Lions and Tigers, Flamingos and Power Rangers?

Lions and Tigers and Bears (oh my!) at the Pumpkin Prowl ... Flamigos and Power Rangers at the door! Trick or Treat! Matt's cousin and niece, Jennifer and Grace, met Matt, Andrea and Joe at the Woodland Park Zoo the Sunday before Halloween (still in 2007, folks - we're playin' catch-up here).

There were some awesome carved pumpkins, great scarecrows, fun treats to collect and cool costumes, the best of which were 2 little boys wearing white boxes - they were a washer and dryer!!

Then on Halloween night they met at Aunt Bonnie's (Jennifer's mom) house - her Seattle neighborhood is a hot spot for old school trick-or-treaters, the whole neighborhood participates providing hordes of kids with a bunch of candy!! One neighbor made his trailer into a haunted tunnel of sorts ... he did a pretty good job too - Joe went in the door ... and came right back out ... "too scary!" Another neighbor's answer to "Trick or Treat?" was "I'd love to see a trick!" Joe put is hands up to his face, fingers covering his nose with his thumbs in his mouth - clicked his thumbnails off his teeth and announced "I'm cracking my nose!" She was duly impressed and dropped 2 candies in his bag as his reward - Joe's such a character!!

Grace was a Flamingo complete with furry pink wings and tail feathers, pink tights, some fantastic pink gym shoes and a smiling beak - she was adorable! Joe was the Red Power Ranger and whenever he had his costume on (before and after Halloween) he'd say, "When I have this on ... I'm in charge!" Don't mess with this Power Ranger!! They made their way around the neighborhood - Joe kept tripping over things, he couldn't see because of his mask so it was off and on, off and on! They had a great time and made quite a haul!!

"Can I have this one?"