Sunk in last night that today is actually Halloween and that somehow I'm going to have to manage giving out treats to litte'uns with a very friendly, food-obsessed lab doing door duty....yikes!!! About 5 hours til the first ones arrive here....thankfully we don't tend to get too many where we are!!
Re: Oops.... We had a record number of kids here tonight - ran out of sweets and had to give the last lot tangerines - they were not impressed! Poppy was amazingly chilled about the whole thing, unphased by the vampires, witches, zombies etc. Just one robot with a paper mâché head freaked her a little. Oh, and a fox terrier who growled at her sent her off into a frenzy of barking. : Several of the children said they remembered the 'big black dog' from previous years. :'(
Re: Oops.... ah bless :'( how lovely that they remembered though! Riley had a few offers of walks from a variety of witches and ghouls
Re: Oops.... 7 PM here....coming in dribs and drabs....decided this was the perfect opportunity to teach "sit" and "stay" when the kids come to the door. Took one visitor and the award of a new treat he hasn't had and it clicked. We're trying to do dishes in the kitchen so running back and forth a bit... Kids came and Mark got to the door before me...I came around the corner and look what I found.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/31088481@N03/10600908773/ Note: open door, kids on the other side, and food being handed out.... ;D Now I'm sitting on couch and look over: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31088481@N03/10600903303/in/photostream/ ;D ;D ;D Yup definitely getting the hang of it .....thankfully not too many kids or he'll gain 10lbs before the night is over....the treats on top of the half-loaf of bread he scarfed off the counter while I went out earlier certainly adding a few extra calories today.... : : In his defense, my fault - I saw the bread there before I left and meant to put it away...came back to ripped bag and not one crumb in site.... : :
Re: Oops.... We had Halloween last night and.....don't hate me forever...but we put a lock on our gate... I know, just call me the Scrooge of Halloween. But we had all the ducks out and wandering about and can't risk an open gate or a strange dog wandering in.... Plus we had eaten all the available chocolate.....
Re: Oops.... Oh my goodness Lisa.what a good boy....Rachael,same here....the rule of Halloween in our compound is if your gate is closed and the lights are off,don't knock! I walked Dexter at 6pm ....just as it was going dark....he wasn't perturbed by anything....I was though ... by the dad in the full on Darth Vader outfit including full size light sabre.....wonder what goes on behind his closed doors
Re: Oops.... Gee, I won't tell my hubby about that. He'd die of happiness if he had his own light sabre.
