Trick or Treat

Halloween was fantastic! Funny in many ways. Charles and I enjoyed watching Nadine skip and jump from house to house with her cousins. Cousin Kelly & Tim invited us to join her crew for treating! Nadine had a blast with their girls, Lia and Olivia. Interesting enough, we had noticed Nadine taking a little longer after the candy landed in the pumpkin bucket. I realized she was introducing herself, "my name is Nadine, whats your name?". Daddy and I laughed , because it was just like her to do this. After a few more houses, things were taking longer at each residence. I followed her right to one of the doorways, where she was taking her time speaking to the lovely lady looking in her candy bowl. I heard Nadine repeatedly say "I want the same candy , you are giving to the other girls". The lady, kindly walked into her house and returned with Nadine's request. Then the Lady asked to search for the candy she initially put in Nadine's bucket. My little girl, turned and said "you can't do that, you gave it to me". She said thank you and walked away with big smiles running to show me what she conquered. In awe of my daughter I still had to bring this to attention. I said to Nadine "Honey, you can't do that, you get what you get". Just then, Nadine looked up at me and said "But Mommy, that's not fair, and all the houses are giving different candy to Lia and Olivia then me". We continue walking and I thought, shes right, she can do it , she's asking nicely and she's getting lots of candy from her request! In addition to the candy first thrown in her pumpkin bucket, she's asking for more! Wow, that's my girl! At each house I tried to tune in to what she explained to the nice people handing out Halloween treats. At one of the doorways, I heard a elderly lady say, "why don't you like the one I gave you", Nadine said "you have so many different kind in that bowl, you can't just give me the one you choose if it's not my favorite". In conclusion, the lady reached into her bowl of goodies and took the one Nadine wanted and put it in her Pumpkin bucket. Nadine said "thank you", turned and smiled, running to the red radio-flyer wagon where she retreated with Olivia to rest their tired legs. What a awesome Halloween!