Yesterday was our first encounter with Halloween and a toddler. Although she is only two, she’s been quite eager to trick or treat this year. New Englanders don’t mess around when it comes to seasonal décor, and she’s been crowing about pumpkins, scarecrows and trick or treating all week while driving by front lawns.

Now that we live in an apartment building with a near 95% percent elderly population, we had to find an alternate plan for Ella’s trick or treat. Thankfully, my friend Jeannette, mother of twin girls (Ella’s B.F.F.’s – written in a pretty crayon heart split 3 ways), invited us to tag along for some sweet ‘ol candy beggin in her hood. Although we only made it to a few homes, Ella made out quite well with generous returns.

So then came the altercation, the one in my head of course.

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