Elliot, 2, prepares to go trick-or-treating as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Elliot, 2, prepares to go trick-or-treating as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Photos: Spooky visitors swing by Pioneer House

The residents got some seasonal cheer early this year.

Elliot, 2, prepares to go trick-or-treating as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Lilly, 3, receives some candy from Betty Hunt as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Raineka Ackley, parent educator with Parents as Teachers program, hands a Halloween treat to Denali, 3, as members of the program and children visited Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

A parent hugs his child as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Elliot, 2, decorates a pumpkin as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Residents of the Juneau Pioneer Home play with a baby as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited to have an early Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

By Michael Lockett

Juneau Empire

The residents got some seasonal cheer early this year.

Lilly, 3, receives some candy from Betty Hunt as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Lilly, 3, receives some candy from Betty Hunt as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Raineka Ackley, parent educator with Parents as Teachers program, hands a Halloween treat to Denali, 3, as members of the program and children visited Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Raineka Ackley, parent educator with Parents as Teachers program, hands a Halloween treat to Denali, 3, as members of the program and children visited Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

A parent hugs his child as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

A parent hugs his child as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Elliot, 2, decorates a pumpkin as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Elliot, 2, decorates a pumpkin as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited the Juneau Pioneer Home to have an early Halloween with the residents on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Residents of the Juneau Pioneer Home play with a baby as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited to have an early Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Residents of the Juneau Pioneer Home play with a baby as members of the Parents as Teachers program and a number of children visited to have an early Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

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