Eleven Se7enty-Three

The first kid showed up at 4:40PM. Actually, that's not true. One kid who had been running around the park with his track team from North Central High School knocked on the door at about three and said, "Trick or Treat?" He asked it like it was a question. I told him I'm not ready yet. I hadn't even brought up the candy from the basement yet.

The rain stayed away. It turned out to be a great night. Here are the pictures!

That last picture above is pretty indicative of the crowds we had. At one point, it was like that for a good hour. Just kids coming up one side of the stairs and going down the other.

I am still amazed (for the eighth year now) at the number of people in our neighborhood considering the low number of houses that are lit up and giving out candy. There are approximately 75 houses around the park and I bet there were less than half open for Halloween.

We threw our last candy (lollipops) at some kids at about 8:30. Then our party started. This is the party where we clean up all the crap out in the yard and deposit it in the living room. Then we have some Sloppy Joes and beer. We were all so tired, we just sat around the table and enjoyed the quiet.

So another Halloween is in the books. Eleven hundred kids have our candy and we have some clean up to do.