Dear Kid Saturday – Trick or Treat!

Dear Cutie Pie,

I’m so glad you were feeling good enough to go out trick or treating last night for Halloween. You were supposed to be a knight; you had a black shirt, brown pants, your plastic wrist bracers, and the sword and shield that came with the bracers. You had to leave the shield home because you needed to carry your pumpkin bucket with you. You decided to bring the pirate sword instead of the knight sword. And then the bracers cracked and came off. So other people were kinda guessing that you were a pirate.

You were so excited about trick or treating. It took a little convincing to leave, because you were playing your Leap Frog game on the TV (and spelling!) – but we got you dressed and in the car to visit the Grandmas.

We visited Grandma Kitty first. You shouted “Trick or Treat!” so loud. It was adorable. You grabbed a few lollipops from her candy dish, and you managed to stick one in your mouth before we could try to say no.

Next was Grandma Debbie’s house. You suddenly got shy about saying “trick or treat,” but she let you have candy anyways. (Of course.) We tried to stop you from eating another lollipop, but you’re just too fast. We weren’t trying to be mean. You didn’t eat much earlier in the day, and we didn’t want you to get sick.

Then we stopped at Great-Grandma Betty’s house. She had some big candy bars! You didn’t say “trick or treat” there either.

We headed for home after making the rounds, and you wanted to go trick or treating around the neighborhood. Our immediate next door neighbor wasn’t home, but the lady on the other side of her was home. She had candy and a cupcake for you! (We wouldn’t accept cupcakes from strangers, but she’s okay.) You were good about saying “trick or treat” with our neighbors after we told you that you might not get candy if you didn’t say it. There are certain forms to be followed. 🙂

We ran into another little boy from our street trick or treating with his mommy and daddy, too. His name was Justin, and he ran home with his mom when they saw us getting close to their house, because he wanted to give you some candy. It was so cute!

You got a whole pumpkin bucket full of candy. Pretty impressive for the relatively small number of houses we visited, about a dozen. I guess that’s what happens when you visit grandparents and a bunch of people who hadn’t been seeing many trick or treaters all night long.

Love,
Your Mom (even if you kept telling me to take off my costume)

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Christina Gleason (976 Posts)

That’s me: Christina Gleason. I’m a writer, editor, and disability advocate. I'm a multiply disabled autistic lady doing my best in this world built for abled people. I’m a geek for grammar, fantasy, and casual gaming. I hate vegetables. I cannot reliably speak, so I’ll happily conduct business over email or messaging instead.