Trick Or Treat, Smell Her Feet, But Don’t You Dare Call Her ‘Woman!’

by Leslie

This evening, we took Julia downtown for the Chamber of Commerce Trick-or-Treat event where the local businesses opened their doors to costume clad kids and gave out candy.

Julia dressed as Supergirl.

It was rainy, but it didn’t dampen our little hero’s mood. She loved Trick-or-Treat. We know this because she told us after every stop along the way. In fact, if you took the following dialogue and put it on a loop for an hour and a half, you’d have a transcript of the complete Trick-or-Treating excursion.

Julia: “Look! Trick-or-Treaters! Look! More Trick-or-Treaters! Hey! There are more Trick-or-Treaters!”

Me: “Okay, Julia. Remember to say, ‘Trick-or-Treat’ and when you get your candy, say ‘Thank you.’ Be polite.”

Julia: “Trick-or-Treat. Thank you. Mom? I LOVE Trick-or-Treat!!!”

Some random, but well-meaning person: “Hey it’s Superwoman!”

Julia: “You’re wrong! I’m not a woman! I’m a GIRL! I’m SuperGIRL!!!”

As we neared the end of the route, we commented to Julia that her bag was all filled up, so we better head home. She said, “I can leave the big candies in the car and then there’s lots of room in my bag to keep Trick-or-Treating! We don’t have to stop!”

I told her that a kid only needs so much candy.

She said, “There isn’t much candy, Mom. This candy has lots of air. There’s only a little bit of real candy.”

Nice try, Smarty Pants.

Lucky for Julia, she is smack dab in the middle of her Halloween extravaganza. After already attending one Halloween birthday party and having costume day at Kindergym, tomorrow we have TWO Halloween parties to attend. Then, our residential Trick-Or-Treat goes down on Wednesday. The kid has plenty of time to instruct the world on the very important difference between Superwoman and Supergirl.

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Comments

9 Cool Kids Came To Play

Amy on October 26, 2007 6:15 pm
That is such a cute costume. I begged Aaron to wear his train conductor costume today to the library party and he absolutely refused. Actually he refused to even go to the party, but then I reminded him that Mommy pushed through her morning sickness to make thirty treats for his library friends and that not going wasn’t an option. So he wore a t-shirt that said, “This is my costume.”
Karly on October 26, 2007 8:10 pm
I love Halloween. I just put Cindy-Lu’s costume on her tonight for the first time and she got all pissy and yelled “I don’t like Halloween!” and demanded that I take it off. She’s a brat.

That middle picture of Julia is too cute. She really does look like Supergirl!
Veronica on October 26, 2007 9:23 pm
She looks amazing. I love her comment about the air in the candy!
Pam on October 27, 2007 9:23 am
That girl not only has super powers…she has super cuteness! How do you not just kiss her cheeks right off?
Amanda on October 27, 2007 11:31 am
She is the cutest! I really like the photos! Our trick or treat is Tuesday night! Our oldest has a couple different trick or treat events going on too!
Jen in MI on October 27, 2007 9:31 pm
Yeah, Julia and me - “there are no calories in that candy - that candy has a lot of air in it!” I think she’s in training to be the next great philosopher. Great pics, too!
Jerseygirl89 on October 29, 2007 5:05 pm
Wonderful pics and I love Julia’s rationale about the candy. Those boots are the best part though, I love them. Wonder if I can talk Ironflower to sporting this costume next year?
Daddy Forever on October 29, 2007 10:52 pm
That costume is so cool. My wife won’t let me dress our little girl in a super hero costumer. Party pooper.
Mommy the Maid on November 5, 2007 5:10 pm
She looks AWESOME!!! I love the costume!