Tonight we had Alethea’s friends Ava and Judah (and their parents) over for trick-or-treating.  We had a little bit of a football theme going with the kid’s costumes:

Of course there was that little awkward moment when Ava realized she was totally outnumbered:

But Alethea soon distracted her with an impromptu pom-pom routine:

After dinner and the photo shoot we went down the block trick-or-treating.  Alethea had fun running around in the dark and riding on Daddy’s shoulders.  However, I don’t think she really got the whole ‘trick-or-treat’ concept.  True, she only tried to go inside the first couple houses that we visited, but after that she cried every time someone put candy in her bag.

We think she had a good time though because after we got home she was completely wound up and polished off two mini-bags of pretzels.  (As a kid I thought non-candy items were lame, as a parent… I kinda get it now!)

After we got her calmed down a bit, she did go to sleep pretty easily, so at least for this year, there was no sugar high to keep her up.

Over all, I’d say it was a smashing success.  We hope your Halloween was also worth cheering about!