today is Halloween --Happy Halloween Everybody

good now I can remove my ugly face after today --maybe I can find something for Thanksgiving.

For years I have hosted the Halloween festivites for 25-30 people. Getting the kids dressed, dinner, and manning the fort while the younger adults take the kids trick or treating.

My daughter is hosting this year. I hope the bad weather holds off. The 4 babies, 11 to 14 months, will be the Ninja Turtles....excited to see them all decked out.

Grandparents and halloween........it does not get better.

2seaoat wrote:Grandparents and halloween........it does not get better.

I love the excitement of the little ones.

I served hot dog worms and green mac and cheese....

Happy Halloween!
This is the first Halloween back here in our neighborhood, after 10 years being away.  We used to have lots of kids come by our house here.   I'm not sure how many trick or treaters we'll have tonight, as the neighborhood is aging.   But I have candy ready for those who show up. 

My wife Donna was from Rural Misssisippi and they did not Trick or Treat in her area. So it was all new to her when she moved here to Pensacola. I love Halloween. I like the trick or treat part the best..For many years our street was one of the best for people to use. It is almost a mile long and almost every body participated in it. The first year Donna was here she was amazed but quickly got in to the spirit of the holiday.
I have a bean bag toss game, witches face with hole for the eyes and mouth, that I built and I set it up in the drive way and let the goblins toss the bags to "Win" candy. It goes over pretty big and it is fun for all. Donna used to have a Black witch's out fit and sit on the Porch under a blue spot light stirring a pot of smoking brew(dry ice and water) You have to be careful because it is very easy to scare children and to me that is no fun.
Thanks for the thread.............

    

Joanimaroni wrote:

2seaoat wrote:Grandparents and halloween........it does not get better.

I love the excitement of the little ones.  

Mr Ichi wrote:My wife Donna was from Rural Misssisippi and they did not Trick or Treat in her area.  So it was all new to her when she moved here to Pensacola.  I love Halloween.  I like the trick or treat part the best..For many years our street was one of the best for people to use.  It is almost a mile long and almost every body participated in it.  The first year Donna was here she was amazed but  quickly got in to the spirit of the holiday.  
I have a bean bag toss game, witches face with hole for the eyes and mouth, that I built and I set it up in the drive way and let the goblins toss the bags to "Win" candy.  It goes over pretty big and it is fun for all.  Donna used to have a Black witch's out fit and sit on the Porch under a blue spot light stirring a pot of smoking brew(dry ice and water)  You have to be careful because it is very easy to scare children and to me that is no fun.  
Thanks for the thread.............

We had trick or treating in Japan....we'd invite Japanese kids over to the base to go around the neighborhoods.  Loads of fun!  The Japanese kids are SOOOO cute!  I'd have to buy 10+ bags of candy for Halloween there--we had hundreds of kids come by our house.   I miss that.

Joanimaroni wrote:
I served hot dog worms and green mac and cheese....

The Impette and I are supposed to be making all kinds of stuff for supper tonight. Eyeballs, fingers, I think brains... I'll have to ask her about worms. Oh, the things we do for our little Impress.

What costume will your little Impress wear tonight?

Mr Ichi wrote:My wife Donna was from Rural Misssisippi and they did not Trick or Treat in her area.  So it was all new to her when she moved here to Pensacola.  I love Halloween.  I like the trick or treat part the best..For many years our street was one of the best for people to use.  It is almost a mile long and almost every body participated in it.  The first year Donna was here she was amazed but  quickly got in to the spirit of the holiday.  
I have a bean bag toss game, witches face with hole for the eyes and mouth, that I built and I set it up in the drive way and let the goblins toss the bags to "Win" candy.  It goes over pretty big and it is fun for all.  Donna used to have a Black witch's out fit and sit on the Porch under a blue spot light stirring a pot of smoking brew(dry ice and water)  You have to be careful because it is very easy to scare children and to me that is no fun.  
Thanks for the thread.............

Awesome!

I made a terrible mistake one year. I took my glass out of a full length storm door. I turned on the porch light and had this realistic gorilla suit including excellent hands made from gloves and the most scary mask which was realistic. I hid in the house and turned all the lights in the house off, and then would bring the candy to the trick or treaters walking through the storm door instead of opening the door. The first and last time I did this without the lights on resulted in adults and children screaming and jumping three fee off my porch into the flowers......no injuries but it was not funny.....they were terrorized, and somebody could have got hurt.....there was this little boy they called T, and I understand that he still sleeps with a night light because of this experience and the boogey men in his closet.

I wore the costume to a pumpkin festival and I had grown adults let out screams when they turned to find me standing next to them looking at the pumpkins. The kids loved the costume and called it "scarey" and always wanted me to put it on......the first time I scared the crap out of the dog.......but after that the dog and kids loved the outfit and knew it was halloween.

Nekochan wrote:What costume will your little Impress wear tonight?

I believe she will be cat woman tonight. The Impette and I will be making our ghoulish treats whilst she is out trick-or-treating with her friend. I think it's supposed to be a surprise for her when she gets back.

ImpishScoundrel wrote:

Nekochan wrote:What costume will your little Impress wear tonight?

I believe she will be cat woman tonight.  The Impette and I will be making our ghoulish treats whilst she is out trick-or-treating with her friend.  I think it's supposed to be a surprise for her when she gets back.

   

happy samhain all....

I ended up with a Scooby doo and a baby leopard.... Ill post a pic when I get a chance. they are so cute.

We had about 50 kids come by the house.  Hubby, in charge of the candy bowl, enjoyed greeting the kids.  It was a beautiful night..no rain like much of the Southeast.

Nekochan wrote:We had about 50 kids come by the house.  Hubby, in charge of the candy bowl, enjoyed greeting the kids.  It was a beautiful night..no rain like much of the Southeast.

we only had about 12 or 13. This is not a big holiday in my neighborhood.

Im done now. Im on front porch. Officially calling it OVER. 9pm here

Chrissy wrote:

Nekochan wrote:We had about 50 kids come by the house.  Hubby, in charge of the candy bowl, enjoyed greeting the kids.  It was a beautiful night..no rain like much of the Southeast.

we only had about 12 or 13. This is not a big holiday in my neighborhood.

Im done now. Im on front porch. Officially calling it OVER. 9pm here

A little after 8:00, we had two kids come by.  At 8:30 I looked out on the street and didn't see any activity so I turned the lights off.

The kids in my neighborhood are lazy. I have to knock on their door and give them candy.

gulfbeachbandit wrote:The kids in my neighborhood are lazy.  I have to knock on their door and give them candy.  

I had around 15 that's all and my daughters friend is now outside talking to her---I should have just put little masks on my dogs--They have been driving me crazy all night--I have one named Buffy---But we call her luther fur ----drives me crazy cant no one even get close to me without her attacking someone

Im in a not so good neighborhood --my dogs scare the heck out of the ones that do stop .

[quote="gulfbeachbandit"]The kids in my neighborhood are lazy.  I have to knock on their door and give them candy.  [/quot


Around here only people that know each other stop by:lol: 

had a few others but not many at all.

Nekochan wrote:We had about 50 kids come by the house.  Hubby, in charge of the candy bowl, enjoyed greeting the kids.  It was a beautiful night..no rain like much of the Southeast.

Very hot to me outside.

Joanimaroni wrote:For years I have hosted the Halloween festivites for 25-30 people.  Getting the kids dressed, dinner, and manning the fort while the younger adults take the kids trick or treating.

My daughter is hosting this year. I hope the bad weather holds off. The 4 babies, 11 to 14 months, will be  the Ninja Turtles....excited to see them all decked out.

haha I should had left and went to Jonis house:lol: