Trunk or Treat

So how do you explain Halloween and Trunk or Treat to a five year old that has never experienced it? You don't even try and just tell them they get to put on a beautiful dress!! A huge thank you goes out to my gifted seamstress cousin Anne and cousins Kat and Emily for the use of the beautiful Cinderella dress. Jodi felt like a true princess as she strolled around, holding up her dress with both hands like she had seen Cinderella do in the movie. Mama got to hold her crown most of the time as well as the goody bag. We had a ball (no Cinderella pun intended...) at our church's Trunk or Treat. We were so fortunate that Tinkerbell (lovely cousin Emily), Peter Pan ( handsome cousin Andrew), and a pirate (little cousin Alex) were able to join Jodi. We rode down the big slide (a little scared at first), played games, and rode on a cart pulled by a mule. The big finale was Jodi's favorite part! We walked around to the different cars to get candy.

Our Jodi has a big sweet tooth like her parents. She went to the first car, took her one piece of candy, and said "thank you." I then told her she could go on to the next car. She looked up at me with big eyes and said, "MORE CANDY???" It took her no time to get into the swing of things as she ran from car to car. Jodi kept saying,"I got a lots of candy!!" It was so precious and we loved sharing that time with her cousins and her best friends. She thought Baba the pirate was pretty cool too! She was incredibly happy and stayed excited all the way home.

When I was putting her to bed, Jodi started to giggle and said, "Mama.... I got A LOTS of candy.... man...." What a blessing to experience these firsts with her. I'm sure in the orphanage candy was few and far between and I think it was hard for her to grasp so many people wanting to give her such a treasure!! Everyone has been so kind and generous to her and we again say "thank you" and GOD IS GOOD!!!!!!!!