OMG, those costumes are amazing! Thanks for posting these delightful pics! I can see why you would want to dress your dog up. You could have a Halloween party! Your cooking is awesome and you're so creative...you'd have your house decorated for the occasion in no time. People (& the dog) would love it...it would be a blast!

We get lots of trick or treaters! Zillow says we are in the top 20 of the best cities to trick or treat in on Halloween. Don't have a dog though!

Those are great! Thanks for the laugh. The owners are so original. Maybe I'll get a dog so I can dress it up. I already get 100 trick or treaters, so I have plenty of those!

I think Halloween is so much fun.

This is our first Halloween with our dog (he's 8 but we rescued him last November). He loves, loves, loves wearing bandanas (he actually stands taller and prouder with them on, it's really cute).

Since his body is larger than the rest of him, I had to get a costume that wraps under him with velcro so I could add more if I had to (we had to do that to his winter coat lol).

He's so good with the kids in the neighborhood, I can't wait for them to see him dressed up.

I know I'm his doggy-mommy so I might be biased but this has to be the cutest little honeybee I ever saw!

No dog here either! We moved at the beginning of the year so I have no idea how many T or T we will get. Should probably ask our neighbor. We do have a street in town that gets closed off and is THE T or T street. Very unfair, for the people on the street and for others who get no one coming by. I heard someone on that street had spent around $800 on candy last year. I think they should choose a different street every year and spread the fun (or pain!) between all residents.

What cute costumes! Thanks so much for sharing that link. I get very few trick-or-treaters, maybe three or four. However, there are two new families on the street with children, so maybe we will see more this year. I bought a few candy bars, but I also keep some quarters on hand if I have more children than I expect.

Those costumes are hysterical!

Cathrugg - agreed, he's the cutest honeybee ever!

I had a set of bunny ears and a set of reindeer antlers I used to put on my Chia just long enough to take a picture - which was just about as long as she'd put up with it before shaking them off! She hated Halloween, though - all those strangers she wasn't allowed to protect us from...Not a good thing from a Chow's perspective.

Thank you, orchid! Your Chia must have looked so cute, even if it was just a second lol.

(Sorry bumblebeez, I didn't mean to hijack your thread, I misunderstood that we were just looking at your link and not adding our personal pics. I meant to say they were all so cute, I don't know which I loved best!)

Cathrugg, your little pup is adorable! Sorry it has taken me so long to get back here but you aren't hijacking at all and I appreciate you posting a picture. Those eyes!

And, incidentally, I am one of those who likes when a thread takes all kind of twists and turns.

LOL~~that's one of the cutest trick or treaters i've seen in quite awhile!

I get what I call stragglers. I'm at the very end of my street, so the kids turn off at the intersection right before my house. Last year, out of my other 5 neighbors, I was the only one w/porch light on, and handing out candy, I was sooo p*****! I dress up as a witch, have candles all over my house(inside)and have a good time with the kids. I don't know what their(neighbors)deal is, but i've actually thought of going over to talk to them.....and give them candy to hand out!! ;o)

Well -- you are ALL invited to Lot 13 on Cemetery Hill -- we get LOTS of trick-or-treaters -- from the sweetest wee ones to the older stragglers. One year we had over 100 kids! :)

We stand at the end of the front walkway (in costumes of course!) -- by the sidewalk -- and have a wonderful time giving out candy and acting very silly!

Also -- I do a Kitchen Party with lots of sandwich fixings and drinkies .....

BTW -- I really must pop out tomorrow and buy more candy for the cauldron! LOL!

I will come to your party Teacats! We are very hit and miss at our house. The layout of our street is odd...we are on the long end of the road, that has multiple connectors or cul de sacs, so on our section, there are just 3 houses that face the street. All the other houses on our section are corner lots, except for us and our next door neighbor, and both his houses are dark. So kids would have to cross the road to come to our place, and it's just not that feasible.

And this year I didn't do any decorating, so I think we'll have a dark house too. Plus, there are so many events going on this weekend, that I just can't see too many parents dressing up the kids on a school night.

Teacats, that's what I *have* to do~~I stand outside holding a candle, and in my witch-iest voice, and green face, get the kids to come to the house. 'Come here my little ones, I have good treats for you.' I'm probably having more fun than some of the kids, and will do it again this year. LOL

We usually get about 100 every year. I keep track with a tally-board!
(I'm SUCH a geek sometimes!!)

A couple years were pretty cool, so maybe had ~ 50-ish. Recently had 125 though!!!

I'm so pi$$ed this year!! I have to work from 12-9pm on Halloween! I may catch some "late stragglers" though!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Faron

We ended up with about 80 +/-. I always count the candy before handing it out. But then some of the really cute little ones end up getting 2 instead of one! Always messes up the count.

Our town sounds the siren at 5 PM to signal the start of T & T and then sounds it again at 8 PM to signal the end. Works pretty good.

Thank you bumblebeez!

We lost power during the Nor'easter Saturday night and were on our generator til last night. Finally got internet back today. There are still about 6500 people in our town without power and another 160,000 in the state. Usually we are last to get it back but not this time.

Our trick-or-treating has been rescheduled for next Sunday (too much snow and ice and darkness for the little ones to come yesterday).

My dog has been wearing his costume around the house like there's no tomorrow. I think he knows he's cute!! (Or it's just so cold around here lately!)