happy halloween!

tonight we had trunk or treat at the church.  about 500 kids came through our parking lot!  it was incredible.  i love this event because i really feel like we're doing something nice for the community by having a safe place for the kids to trick or treat.  here are some pics from the evening.

               

                               

the highlight of the evening for me though was when sweet nellie got harassed by a clown!  she HATES clowns!  she has ISSUES with clowns!  so i thought i would try help her overcome her coulrophobia {fear of clowns} and i sent a child dressed as a clown to do some "therapy" with her.  all the clown did was walk up to nellie and look at her.  that's it.  she followed her around for a bit, but she never said anything or touched her.  all the clown did was look at her!  and can you believe nellie thought I had something to do with that? {gasp!}

but the best part was when the clown came back for a follow-up therapy session just to check on nellie.  now i really had nothing to do with that one.  the clown was kind enough to come back all on her own.  i just happened to have my camera there when the clown quietly walked up behind nellie and stood there waiting for her to turn around.  when nellie saw the clown again she immediately assumed i did it {gasp, again!} and slugged me in the arm!  ouch!  violence!

i was really innocent on this one, but it was so funny!  i'm sorry, nellie, if you have nightmares tonight!  

this picture was taken just before nellie realized the clown was back: