Before:
I try to get the kind of candy I enjoyed seeing in my bucket when I was a kid… and Skittles, for people who don’t like/can’t eat chocolate. It was enough to fill our fruit bowl.
… and let’s face it, the Almond Joy is for me, because I like them. Whatever is left by Halloween will get “shared” with parents, I’m sure.
After:
We shut down at 8p, because that’s when our parrot quiets down for the night and we don’t want lots of interruption after then (because irritated parrots are a little bit like tired small children… miserable). It rained a bit during the day, and our block isn’t very active on Halloween, so we weren’t sure we’d get any visits at all. It turned out to be a fairly light night, but the costumes were amazing, it was good to see some parents and dogs along for the ride, and everyone got a decent handful of candy.
Until next year!
Carmen Yount 