We took down all the decorations today and the candy pile is slowly being depleted. It seems Halloween is fading fast around here but Matilda is still talking about trick-or-treating everyday. M is especially reminiscent of trick-or-treating as she enjoys her daily allotment of candy. She has chosen M & M's as her treat of choice two days running now (although the Junior Mints were quite well received, too).
Here she is starting out Halloween night before we hit any houses, a bit hesitant:
After visiting many houses and eating several candies she is getting into it:
The neighborhood where we went trick-or-treating is on a hill, so most houses had quite a few steps. Matilda was a trooper and hiked all over the place, burning off whatever chocolate she consumed. She did much better than one family I heard walking by us; they were busy making a pact to only go to the houses without steps. That seems to be the epitome of American sloth when you won't walk up 15 steps for a free candy bar.
High fives for a super hero team-up!
I took this picture the night before Halloween when I finished her costume. I was so excited how it turned out and couldn't wait for her to get up the next day. Now for a breakdown of its construction: the skirt she already had, I just added the stars. We bought the red shirt and I made a Wonder Woman applique for the front of it. I originally was going to make the belt and headband from the shiny fabric that the arm cuffs are done from, but it was so hard to work with I decided to go with the easier yellow cotton fabric. The belt (with detachable "lasso of truth") and the headband both turned out better than I hoped and she is getting a lot of mileage out of them as they have gone to music class and a birthday party already. Not pictured here were her red Baby Legs which I intended to look like Wonder Woman's red boots. After much research it was determined that knee high red boots are outrageously expensive (in toddler or adult sizes) so we had to compromise. 
The bag M decorated for trick or treating and her haul:
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