Trick or Treat!

Here she is! Brooklyn loved the whole Halloween affair. To her, it meant the first taste of candy corn, dum-dums, milk duds, and a host of other delicious goodies - this holiday is first-rate!Angel befriends bumblebee! This was our first costume party on Saturday night. It was some sort of fall ball at my parents ward. Littered about the lovely parking lot that night was popcorn, hot dogs, chili, kids in costumes, and of course, the church-wide tradition of trunk-or-treating!
A fierce trio: Batman, Robin, and one white angel with mardi-gras beads(handed out as one of the treats that day). This was our second trick-or-treat experience. It took place at about 10 A.M. on Halloween in downtown Glendora. Brooklyn got to sample some of the candy she had been collecting and was glad that she amassed gobs of it! Needless to say, after several attempts, no nap was ever taken on this special day... it may have had something to do with the sugar overload...

Brooklyn had no probably walking right up to the store owners and trick-or-treating while her older cousin Caden (Batman) played more of the shy guy. Caleb (Robin) got cranky after a while, and Brooklyn tried to soothe him by sharing some delicious candy, which he graciously accepted.
Round three: the night crawlers! (As if twice wasn't enough!) This time the hunting grounds were grandma and grandpa's neighborhood! (Notice even my dad dressed in his best stripes for this one!) Brooklyn became quite the professional trick-or-treater, practicing all the proper etiquette. She knows the proper greeting at each stop, "trick or treat," (in her words, "treat-treat!") and with some prompting, she also thanked each neighbor before we left. She does need to develop the self-discipline to not grab a fist full of goods from each candy bowl that came within reach, or extend her open hand for more candy after someone already deposited her allotment into her bag. We'll work on that for next year...