Week 32: Trick-or-Treat!

Boy, we had a fun night tonight! We are in Pittsburgh for business and visiting some old friends. Our friends Joe, Suzanne, Joey and Sophie invited us over to go trick-or-treating in their neighborhood and we were eager to take them up on it. Jonah had never been trick-or-treating before tonight; it's just not something that really happens in the same way in NYC. Large apartment buildings will organize within their building, but we live in a very small building. Most kids just go to Halloween parties. Suzanne had been talking up how much fun their neighborhood was at Halloween - she was right. Think something straight out of ET - all of the streets are filled with kids in costumes walking door to door, having a great time.

We had to prep Jonah for this new experience. He really didn't have a clue what we were talking about when we described it to him. He wasn't looking very certain about the whole thing. Then we told him he would get chocolate and that sealed the deal. Up until this point he hadn't wanted to wear his costume - just hold it like a stuffed animal. He was pretty eager to get into it tonight! He went door to door and was a little shy about it at first. Sophie, who is around 8 years old, stayed with Jonah and coached him along. About six houses in he was a pro; he knew just what to say and was very cute in the process. He was yelling "wait for me honey!" ahead to Sophie when she would get ahead of him!

He ended up with a nice stash of candy and treats and had a very good time in the process. So did mom and dad.

Photo - this is my 24mm lens at f/4. There is a flash in a small umbrella up and slightly camera right. Ambient is under exposed by 2 stops.

Bonus photo - here's a shot of Joey, Sophie and their friend Robby. (same setup)