Attack of the Bunny and other strange creatures

Ok, I meant to write this the other day, but I got sick. You'll understand how in a minute. Yeah, so it was my first Halloween in a neighborhood with kids and a sidewalk!! Funny how the sidewalk makes all the difference - my home in Wilmington, NC (the darling little house for sale) faced a rather busy road with NO sidewalk in front of it - so I rarely had trick-or-treaters. This year I live in a busy residential neighborhood with both lots of sidewalks and kids! I was prepared - I decorated the front of my house with cobwebs and giant fuzzy spiders (after my neighbor decorated hers I had to decorate mine to not look so grinchy). I had 5 bags of candy that I was very proud of not opening until the big night. And then I started to wonder, as all hosts do - what if no one comes? I can't have 5 big bags of chocolate candy in the house! No worries - the doorbell rang. And rang. And rang some more! Being an engineer, I naturally counted everyone who came to my house. I ran out of candy with child #87. I gave out candy to bunny rabbits (not to scary but she was only 2 and very cute), Buzz Lightyears, Pirates, lots of vampires, princesses, and monsters. It was fun - everyone got candy, mom& dad got the update to the World Series game that was on the tv - life was good! Until - I found out what those kiddos gave me in a return - the world's worst cold. Next year I'm not turning on the light.