Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on November 1, 2013

Here are some pictures from Halloween night, finally! Sam really wanted me to dress up, which I never do, but I tried to be a good sport and offered to be a cat for her. I really didn’t do much other than wear some minimal makeup and a tail, ears and bowtie I bought, but she was thrilled.

It wasn’t quite dark enough when Sam insisted on getting dressed, so we had to hang out in front of our house for a while. Sam was so worked up she was bouncing off the walls and full of hugs for her wonderful parents who were going to take her out candy gathering!

She did pose for a picture or two before insisting we head off.

Our first stop was, of course, our next door neighbors, Joe and Debbie, who are so good to her. They always have a huge Halloween display and Sam just had to go over and fix poor Mr. Skeleton who had lost his arm.

Finally it was time to go! Mark too her first down the street, then when they had covered most of our block…

…he brought her back for me so I could walk with her a while. It would be nice to go together sometime, but one of us has to stay home to give candy out ourselves. One of my first trick or treaters was Julia from her school. She lives on the block behind us and came right up with a big, “Hi, Samantha!” It was nice to see one of her classmates so happy to see her. I still worry about her being shy and making friends.

Mark and I were both surprised to find out that two of the teachers at the school where she will attend Kindergarten and first grade, Nancy and Kristen, live right on our street! Hopefully, she will have at least one of them.

After a long walk down our block, further than we had ever been before, it was time to unload the haul! Ready for the big dump!

Candy candy candy candy candy!!!!

Sam’s favorite part is looking through every piece. She asks me “Do I like this?” with everything she doesn’t recognize.

Never fear, Sam and her dad worked it all out. She discovered lots of candy she likes and had a piece or two before bed, in perfect Halloween form. She also helped me to give out candy to our last trick or treaters, which I think is very sweet of her. I really think she likes giving out candy as much as getting it herself.

The sweetest thing was today when Sam came up to me and offered me three pieces of her candy, three things I like. She said, “I have a treat for you.” When I asked her why she was giving me her candy, she told me, “To say thank you.” So I asked her what she was thanking me for and she said, “I wanted to say thank you for taking me trick or treating.” Then she picked out some candy that Mark likes and told me she was going to give it to him to say thank you when he was done working. Do we have the sweetest, most wonderful kid, or what? This came completely out of the blue. We are so lucky we have her. I couldn’t believe how beautiful she looked in her costume, but truly, our girl is more beautiful inside than out, and that is saying a lot.

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