Conquering a Fear

Lauren isn't afraid of much but when it comes to people in full costumes she is petrified.  She still talks about the "Mouse" from Chuck E. Cheese and we haven't seen him for over a month.  So, we figured Halloween would be a short and frightening experience that we'd hear about for months to come.  To our surprise, she got into her costume and had a great time.  She caught on to the whole "trick or treat" thing pretty quickly by following her older cousin Princess Sydney.  As an incentive to keep going we gave her a couple smarties from her pumpkin.  It worked, and for the rest of the evening as we walked between houses she would pick candy out of her bucket and say "open this".  Little Caroline, as usual, was quite the trooper not realizing she'd been dressed up as a pumpkin for her parent's enjoyment.  TOO CUTE!!!