But Then Again You Do Like That Crappy Halloween Candy

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09/21/2011 15:49

Bearding

Long story short- nosotros accept 2 kids 3 and under who go to bed early. In the past, nosotros have just turned off our light and not given out candy as the doorbell ringing or even knocking and door opening wakes them up. This year I'd similar to leave something out, simply am not sure if leaving a bowl of processed is a good idea or if all information technology takes is ane kid to come by and purse the whole kit and caboodle. I would actually leave it more towards the end of our driveway b/c our youngest'south room is right over the front door and I'1000 concerned that fifty-fifty leaving a note on the door to please aid yourself would however bring loud kids up nether her window.

So leaving out a bowl- practiced or bad? But forget it and expect until the kids are older?

09/21/2011 15:50

Anonymous

One kid will come by and accept all your processed.

I would either turn off the light or sit out on your porch/lawn and give out the processed from in that location.

09/21/2011 fifteen:52

Anonymous

I am going to get out a basin out b/c I want to take my kids around the neighborhood. If someone comes and steals the whole bowl then I will really be happy b/c i won't take any left over candy!

09/21/2011 16:02

Anonymous

Someone will definitely take all of your candy. and probably the basin you get out it in. Not saying this considering I call up information technology is OK, but because I know the guy who was that kid... I married him. But some other kids might get some candy before that kid comes by, and like PP said, at least you won't have leftovers!

09/21/2011 sixteen:05

Anonymous

It depends on your neighborhood. In my electric current one, lots of people do this and no one takes more than one. In my last neighborhood, someone would have taken the whole pocketbook.

09/21/2011 17:25

Anonymous

I have a very cheap friend who leaves an empty bowl on his porch with a note that says "Please just take one". Though I think it's funny.

09/21/2011 17:31

Anonymous

Definitely depends on your neighborhood. In my neighborhood (Falls Church building) the petty kids come by with their parents at the start of the evening and I can't imagine the parents would ok them taking more than 1. When the pre-teends come out, unchaperoned, that's when you could get greediness...but by then the piddling kids have gotten what they came for and I'm fine with that!

09/21/2011 18:21

Bearding

The LOs come first and parents will say take one. Later the large kids come up and take the rest. Yous'll be left with an empty bowl.

I don't see why non.

09/21/2011 nineteen:51

Bearding

Bearding wrote:I am going to leave a basin out b/c I want to take my kids around the neighborhood. If someone comes and steals the whole bowl then I will actually be happy b/c i won't have any left over candy!

We do this and the kids are pretty self-regulating in our neighborhood. Sure, they may take more than ane per kid but I commonly have some left in the basin when I return.

09/21/2011 20:10

Anonymous

Ane guy in our neighborhood (Twinbrook)- named in the "good neighborhoods to trick or treat post- used a glue gun and glued tootsie rolls to a plastic bowl. Then, when the kids went to have the whole stash, he opened his door and yelled "I said take just ane." Information technology was fricken hilarious, and subsequently he teased the kids he gave them a king size candy bar. My kid still talks well-nigh that, 10 years subsequently.

09/21/2011 20:20

Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:I have a very cheap friend who leaves an empty bowl on his porch with a note that says "Delight just have one". Though I call up it's funny.

Haha! Love this!

In our 'hood people exercise this and it works until subsequently in the evening when the teens come up out in their "costumes". We did it last yr later we had to pick the kids to sleep and will do it once more this year.

09/21/2011 twenty:29

Bearding

Anonymous wrote:Someone volition definitely take all of your processed. and probably the basin y'all go out it in. Not saying this because I think information technology is OK, only because I know the guy who was that kid... I married him. But some other kids might get some processed earlier that kid comes by, and like PP said, at to the lowest degree y'all won't take leftovers!

OP here. I never dreamed someone would be then assuming every bit to take the bowl too! Information technology reminds me of stories that my married man tells nearly his old workplace. They would hold large conferences (5000+ attendees) for county commissioners and by the end, their berth would be stripped bare- all the brandish books, the candy, AND the handbasket the processed was in. Maybe kids like your married man grew up to exist county commissioners!

09/21/2011 20:29

Anonymous

I practice this and leave a notation on our door saying something similar "we love Halloween, but our dogs don't - help yourself to a piece of candy just please don't band our doorbell!" Nosotros take generally niggling kids in our neighborhood so it hasn't been an issue. We monitor the bowl a few times during the evening and refill if necessary. At around nine the calorie-free goes off and the bowl comes in because equally far as I'm concerned, people shouldn't be flim-flam or treating that tardily.

09/21/2011 21:03

Anonymous

I've left a bowl of candy out on the porch (with the lite on) the last couple of years. I'm a single mom and I take my daughter out play tricks-or-treating, and there's nobody left at home to requite out candy. There was plenty left both years, along with the bowl. Then over again, we didn't have many teenagers in my old neighborhood. We'll probably practice the same this year.

09/21/2011 22:38

Anonymous

I had the whole bowl snatched 2 yrs agone simply none was snatched last year. I think the kids get pissy if you put a sign on the bowl and just have it all.

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