Trick-or-treat!

Ah, the best part of Halloween, trick-or-treating.  It all began at the church for the ward trunk-or-treat.   First of all, I have to say that it was a serious shock seeing 300 people and 45 different soups at a ward activity.   We are not used to that kind of turn-out and it was a little overwhelming but still a lot of fun.   Cambrie is making a couple little friends in the ward which has been really nice.  Payton (Snow White) took us to the zoo a couple of weeks ago and they get along well. 

After a delicious soup dinner, we had a costume parade then everyone headed outside to play some games and to go trunk-or-treating.  If there were too many kids at one car, Cambrie would wait patiently or just head to the next car.  She quickly lost Payton who knew exactly where to get the candy and would stop at nothing to be up front.  But we didn't mind, candy is candy.

Some ward members did a great job decorating their trunks with jack o' lanterns, spider webs, glowing lights, or the scary cave of glowing eyes (Cambrie didn't want any candy from that car).   We'll have to do that next year.

When we got home, Cambrie was ecstatic with her haul.  Can you tell?  

McKenzie was just as thrilled.  She grabbed any candy within reach and would suck on it until the wrapper came off enough for her to get some flavor. 

Some of the families in our neighborhood opted to go trick-or-treating tonight instead of Halloween night which is on Sunday.  The houses were kind of spread out so Cambrie rode her tricycle all over the neighborhood.  It was a beautiful evening that was just the right temperature for being outside.  Cambrie never had to wear her coat and never complained about being cold at all.  In fact, she was giddy the entire time.  We joked about goblins chasing us, and zombie hands poking out from the grass (so we stayed on the sidewalk).  We repeated Halloween poems we knew, and looked for ghosts and witches flying in the sky.  It was so much fun. 

Cambrie loved ringing the doorbells at each house, but just to make sure they heard her she also knocked on the door multiple times. 

By the time we got home her cauldron was full to the brim.  Her first choice of sweets was a blue ring pop and she started eating it while we were telling Jeremy about our adventures. 

She was a sweet sister and shared her loot with McKenzie who had stayed home while we were out.  McKenzie followed her around the rest of the night looking for that ring pop.

Unfortunately when it came time to take some pictures of the girls in their costumes, their lips and teeth were completely blue.  I guess I should just be happy that it's the only piece of candy either girl had tonight right? 

Happy Halloween from my little Tinkerbell and Iridessa!