No Tricks, All Treats

Even though the weather did it's best to thwart a festive evening, Halloween went off without a hitch. Little Red Riding Hood was seen yesterday frolicking around East Gate...luckily no wolves were spotted. Gramma Turner gets MAJOR kudos on Anna's costume - everybody loved the ensemble, especially the frilly bloomers.

Each year there is a quasi-parade in our neighborhood that is always humorous to watch. I don't know if the kids or parents are harder to wrangle...but, inevitably it is cute seeing all the kiddos march (or wander aimlessly) in their costumes. Anna definitely fell into the category of wanderer - at the start of the parade she dutifully followed the Tinkerbells in front of her, but soon broke off on her own route. Eventually she just stopped and looked up at me with a very questioning expression.

Waiting with Tinkerbell for the parade to start

Following the parade we tried to get a group shot of all of the kids - tried being the key word. I think at this point all of the kids were thinking, "Um, we were told that if we put on these costumes we would be given candy. What gives?" So, at this point us parents dropped the "organized" activities of the evening and Trick-Or-Treating officially commenced.


Even though we had practiced saying, "Trick or treat" for weeks, Anna was a bit apprenhensive at the first house. But, after snagging a box of DOTS, she was hooked. Honestly, we could have stopped after the first house and with one piece of candy and I think Anna wouldn't have known the difference, but we continued on. She became a little braver with each house we approached and she ended up getting quite the haul for a 2-year-old. Of course that means Jason and I have had our fair share of Runts, Laffy Taffy and Snickers, but Anna was over the moon. Surprisingly she didn't ask for her candy today - I'm sure that won't be the case next year.