No TRICK or Treating this year...

... at least for Mom & Dad!!

Our Trick or Treating Crew...

Race Car Pit Worker...

went to a party with his FRIENDS, had a blast and came home at 11 pm. This POSE is also typical of a TEENAGER listening CAREFULLY and INTENTLY to every word (blah! blah! blah!) his MOTHER says :0)

Mime...

went trick or treating around town with TWO of his friends. He used a cell phone (making communication fairly difficult because Mimes don't talk) to make CONTACT with us during the evening. He called for pick up at 9:00 pm from a local business, where they had STOPPED to refuel with FREE popcorn, drinks and handfuls of candy.

Mime & his friends RAN from door-to-door all night long. When he came home, most of his makeup had been dissolved by sweat. However, he WON the award for the most candy collected (filling 3 gallon size baggies) which he generously SHARED with the rest of his family (for several days).

Little Red Riding Hood...

happily skipped around trick or treating with JUST her girlfriends for the FIRST time ever. Her Mother, an ENCHANTING witch, used her SPECIAL powers, casting a MAGIC spell and creating her DARLING costume (in Fairy Tale remembrance of her Grandmother, the Good Witch of Germany).



After trick or treating, they played GAMES and watched a movie (Homeward Bound). She came HOME at 11:30 pm, just before the time when SWEET little girls turn into yummy pumpkins (and their mothers turn into ogres).

Beautiful Princess...

was supposed to GO trick or treating with her Daddy BUT when the neighbors came to the door, she slipped into her flip-flops, grabbed her PINK bucket and joined them on their WAY (unknowingly, Mom was painting Mime's face AND Dad was ON the shed.) We stayed in contact with them VIA cell phone and, when it started to RAIN, HITCHED up the horses and picked HER up in the carriage.

Pirate Dog...

STAYed home all night, HELPING to welcome our visitors (who adored his costume) by sniffing them up and down as Princess passed out the CANDY.

Our favorite Trick or "TREATers" of the evening were also the last. We opened the door to see them standing on the porch with a cauldron FULL of candy and a combination pizza. Thanks, GREAT Grandma & Grandpa Meredith! We LOVE you!

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