Number of bags of candy bought: 6
Number of dogs dressed in tuxedos: 1
Calories we consumed in mini-candy bars: 1200
Number of pedophiles on our street: 1
Temperature at 6:00 – 9:00 pm: 70 degrees Fahrenheit
Number of houses on our street with their lights on: 4
Number of times our doorbell rang: 1
Number of kids: 2
Average age of kids: 12
So, that’s it for Halloween for us. We gave encouraging words today to a little girl in our neighborhood who was having her first bike ride without training wheels. After she giggled “Whheeeeee!” and we walked away, Gary grumbled, “Yeah, sure, where were you last night?”
10 responses to “Halloween by the Numbers”
Yeah, we usually have about 30 kids (down from about 50). Friday, we had about 20 … and none of them were from our neighborhood.All of our neighborhood kids are at least in junior high. Most of them have graduated high school and moved out.It’s so weird.
I can tell you where all the Halloween kids have gone: to my neighbourhood. You can’t move on the streets here anytime after 5pm, despite bright sunlight, for little kids in black and blood. And it’s not even our tradition! (I’m a curmudgeonly sort who sniffs at foreign customs imported by card, confectionery and costume sellers who can see a way to make a quick buck. It’s only a matter of time before they try to steal Thanksgiving.) It’s the one day of the year when our dog earns her keep, shut out in the garden barking by the gate.
Ajooja – evidently they moved to New Zealand with BigDot.Big Dot – You can NOT have Halloween in the Spring or Thanksgiving in the summer. IT. IS. AN. Abomination against nature.
We had perhaps 12 kids. Most did not wear costumes. None remembered to say “Trick or Treat” until prompted *by us*. I believe next year we will resume our habits of previous years — dark house with us hidden in the back with the candy.
We had less kids to. I blame the late time change. You couldn’t even start until 7, really.By the way, you may have a register wanger-flasher, but we had a neighbor stop an intruder as he was crawling into a basement window with mace, a taser, and a baseball bat last week. It resulted in 7 sheriff’s cars and the helicoptor searching our yards for an hour last week. The neighbor was maced, but otherwise okay. The couple who was asleep inside the home was quite shaken up. The intruder wasn’t caught.
Oops. Too.
That’s great that Caroline knows a genuine hero! I doubt any of our neighbors would blink an eye if they saw anybody scaling into our apartment. Speaking of having no community, we got eight trick or treaters in four doorbell rings. and now we have six bags of Mint Three Musketeers – which I purposely bought because I don’t like Mint Three Musketeers.
Sherri – I’m going to the TeddyJ sponsored event next year. Of course, everyone will ask, “Where are your kids?” but I can just say, “Oh, we dressed them as the invisible man and a stealth fighter pilot.”Caroline – Um, there’s an INTRUDER loose on the neighborhood? You live like down the street from me. I could walk to your house.TasterSpoon – Just a hint – Caroline only knows the bad neighbors, the ones who don;t pay their community fees. As for candy, of course, I bought only stuff I like. What, weren’t you thinking?
I haven’t been on the board in 4 wonderful years. and shhhh…. I’m not sure we’ve paid yet this year.But yes, there’s an intruder on the loose somewhere. Of course, there’s also a police officer killer loose, so the whole metro area isn’t looking too good right now.
Caroline – And see what happened? You lesve the board and the intruders run wild.