Trick or Treating (as told by Nate)

It’s Nate here to tell y’all some exciting news. Did you know there’s a new way to get lollipops? You don’t even have to say “please” or anything. Just “trick or treat.” And guess what?  Strangers give you candy! I kind of thought candy from strangers was against our family’s rules, but not on Halloween! Here’s a recap of how I got this lollipop. And got to stay up realllyyyy late. And dress up, like a ….well, I’m not really sure what.
But I am sure what Bubba dressed up as: Iron Man! I wonder when I’ll be old enough to wear cool SuperHero costumes and not…whatever it is Mommy put on me.

Actually, I’m not sure what Kay Kay is either. Maybe a Barbie? She told everyone she was a Princess Pop Star. Isn’t that what a Barbie is? 

Mommy said I was dressed as Catie’s Agent. What’s an agent and why does Barbie need one? All I know is putting a tie on really makes people want to give you lollipops. I would wear a tie to bed if it kept the lollipops coming like it did on Halloween.

Oh! I forgot. My sissy. She was a princess without an agent because she was the Disney Princess, Tangled. The one with really long hair. Was there a little brother in that Disney movie? If there was, he would have understood how so much hair can really smack you in the face if you’re not watching when your Sissy turns around.

Sissy may have been the only one who loved trick or treating more than me. She’s usually kind of quiet, which is nice, because my family talks A LOT. But Sissy was en fuego on Halloween. Must’ve been the lollipops.

Bubba really liked looking scary as IronMan. One day that will ABSOLUTELY be me. I’ll jump in front of people and do really cool bad guy moves. But for now…

I just got A LOT of hugs from Kay Kay. Which was okay, I guess, since everyone thought it was really funny I was her agent and wanted to give me candy.

“Pay me in Skittles and Tootsie Rolls, People!”

Another fun part of Halloween was all our neighbors dressed up and we had a huge party with TONS of cupcakes. Seriously. Kids weren’t even touching the healthy lentils, they were eating cupcake after cupcake. I really thought neighborhood parties with cupcakes were the new dinner plan, but no. Last night? Mommy acted like I was crazy when I asked for a little dessert. AFTER I had eaten my nuggets and everything. Halloween Magic, I guess.

The other good thing about neighborhood friends is they’ll carry you EVERYWHERE. Sara carries me all the time, but on Halloween, she carried me from house to house to trick or treat.

Which was super handy because my legs are kind of short and I had trouble getting around to ALL the houses with people who wanted to give me candy!

I don’t know if Sara was tired from carrying me for so long, but I didn’t ask her. I just said, “TRICK OR TREAT!”

Again and again.

And again.

Until my Goggy carried me. Which was really nice because my candy bucket was getting really heavy.

It wasn’t just me who got a really heavy candy bag. Sissy’s bag broke, and she had to borrow a trash bag from our neighbor. 
And when we got home really late, she tore into that bag and ATE SOME CANDY. So I asked, and sure enough, my parents said, “Yes.” They said yes to a lollipop late at night!

So, that’s the story of how I got this lollipop and how I discovered how much I really like Halloween.
I hope next year I’ll be big enough for that IronMan costume. I don’t think people will love the Agent gig two years in a row.

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  1. No wonder Sara got so much candy….I used to take my sister around like that….and everyone thought I was so sweet that they gave me extra… Those girls will be toting him around when they are 16 and too old to trick or treat on their own. : )

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