We're the old couple in the driveway now.

Welcome to the club! I’m 56F, husband is 44, and we’re childless. Halloween is our Christmas. We’ve been “that couple” for years now. This year, my brother, niece, cousin and his partner are all joining the shenanigans. We’re the house that goes all out for Halloween: we have about six or eight different animatronics (some that we can trigger remotely), a fog machine with lasers that creates a “lake” effect in the driveway (we’ve had some kids so enamored of the effect that they’ll just roll around in it on our driveway), a few decorations on drop mechanisms that we can also control. We don costumes and hand out full-size candy bars (including candy for the little ones who can’t have chocolate or nuts); we also have water and Capri Suns for the littles and beer for the adults. Last year on a lark, we bought a Costco-sized bag of Russett potatoes and a few dozen giant pickles in pouches. Both were a hit, with the pickles disappearing before the potatoes did. This year, we bought another Costco bag of Russetts but we’re armed with *60* pickles, including two dozen super sour Warhead-flavored pickles. We’re hoping a few kids try those before they even leave our driveway; we’d love to see their reactions.