Trick or Treat

Halloween 2008

Tinkerbell and Arial

We left our house around 5:45pm and walked to a nearby neighborhood.

Our neighborhood is (possibly) one of the worse neighborhoods for kids.
I believe it was meant to be a retirement neighborhood- so porch lights are out at 8pm and some were not even turned on.

The neighborhood we ventured to was a 'fun' neighborhood. Most of the neighbors were at the end of their driveway, dressed up, and ready to
hand out candy. The only bad part about this neighborhood was that if
the neighbors were not at the end of their driveway-
it was a really long walk to their door!

For the most part, the girls did really good. Lexi said her standard 'Trick or Treat' and 'Thank You', but she was very nervous about the scary decorations and insisted on being held and at times refused to go to certain houses. Gia did what she was told- no matter if the house had scary decorations or if the homeowner was dressed as Frankenstien. The only set back for her was that when the candy bowl was put in front of her she would go to grab for one and then drop it and then stare at the candies in the bowl. It was like she could not decide. The homeowners were very patient.

After around an hour- the girls were 'BEAT' and ready to go home. We threw them in the stroller and I made sure to run to each house that had a 'Help Yourself' sign and grab some candy-Once house had BIG candy bars--always very exciting.

I wanted to go to Chili's before we went home to grab some FOOD, but Lexi really wanted her bed. After spreading out their candy, opening a few, spitting out the candy they did not like- Lexi passed out! Gia, on the other hand, hung out with her dad in the backyard and waiting for trick or treaters-- I think we found 3 and insisted that they take a handful of candy.