On a breezy morning, everyone in the herd was slowly waking up. Manny, Ellie, and Sid were the first ones up.
"Well it looks like it's that time of year again." said Ellie.
"That's right. Halloween." replied Sid. "I wonder what Peaches is going to be doing for Halloween this year? She's already too old for trick-or-treating."
"She's probably going to do something with her friends like all teenagers do on Halloween." answered Ellie.
Manny suddenly got worried. He knew that Peaches and Louis are now friends with the delinquents. He was not as over-protective of her as he was six months ago in their old home before he got separated from his beloved wife and daughter, he was still worried that Peaches will be badly influenced.
"I don't think so." Manny stated quickly.
"Why not?" asked Ellie.
"I still don't trust that Ethan boy and his little gang. Peaches can help us give out treats for the kids who are going trick-or-treating."
"Manny, we've been over this. She's not going to be your little girl forever. The older kids get the more trust you're going to have to start giving them."
Yeah, I guess you have a point." sighed Manny as he turned to Sid.
"What about you Sid?" he asked the sloth. "Do you want to help us out?"
"Gee I wish I could Manny," said Sid, but I'm taking some kids out for trick-or-treating.
"Really?" asked Manny in a puzzled and nervous tone."
"What's wrong with that?" asked Ellie.
"Oh nothing." retorted Manny. "Except that Sid had bad luck when it comes to kids."
"What?" asked Sid. "No I don't."
"Oh come on Sid." said Manny. "The flashbacks prove it all."
Suddenly, flashbacks from Ice Age 2, Ice Age 3, and Surviving Sid appeared and the screen goes back to the mammoths and sloth.
"On the bright side, I did make a grand canyon." said Sid to his defense. "Too bad I still didn't think of a name for it.
Diego and Shira then walked out of their cave. Manny, Sid, and Ellie knew right away that their three feuding cubs kept them up all night and the saber parents were barely got enough sleep trying to break them up.
"Good morning you love birds." chimed Sid to them in a cheery voice.
"Not to me it's not." grumbled a cranky Shira.
"Rough night?" Manny asked Diego.
"If you guys would be smart," whispered Diego. "You won't talk to Shira for let's say five minutes."
"I heard that!" snapped Shira.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Ellie said to Shira.
"Sorry guys." apologized Shira "It's just that the cubs kept us up all night and-"
Shira was cut off by her's and Diego's three cubs, Cash, Bobby, and Flora who were chasing and yelling at each other.
"I can't believe you just called me a pipsqueak!" hissed Flora pinning down Cash.
"Well believe it because it's true!" Cash spat at his sister.
"Take it back!"
"You can't take back facts squirt!"
Everyone stared at the fighting cubs expecting the saber parents to do something.
"Aren't you two going to do something?" asked Ellie.
"No." replied Shira. "We'll wait for the right person to do it."
"So what did we miss?" asked Diego.
"Not much." answered Manny. "Just talking about what we're doing today for Halloween, and Sid is taking some kids out for trick-or-treating."
"Really Sid?" said Diego in the same tone Manny used.
"What do mean?" asked Shira.
"Every time Sid does something with kids it ends badly. Watch the flashbacks if you don't believe me."
Once again the flashbacks from Ice Age 2, Ice Age 3, and Surviving Sid show up and the screen once again flashes back to the herd animals with this time Shira laughing hysterically saying that they just made her morning.
"Thank you flashbacks." said Sid sarcastically. "Well this time if the kids get out of control, I have someone to handle the discipline."
"Who?" asked Diego.
While the cubs are still fighting, a loud, cranky voice belonging to Sid's grandmother, Granny is heard.
"Will you fur balls shut up?!" Granny snapped at the cubs. "I'm still sleeping here!" The cubs then stopped fighting right away.
"Hi Granny!" Sid greeted his grandmother in a very friendly way as she was angrily mumbling.
"You're taking your grandma to make sure she disciplines the kids?" asked Diego.
"Yep!" replied Sid.
"Then you have made a good choice my friend." said Manny.
"Yeah," agreed Shira. "Especially considering that she can make the cubs stop fighting." Flora, Cash, and Bobby are then seen hiding behind their dad shaking in fear of Granny yelling at them again. That is why they were sometimes scared of her.
"Sid, chew my breakfast for me." ordered Granny as she handed her grandson plums.
"Granny, what happened to the teeth I made for you?" asked Sid.
"Precious ate them. Now chew!"
Peaches then climbed down from her tree and greeted everyone in her family except for Crash and Eddie who were still sleeping.
"Mom, Dad, Ethan asked Louis and me to meet him, Steffie and Katie at the New Falls to tell ghost stories. Can I go?"
Ellie immediately agreed. Manny on the other hand was nervous and reluctant to answer. "I don't know sweetie."
"Please?" Peaches begged her father.
Ellie then shot a glance at Manny that said the same thing she told him earlier. "She's not going to be your little girl forever."
"Alright." Manny finally replied. "You can go . I trust you."
"Yay!" said Peaches. "Thanks dad!"
As everyone was telling Peaches to have fun and to be careful, Manny then came up to her and told her, "Wish your uncle Sid good luck. He's taking care of kids today."
"Good luck Sid!" Peaches called to the sloth as she walked away to go meet with Louis.
"So Peaches, Sid and Granny have something planned." said Manny. "Anyone else doing something today?"
"Yes." said Shira "Diego and I are taking the cubs out to teach them to respect each other."
"Crash and Eddie I'm not sure yet since they're still sleeping." Said Ellie. "But you can help me prepare the treats for the kids."
"Okay you start without me." said Manny to Ellie. "I'll be right there. I'm just going to do something."
As Ellie turned around, Manny walked to Crash and Eddie still sleeping. He was planning something and he wanted them to follow.
The mammoth slapped the possums awake much to their dismay
"Hey!" exclaimed Crash.
"Is it really that hard for you to just say wake up? Asked Eddie annoyed.
"Listen you two," said Manny. "I have a proposition for you."
The possums suddenly forgot that they were annoyed at their brother-in-law for waking them up.
"A proposition?!" squealed Crash very happily.
"What is it? What is it?!" asked Eddie jumping with joy.
"Peaches is going out with her friends to tell ghost stories. I need you guys to follow her."
"You want us to spy on our niece?" asked Eddie.
Manny nodded.
"Yay! Thank you for this opportunity Manny!" squealed Crash.
"How can we ever repay you?!" asked Eddie as he and his brother each kissed one side of Manny's face.
"Well for starters," said Manny, "Don't kiss me like that again."
The possums suddenly felt awkward but in unison replied "We won't let you down!" as the climbed trees and swung on branches with their tails following the same direction Peaches was going.
Manny felt satisfied with himself. Ellie would never let him spy on their daughter but technically, HE wasn't the one spying.