Overwhelming Trick-or-Treat Turn Out

For the first time since we’ve lived here we ran out of treats. It goes without saying that we had more kids this year than ever. The street was noisy with kids and parents in cars and every neighborhood dog was barking. We got hit early with a group of about 40(?) kids from Pryor Middle School traveling en mass. They were followed by 3 girls. When I commented that it was good to have only 3 after that last group one girl said, “We are with them, but we’re not.”

There were lots of little ones and most were polite. We had to turn out our light at 8PM.

The woman who was pregnant when I was putting in the lawn and would chat with me on her way to pick up her son at Kenwood showed up with the toddler who is a little younger than Sophie. She said the little girl had pretty well picked up on this Halloween thing so I lowered the candy bowl to her. She reached in and tried to get a handful. Her mom corrected her and helped her pick just one. The Dad was also along with them and he made a point to say thank you. They seem like nice people.

I’ve got but one more day of being 50-something and if all goes as planned it should be a very nice day. Our whole family will be together celebrating 3 birthdays. It doesn’t get any better than that!