Trick-or-treating in our new hood.

Right.

Turns out that the new neighborhood isn't real big on trick-or-treating.

There's a reason why,* but I really thought we'd see more than...

oh...

I don't know...

ONE trick-or-treater?

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October 31, 2011, 7:20 p.m.

tap-tap-tap {no ringing of the doorbell}

Me {opening the front door}: "Hooray! We have a trick-or-treater!"

Mario: "Trick or treat!"

Me: "Since you're our first trick or treater {thinking: possibly our last} you win the grand prize and I'm going to give you a whole bunch of candy!" {thinking: I don't want Doug to eat this stuff all week.}

Mario: "Do you like my costume? I'm Mar[w]io."

Me: "It's awesome! How old are you, Mario?"

Mario: "Six." {pause} "My name's not r[w]eally Mar[w]io, but you can call me that tonight."

Me: "Ok. Cool. Have fun, Mario!"

Mario: "Thank you!" {his dad smiling at the end of our walk...}

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I loved Halloween at our new house.

:o) ♥

* Some of the houses in our subdivision have tall gates/fences that must be entered in order to approach the front door. That's not cool if you are trick-or-treating.

** And I didn't realize until I searched for these Mario images that what should have been Mario's mustache was actually attached to the chin of our Mario tonight. So cute!