Ashlyn's First Trick-O-Treat Experience

Just wait till she is old enough to realize we made her wear a Chicken Suit. Hee...Heee...!
The evening began with a wonderful phone call from Daddy Dennis letting me know he got off early and was headed home to wait for us. We had planned to take Ashlyn Trick-O-Treating but did not have solid plans for dinner or which houses we wanted to hit first. Once I got home I was cranky and exhausted from work while Daddy was on a sugar high ready to cruise the streets with his baby girl for Trick-O-Treating 101. We decided we would try a new place to eat, a place we've been curious about Shima Japanese Restaurant for an entertaining Teppan Grill experience. When it started to get dark outside at about 7pm we hopped in the car and headed toward the restaurant where we parked the car and then walked to a couple houses nearby to knock on their doors. Ashlyn acted like a pro, yelling "hey kids" to the others Trick-O Treating as she ran behind them towards the front door of each house. We hit about six houses and then went to Shima to have some yummy cookin'. When we arrived at the restaurant and sat down Ashlyn was solely interested in pulling out the candy from her pumpkin and opening up any one of the packages, but "Party Poopers" (mommy and daddy) decided she would be better off not having any candy for the night so we just let her play with the candy packages and then Daddy taught her how to use the candy boxes as building blocks which kept her busy until the chef started his dinner presentation. The food was yummy and best of all the usually crowded restaurant was empty since it was Halloween Night. After dinner we headed to Grandma Denise's House to show off the Chicken Suit and then headed home to conclude our night. It was a very fun night. Definitely memories to cherish!
-Nicole