer antlers on and a red cape...yep a real pony) i always give the little ones the "good stuff". the older kids or ones who make no effort to dress up or say "trick or treat" get the cheap stuff. and i ALWAYS make the big kids say T/T very loudly!!! Hahahahaha! they hate that!

i'm so evil.....mwaaahahahaha

amy in CNY

What kind of candy did you give the pony? ;)

I've noticed the older kids not putting ANY effort into their costumes (or attitude), too. We had a 17 year old last night ... dressed up as a "college student." Yeesh.

I can't talk too much, though. Hubby and I are "old school" - we won't even buy our kids costumes - they have to be MADE ('course, that means me, sewin' for all all hours - my son was the Silver Surfer - 4 yards of "chrome" tissue lame - and making tissue lame look skin tight ain't easy!). It's a rule in our house that creativity is a BIG deal. So, our kids are probably considered the "poor kids" in the neighborhood ('course, all the fixin's for their costumes usually cost 3x as much as buying a store-bought one). : /

But we had fun ... we scared the you-know-what out of the little ones ... hubby put an animatronic brain in the candy bowl, so every time someone reached in, it would growl at them. He did, for the really little ones, reach in and get the candy for them, though. And we also managed to startle the heck out of a few adults, too! All in all, great fun!! :)

But we didn't get any ponies. :(

My two went out as knights, complete with shields, swords, helms and cloaks. I must admit to having bought some fabric "chain mail" gloves and coifs some years ago and the swords were bought in too. However I did make the helms, cloaks and shields. The nice thing is that as they aren't "spooky" costumes they are more likely to get used again.

Lizzy

Oh, too cool!! I'm not so big into the "superhero" stuff (hubby and son are, though), I like the costumes that just aren't ... common. Everyone was wearin' Spiderman, Harry Potter, etc ... and it just got to be so ... boring. Knights are cool - I don't suppose you have any pics you'd care to share?? And it sounds like they looked AWESOME!! The period kind of costumes require more creativity than the average costume. I always love seein' how ya'll do it.

BTW, we did have one knight at our Cub Scout Halloween party - he won best costume!! We had 12 Spideys (both regular and "Venom"), 6 Harry Potters, and a whoppin' 15 pirates ... each and every one store bought from A-Z. Only 5 kids had costumes with any imagination ... out of 40 kids. Go figger.

OMG, I just went to go see your kitty and I saw your two boys (sorry for bein' nosy)!! What handsome devils!! You've GOT to be one proud mama!!

I've been in and out of the group ... so I missed hearin' 'bout your poor fella in the cast. Is he okay now?? I sure do hope so ...

What a couple of heartbreakers!! I hope you have a big ol' stick handy - so's you can beat the girls off come high school years!! Also, I recommend buyin' a shotgun - if you time it just right, you can be cleanin' it when the girls come over to harass your boys. And warnin' shots are always a good idea, too. :)

Thanks for the compliments, DH did have a little hand in it too ;-) Nosy is fine - as far as I am concerned if I put it on the net it isn't private any longer.

I wasn't posting a right lot back then. Now he is in good shape, his hip is in the right place (his right hip had probably been dislocated since birth!) and his consultant is very pleased with the bone growth. He goes into hospital on 10th November to have the metal work out and shouldn't need any more surgery for many years.

DS1 may well be abit to geeky for the local girls, unless he finds one more like me. DS2 with the limp and the big blue eyes is going to be the trouble maker....

Unfortunately can't do that over here without good reason, but I'm quite often to be found in the kitchen with some vicious gear, and there is always the rotary cutter and big scissors!

Lizzy

Hmmphh ... as far as I'm concerned, you gave birth you get the credit! :)

Well, here's thanks for that and prayers for the future (prayers never hurt, AFAIC) ... how long will he be in the hospital?? And what's his prognosis/recuperation time? If you don't mind me asking ...

Hmmm ... I think both of'em will be troublemakers. They both too durned cute not to be. Both have absolutely adorable cheeky smiles!!

My daughter (13) saw the pics and she's positively cooing over them! That's a BIG compliment!! :)

The rotary cutter would probably work - how are you at growling? Maybe buy a hockey mask to go with! :)

Howdy!

Not heading to Houston this year, Pat. (I usually decide this at the last minute ) There's a new library opened just 2 miles from here & it's been getting my attention. All new books! Lots of "old favorites" on new paper. All new audio books! Be the first to check out the goodies. We've had automatic check-out for a couple of years; now there's automatic check-in, too (insert one item at a time)-- this is so cooooool! It's back to the scrap heap for me, listening to a good story while the scraps are turned into something useful. ;-)

Cheers! R/Sandy --- our library system is one of the best things about Arlington, in beautiful north Texas

Sounds like fun, Pat...I love your idea of setting up a cutting station on your island, cutting fabric, seeing all of the little trick or treaters AND having ready access to chocolate.

- dlm. in central MA