Halloween 2008 at Yokota AB, Japan...Tweeko Tweet (my translation of Japanese children saying Trick or Treat!)---and guess how many trick-or-treaters we had???? So Halloween 2008 has to rank as my favorite Halloween so far. Don't get me wrong! I had lots of fun as a child trick or treating, but this was better! Gale took Commander Tim and Ryan (Clone Wars), and "Sleeping Rudy" Kira (that's what she calls Sleeping Beauty!) out trick or treating. I sat on my little front porch, handing out what seemed to be an endless number of trick or treaters. I had heard that there were going to be a lot of kids, but was still amazed at how many showed up!

A glimpse of what it looked like from my prospective....well, actually from our friend Nancy (from med school), who came by to visit!

And....

that is how many bags of candy I went thru in 2 hours! 770 trick or treaters, as I only handed out 1 candy per person!



Air Force personnel could sponsor up to 10 people on the base, and Japanese contracters were able to bring 3 dependents on base, I believe. Since they weren't able to access the west side of base, and didn't really want to go to the apartment towers, all of them ended up in our section of the base. The Japanese kids were soooo polite. "Tweeko Tweet" is as close as I can translate what it sounded like. They all lined up in a single file and politely waited for their turn. Now, the base children...most were just as polite, but others sounded bored, or just cut in line! Nancy and I had a ball just handing out candy this year.

Timothy and Ryan, on the other hand, were a little disheartened and disappointed by this year's haul. Despite having gotten over 80 pieces of candy, this just didn't measure up to the amount that they were able to get while in Troy. Because in Troy...you get handfuls at each house! Here, 1 piece per house! And you had to wait in line!!!!!! So, they came back early, as houses started running out of candy, and they tired of waiting in a long line just to receive 1 piece of candy! lol

Can't wait till next year!

Nancy and Gale before she left--So glad you came by! Nancy was our first visitor from the States! Yay!