We have more children in the neighborhood now than when we first moved here. The neighborhood has undergone a generational change, as the elderly passed away, and new families moved in. Some of the families are also Orthodox Jewish, so their kids don't trick or treat, but the firs year we had six trick-or-treaters, and last year it was something like 23. Each kid gets to choose three pieces from the bowl, as they have to climb a whole flight of stairs that bends in the middle, just to get to me and the candy. Though we live in a city of about 85,000, our neighborhood is just really two streets that form a kind of "h" shape, so most people don't even know we exist!

And I always have dog biscuits as well, for Henry, Molly and any other canines, whether or not they are in costume.