Karen, I agree the enjoyability depends on the neighborhood and the children's parents. For the most part, the children in this complex are very nice. We even have a cute lil' couple of kids who take out our trash for 50 cents--they then give that money to the United Way. As for the neighborhood--we live off of one of the nicer main streets. However, it would be easy for someone to pull into the parking lot and do whatever to the cars. Which, I guess, is what happened. I don't know too many people here, but the ones I do know are friends...so this wasn't done out of any type of revenge, just plain orneriness.

I agree that it is not universal and I enjoy the little trick-or-treaters and their wonderful costumes. However, those few 'rotten eggs' kinda spoil it for everyone! Not just those that pull pranks, but when we have to check kids' treats for razorblades or "hide" our black kitties, it just kinda spoils the fun.

I would love to live in a neighborhood such as yours! Sounds like utopia! Did you dress Miz Hoppy up? She sounds like the sweetheart of the neighborhood!

Angel, thanks for the poem! LOVE IT!

Wolflady~ that SUX soooo bad! I feel for ya.

Luckily, paintballs are water based so...after a little scrubbing, it came off. I have a couple of chips to the paint...and I didn't notice any dents. Of course, I *just* got done washing it, and haven't gone back outside to do a 'final' look-over yet.