Halloween trial-run

I was pretty excited when I found Nora a suitable costume just days before Halloween, especially at a 50% markdown. She was even more excited to dress up in her giraffe outfit. It's one of the words she can sign, so I can tell when she wants to put this on. Knowing that she was enthusiastic about wearing this was great, as you never know if a child may not cooperate with dressing up.

Saturday morning, we got ready to do our first "run". My workplace was having an event to allow children to "trick-or-treat" to visit the residents in their cottages. Where there's candy involved, Thomas and Lewis are game to be there, too. (They also remembered it from last year.) Even though Nora didn't know what was going on, give her a bucket and she's on her way, too.

Lewis, in his modified, non-scary version of the "Phantom of the Opera"!

My friend Megumi had helped organize the event. Her daughter was pretty cute in her butterfly costume.

H. was also very generous, giving any candy that she had to Nora. What a sweetie!

The girls started out their picture posing alright...

... but then resorted to their usual scrapping. :) Nora didn't want to give any of the candy back!

They are very sweet together though. Sure didn't take Nora long to figure out the concept here with the candy. She learned how to say "treat" and take lollipops out of the paper bags that the residents' were holding. (With help from Mom, too.)

Thomas and Lewis are sweet guys, too. Gotta love them! I like it that they can see where I work.