Halloween.

Halloween this year was amazing.  Trick-or-treating was rescheduled for today because of the big snow storm last weekend.  Stella isn't old enough to even understand the whole trick-or-treating part of things, so she was perfectly content to stay at home with me and hand out candy while Tim worked.  At the beginning, when there were only a few trick-or-treaters, she got really upset every time I would shut the door in between visits from neighborhood kids.  It took her a bit to figure out that I wasn't ending the evening by shutting the door!  She happily said, "Hi guys!" to each kid who came for candy, and she handed out the candy directly into their bags.  We went through our entire stock quickly because she gave so much extra to each person.  She would wave at them and say, "Bye!" as they walked away.  As we were nearing the end of our big bowl of treats, one of our neighbors, Cliff, came over to give Stella her very first lollipop.  She was amazed.  I'm glad it was toward the end because I think she would have quickly realized what she was handing out to every kid and she would have stopped being so generous!