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Halloween is a night of excitement and festive fright for children and families of all ages, as they go door-to-door in their homemade or store-bought costumes and collect treats in their plastic pumpkins.
Knowing this, Camila decided to find time in her hectic schedule to take Philip and the Collector out to participate in the tradition of trick-or-treating.
This was their very first night out in the neighborhood like this, and both boys were bursting with boundless energy as they and Camila approached their first house.
"... Yes, Philip, you can ring the bell," Camila, dressed in her purple Cosmic Frontier cosplay costume, assured her son gently with a warm and radiant smile.
Philip wore his red overalls, with Camila sewing a replacement strap for his missing one, and his wooden mask.
His finger was hovering over the doorbell as he looked up at his adoptive mother to ensure it was okay to push the button.
After hearing her confirm, he smiled and rang the bell.
As the door slowly opened, Philip and Collector's eyes filled with sparkly joy.
"Trick-or-treat!" Both boys sang the magic words as they held out their buckets to the gray-haired woman with tiger face paint on who had answered the door.
She was holding a bowl brimming with sweet treats, while a tubby orange cat stood by her side.
With a tired yawn, the feline retreated lazily back inside.
"Oh, look what we have here!" The good-natured woman beamed out as she directed a manicured nail at the Collector.
"A little space panda!"
Despite not knowing what a panda was, the Collector smiled at this and was pleased to have his regular attire considered a costume.
"And... a skeleton man!"
Philip was next to smile cheerfully at the woman's words as she proceeded to place a few pieces of candy into his and the Collector's buckets.
"Terrific costumes, boys! Happy Halloween!" The woman said as she waved goodbye and closed her door.
"Happy Halloween!" the boys replied back with waves of their own as they and Camila then proceeded to the next house.
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It was now Collector's turn to ring the doorbell of the second house as a couple wearing matching costumes opened it.
After receiving compliments on their costumes from the pair, the boys receive candy in their buckets.
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A delightfully adorable and eerily fun montage then begins as Philip and the Collector go door-to-door and receive tons of aww's in response to their outfits, followed by being awarded with a variety of brightly colored Halloween candies.
One person, a bulky biker, is utterly moved by the cuteness of Philip and the Collector's costumes and decides to dump his entire bowl of candy into their bags.
Camila couldn't help but smile and giggle fondly while taking pictures of the two and recording everything.
During this spooktacular night, the mother felt a sweet rush of serotonin enter her soul as she heard her boys bubble out laughter all night long and witnessed their wonderful time together.