To Tessie's great relief, Hallowe'en did eventually arrive. The anticipation built up in her so much that every evening for the last week she stated, repeatedly, "I want to go to Hallowe'en!"
Well, Hallowe'en came to her, and she made the most of it. Her day care had a costume parade and sent her home with a bag of treats, but the majority of her trick-or-treating was done closer to home, in the downtown business district of the Undisclosed Location.
Dressed as a Pumpkin Fairy, she charmed most of the local merchants out of candy as she walked through town. Here she is getting her first-ever Hallowe'en treat:
That was followed by many more, and then it was time for the costume parade, as all the local children followed behind one of the city's fire trucks on a short walk from downtown to Memorial Park. 
Memorial Park was the site of the costume contest, and Tessie entered in the 0-2 age group. Alas, she didn't win, but surely this was due to the preferential treatment given by the judges to those toddlers wearing homemade costumes. Tessie's was not made by an immediate relative, and we can only hope that the nimble-fingered Chinese adolescents who did create it aren't offended by the judges' blatant disregard for their efforts. (Hey, Judges: you try churning out hundreds of identical "Pumpkin Fairy" costumes in one sixteen-hour shift before discounting the effort!) 
From there we returned home so Tessie could make one last stop before bed. We took her across the street to our neighbors to trick-or-treat one last time. Tessie's request sounded more like "twinkle-twinkle" than "trick-or-treat," but it had the desired effect and several pieces of chocolate landed in her plastic jack-o-lantern bucket. 
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