Repel all boarders!

I make it over 130 kids.

Baller move of the night was the 3 year old who slowly took one thing after another (after another) out of the sweetie bowl, while being entirely silent and staring at me directly in the eyes… daring me to stop him.

A final 6 and we’re done.

12 more in dribs and drabs. Hopefully thinning out now.

Boo hoo.

Don’t cry.

At least 10 times.

Youngest has returned from his rounds.

Among his haul… a potato.

It seems a neighbour left out a bucket of potatoes and a bucket of sweets and let the kids decide on their preference.

And this wee bam has come home with a spud.

Another 17 and if we get many more I’m not going to be ‘accidentally’ left with ‘extra’ sweets.

Still the come. 14 more.

Statistically significant number of Which Witch is Witches.

Troop of 5.

Among the many who successfully recognised the pumpkin as being the Pokémon Gengar.

No, I’ve not got a clue what a Gengar is, but the kids insisted.

About 30 more.

4 year olds own made up joke… why did the penguin cross the road at the North Pole? To get to the other side of the world.

13 more. 8 of whom sang a song. It wasn’t necessarily sung well, but it was sung exceptionally loudly. And that’s what counts.

Another troop of 5.

Sandwich and nobody to go with in heavy rotation.

10 more. Slow compared to last year.

Best joke so far…

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Be-CAW-se.

Unit of 3.

Disciplined. In, out, quick jokes, grabbed sweet. No time wasting.

1 rhyme and 3 of them did it. The other pair… not so much as a rhyme.

Kids today…

6 more. Jokes have returned.

What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

A carrot.

Classic of the genre.

5 more guisers.

Not a joke amongst them.

Only a rhyme. When I were a lad you’d be chased out of town for a rhyme.