Rain, Candy and the Bee

Eddie discovered the joys of trick-or-treating last night, much to his delight. Yes, it was pouring down rain and we were both soaked by the time we slogged home, but we both enjoyed it. It only took him two houses to "get" that if he knocked on a door, a person would give him a treat that he could put in his bag. These are three things he loves (banging on doors, being given stuff, putting stuff inside other stuff) so any activity that involves all three is like 1-year-old heaven! Later, he discovered the shiny wrapped objects he received contained "nums!" and floated over the moon in a sugar-induced haze. After our decidedly brief outing, he enjoyed helping us hand out our treats to the few kids brave enough to ignore the rain and run from house to house. I should mention that our street has a "high" side and "low" side, and that the high side houses have an average of 23 steps to reach the door (I counted, as we were going up). A few of the people were nice enough to sit at the bottom of their steps, but that definitely ended our treating early. Of course, the Husband and I will have to eat the candy with peanut butter or nuts in it, as Eddie isn't allowed to have those yet. It's going to be hard work, but you have to protect your child at all costs. I'm going to protect him from a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup now.