Trick Or Treat Report - 20 Kids

I have spoken of #1 and #2, who arrived before dark in princess costumes. Number 3 came at 5:55pm, wearing a heavy blanket and a wooden sword. Like one of the princesses, he seemed to have forgotten his Hallowe'en protocol, saying, "Got candy?" instead of the implied threat of "Trick or Treat!" We gave him a bag once he said the magic words. It occurs to me that it is a school night, and so we should expect our visitors early.

The next two, #4 and #5 were a cheerleader and a princess... excuse me, a royal princess, who were startled by the large bags. These two remembered their Hallowe'en manners and immediately threatened us with "Trick or Treat!" upon my opening the door. They arrived at 6:20pm. Shortly thereafter, we got Belle from Beauty and the Beast, who also remembered the proper words.

Four girls came a half-hour later as I was beginning to get antsy (and hubby-Eric and I were finishing dinner). Yes, Hallowe'en is just about my favorite holiday because I get to see kids being creative. These four were dressed as an Angel, a Devil, a Punk rocker, and a Goth punk zombie girl. The Punk rocker delivered the words, and they each got bags. That makes 10 total so far...

Seven more, almost all at once. First group was a pirate, a devil, and an athlete in a letter jacket. Before we finished giving them their bags, up came four older kids. Two were "gangstas", one was a zombie, and one was an army of one, in full camo makeup. That makes 17, and it's not even 7:30 yet...

We had to wait another half hour for the next three costumed adventurers. We had a taekwondo expert, a sumo wrestler, and another princess. Lots and lots of princesses, aren't there? In any case, that makes 20, which means we only have three pre-made bags left. It's also our all-time high at this house, beating out last year's 19. Should we make up more bags of treats? Should we hold off until we know if we'll get more kids? What will we decide to do?

An hour later... more... a lack of further Tricksters takes care of the issue for us. Nobody else came, so no other bags go out... three left over. Plus lots of Sky Captain comics and poster books for future years.