A Monkey Tantrum and "Lots of candy!"

Last night we took Sophie out for her first real trick'r treating adventure. It started shortly after her nap when she had a meltdown upon trying to put on her monkey costume. Do you think that little girl could be convinced to dress up like a monkey?! I think not. It took lots of persuading and coaxing to even get the pants on and I finally just had to put the jacket on with her screaming and writhing around.

After that we hauled her into the car, crying and all. However, once we got to the mall's trunk'r treat she was all smiles as soon as the first piece of candy dropped in her bucket! About a third of the way through she got the hang of holding out her "punkin bucket" for candy. Once through the mall and parking lot we sat down on a bench to evaluate her spoils. She was so excited to have "lots of candy!" Had we not mentioned dinner was chicken nuggets she would have devoured the whole lot.

We then proceeded to Wendy's for a quick dinner before our ward's trunk'r treat. By the time we hit the church, Sophie was a pro at holding that bucket up. She even got a toothbrush, which she absolutely loved! She carried it around the rest of the night (it hung out of her mouth as she "brushed her teeth").

Once we got home Sophie was very hyped up so Tyler decided to take her around the townhouses. I stayed home and awaited their return which was about 30 minutes later and she was still going strong. And amazingly she wasn't trying to rip her costume off, so we decided to hit a road in the neighborhood. I was so surprised to see her trucking through the neighborhood knocking on doors. She loved to walk through the leaves in peoples yards and her favorite houses were the ones with dogs. "Hi doggie...silly doggie...bye, bye doggie..." and then she would blow kisses.

We had a great night out trick'r treating and we were so excited that Sophie was having fun! That night as she was going to bed Tyler and I heard her yell "lolli-POP!" we couldn't help but laugh.