Our ward held its annual Trunk-or-Treat this evening.
I dressed Anna as an angel, Daniel wanted to be a prince (though the crown was so big that everyone asked if he was a king, and he got a little tired of correcting them), and Joy decided to be Darth Maul from Star Wars Episode I. The face paint took me nearly an hour, but hey, it's a small price to pay for granting a child's wish.
Before we left home, Joy lamented that there were no Jedi around to fight with. Phillip quietly got his light saber out of storage and brought it to the activity, then when we arrived at the carnival he whipped his saber out and challenged Darth Maul to a duel. To everyone's surprise, she dropped her double saber and ran away crying. Apparently Darth Maul doesn't like unexpected confrontations. She recovered quickly, though, and we had a great time.
The carnival had plenty of fun games to play, including this ring toss hosted by our bishop. Prince Daniel missed with all three rings . . .
. . . so Jedi Master Daddy offered to show him how it was done. He missed all three times, too. Apparently the Force was not strong with him tonight.
Darth Maul and I took the "Donut on a String Challenge" (yes, folks, I'll do just about anything for a free donut) . . .
. . . then we set to work Trunk-or-Treating. Our little angel had no concept of what that meant before tonight, but she caught on quickly.
Once we got home, the Trunk-or-Treaters spread out their loot to trade for what they wanted most. I remember doing that with my brothers when I was a kid. Ah, the memories.
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