Trick or Treating 2012

The other night we went trick-or-treating.  Johann was a Taekwondo black belt.  Frances and Gwen went as matching superheros.  Frances was themed ice and water and Gwen was fire.

The plan was for all of us to trick-or-treat down and back on our block and then Arial and Gwen would go to the house and give out candy.  When we got back to our house, Gwen was going strong and having fun, so Arial decided to stay with us for a while longer.

The kids did a fairly good job saying "trick-or-treat" and "Thank you".  Gwen's "trick-or-treat" sounded like "Tritreat" but you knew what she was saying.

Arial decided to split off and go home with Gwen.  They made it about 10 yards toward home and it became clear that Gwen wanted to keep going with us.  So they rejoined us and we went on.

Gwen made the slow progression from demanding that she walk between houses to allowing us to carry her across streets to eventually asking to be picked up off of the door steps (she always said "Thank you" when picked up at her request).

By the end Arial was carrying her bucket and Gwen was putting her head on my shoulder and warming her hands in my coat.  Just before the very last house she finally succumbed and fell asleep.  Even though I tried to get her to wake up by setting her down on the poarch, she just stood there in a daze.

Fortunately, part of making her costume warm was putting pajamas on underneath.  It made getting her to bed much easier.

All in all, a good night of trick-or-treating.

mwz