Trunk-or-treat

Presenting...CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!

Presenting, Mom and Dad's last minute costumes...Princess Aurora and Prince Philip!

Saturday night was our ward Trunk-or-treat.  We all had a great time.  Dillon and Daddy both figured out how to wear tights and not break the "no cross dressing" rule.  Very clever.  I was the only Valentine not wearing tights.

 

Mark and I tied for best adult costumes with the P's in an audience cheer off.  We won a pumpkin.  We didn't take it.  I would have, I guess, but I forgot.  The kids contest was a, "no one can win because everyone looks so great" contest.  As it should be.  But, really, Dillon's costume was by far the cutest.   His only competition was L, who went as The Joker.  All the kids got a glow stick as a prize.  He really enjoyed the adult contest.  I saw him standing in the front of the crowd clapping away saying, "Yea, yea!"  My child is adorable.  I can't get over it.  

 

He was a good little Trick-or-treater, too.  At first he said, "Hi." But after a couple people coaxed a "Trick-or-treat" out of him, he was golden.  He was so good.  When we got to a crowed trunk, he would say, "Trick-or-treat," and try for the bowl.  But, I just had to remind him to wait his turn and he would stand there patiently repeating, "Trick-or-treat," until all the other kids had butt in front of him and gotten their candy.  The two year old was the considerate and patient one.  

 

He made the round once, with a double stop at the R's car (by invitation, or course) where he was taught by Brother R how to use 2 hands to scoop out bunches of candy.  At the last car of the night, he picked up 5 mini candy bars in one chubby little hand.  It took him a couple tries to get a good handful, but he recognized a good grab when he saw it and dumped it right into his bucket.  On the way home, I told him that this wasn't even Halloween, and that we were going to go Trick-or-treating again on Wednesday, only on real Halloween you go to houses, not cars.  He's pretty excited.  He must have missed the Wednesday bit, though, because when he saw that we were on our block, and going home, he started crying, "Trick-or-treat houses, Trick-or-treat houses, please!"

 

The kids costume contest: 

 

Tried to get a picture of the Captain with his buddy, L.  Neither kid would cooperate. Dillon was distracted by his glow stick and L was distracted by a doughnut. 

Here is Captain America trying to rehabilitate The Joker with a hug.  He's such a diplomat.  It's like Nonna says, "You catch more flies with honey."

Well, I'm sure I will have more Captain America pictures to post tomorrow.  Yea! Halloween!!