Trick-or-Treat!!

This is the first year that we decided to take Annaliese out trick-or-treating. And...it's actually the first time that I remember ever going trick-or-treating! We started out by meeting Auntie Jenn, Holden, and Jenn's mom in the village of Arroyo Grande. They had it set up where you could walk from store to store and trick-or-treat at each store. It was pretty busy and rather unimpressive, but we were glad we checked it out!

 Getting ready to go

 Minnie Mouse

 Our first stop was at church...she got her first piece of candy and sat down and ate it while we waited for Auntie Jenn and Holden to arrive! She was fascinated by all of the different costumes!

 Holden "Biker-dude"

 Annaliese has been into trucks lately so she was pretty excited to get close to the fire truck. She was a little nervous about the fireman lifting her inside, but thought was all smiles when she grabbed the steering wheel!

We headed home to meet up with Kyle who was going to join us for the evening activities. There is a neighborhood near by called The Berries which is rather well known for trick-or-treating. There were tons of people there! The people who were handing out candy were camped out in chairs outside their houses and it was just a constant stream of people. At the first few houses, Annaliese was a little hesitant about going up to the people, and needed to be holding my hand, but it didn't take long for her to get used to the idea. Pretty soon she was running up to them! 

 Fed-Ex employee Chuck Noland and his friend Wilson...with Minnie Mouse:)

(from the movie Castaway)