It was a cold and RAINY Halloween - but it didn't keep these trick or treaters from going out for candy. I found some pumpkins at Carrefour, a Target meets Safeway - type of store. They were the only pumpkins I'd seen around and so I grabbed them to continue our tradition of carving out pumpkins. I picked up our niece, Lena after school and she carved her first pumpkin with us. Lena's mom, Ana and grandma Carmelina came in the late afternoon to help with the costumes. Carmelina said she's had trick or treaters come by her house in the last couple of years, so we decided
to go around her neighborhood, umbrellas and all. We collected candy at four houses before it started to pour down rain and we decided to call it a night. The houses that didn't have candy were very apologetic, it seems Halloween is slowly catching on. Once we got home and had dinner (9pm), a group of neighborhood kids came by in costume. They were so excited about the candy we had for them. They said people had been giving them pears and mandarines or whatever they could find because they weren't prepared and were afraid of getting "tricked". Here they say, "Truco o Trato" which literally translates to "trick or treaty" - We had so much fun dressing up Pablo and David. Pablo was a pirate!! He inherited a costume from his cousin, Mateo and David was a girl flamenco dancer. He borrowed Lena's dress and my shoes. He's not quite 9 years old and already has my shoe size!! David, as always, got into character. We had fun, but we definitely missed our Halloween community back home.
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