We did it!

Maren and Amei talked all afternoon about walking down to the spooky house in the daylight. "I'm not scared. It's not real." As we got closer to the house and their pace slowed considerably, Maren pulled out a wine opener/pocket knife she had just scored at a yard sale, held it in the ready position and announced, "I've got this in case anything comes alive." Both girls bravely approached the ghoul, discussed all the details of it appearance and that was that. Later in the evening, when David came home from work, she told him all about it. Maren declined to check it out after dark. Bravery comes with the light of day.