Well, the great night of tricks and treats is over and it was a memorable one in the neighborhood this year! Beautiful weather and an early Friday night made way for alot of gobblins of all ages! For the first time ever....I ran out of treats for the little ones!! Six bags of candy.... and I had to go inside and turn out the light. My brothers brought the nephews over, they started the family night and my daughter and her 'brood' helped finish it! In between time there were plenty more...and my son and his girlfriend were on hand to visit and pass out the treats. Sitting outside on the patio, it was fun to watch families wandering down the street together... many times either pushing a stroller or pulling a wagon.  The fun little toddlers were probably the cutest!! The little lion and tiger were interesting, tiger being the younger of the two, managed a pout when L didn't put the treat in the bag fast enough, lol. Then there was little Pooh-bear... he couldn't figure out that he didn't have to ring the doorbell to get his treat. After stopping at the table he climbed the steps to the front door to collect again!

The night had its own interesting times as well.... one family had stopped and were making their way back down the street, stopped again...for a little emergency. One of the boys had broken his glow-stick and managed to get the burning liquid in his eyes! So mom, laid him down on the lawn while I went inside for some water and paper towels. Hopefully she managed to rinse that out but maybe they did end up making a trip to the emergency room before heading home. Another set of pranksters pulled up to the empty house across the street and made their way inside. The house is on the market, but the foursome made their way upstairs with the help of their cell phones without ever turning on a light. My son called the cops and just after they left the house, they were pulled over down the street.... seems one of the gals was the relators daughter. Hmmm.... wonder if mom knows the trouble she was up to! I'm not sure if I had a house on the market that I'd like pranking teens having access to my property.

Another interesting part of the night came later in the evening as we were all visiting.... I live just down the street from the cemetary and everyone knows just how 'haunting' that can be!! Well, little by little it seemed that some tweeners had congragated amidst the headstones. I guess I hadn't paid all that much attention to how many until my son-in-law decided that enough disrespect for the dead had gone on and went into the cemetary through the back way. He jumped out of his truck, flashlight in hand and hollared at the kids to make their way elsewhere. As we watched from my patio, a swarm of 40+ kids ran, screaming down the road! Another neighbor just across the street had already had enough and the cops had been called. Not long after the screaming swarm had left, they quietly walked back, followed by a squad car.... to pick up the mess of smashed pumpkins and litter they had been tossing around amid the headstones.

Never a dull moment in this neighborhood!!! lol... and now a couple pics of my favorite little ones!!