"Ding!" Round Four of Trick and Treating

We felt a bit like Halloween Scrooges, but this year we skipped handing out candy at our house, and we took Charlotte to Valley West Mall for their October Family Night. Almost every store on the lower level had an employee dressed in a costume and handing out candy. The crowd was bigger than we expected, and Char preferred to be carried by Mom for the first 15 minutes.

I took a few shots of the crowd, but my hastily taken pictures don't really do its size justice (I always feel weird taking pictures of strangers). Considering all the animal costumes, the place was a zoo.

In an effort to escape the throng of tiny monsters and zombie princesses, Char ducked into the games store where she played with the display toys for awhile.

And what did she find in the Melissa & Doug "Victorian Dollhouse" (priced at a meager $180)?

A Female Fire Fighter!

Yea! (She still didn't get the dollhouse, though.)