Halloween Trick or Treating with Grace

I almost didn't take Gracie trick-or-treating this year, but imagine my surprise when Martin called home at about 3PM to see if we wanted to go. I just figured a trip into town by myself wouldn't be any fun, but together that was a whole different story. So I got her costume ready to go and checked the internet to see where we could take a 17 month-old that wouldn't be too cold. The mall and various churches were having indoor events so we headed out in that direction. Of course Daddy had ultrior motives and insisted that we stop in at Costco and check out what's new in the tool aisle.
After browsing and actually not buying a single thing, (yes, I was so amazed you could've knocked me down with a feather!), we headed to the mall. It was quite fun to see all the little, and not so little, ghosts, goblins and witches out and about. Most stores had someone posted outside their doors handing out candy, stickers or small toys. After a few attempts Grace got the hang of it and went up to each person and held out her hand. We used the brown paper bag she had decorated last week at the Mom's Club Halloween bash. She got a good stash for a little witch.

Check out last y
ear at Halloween and this year's costume: