Grace Like Rain

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Happy Halloween!!!

Last night after work, we went over to Mike's parents house for Pizza. After we ate, the kids got into their costumes. Emily was Ariel. Mason was Captain Hook, and Madison was a Cheerleader.

As the night grew on, Emily got more and more unhappy. She didn't like the Trick-or-Treaters that came to Papa's door looking for candy. (And I couldn't believe the kids don't even say "Thank You" any more!)

We sat around checking out what she'd made at school for a while. Her class also went to the Pumpkin Patch today and each picked out a pumpkin.

Then we went to the church for the fall carnival. Emily was really not interested in playing any of the games.

We saw Belle (Sarah) there too ...

But this was the predominant look of the night ....

Emily didn't like any of the people that were dressed up. She fussed quite a bit while we were at the church so she and I went home pretty early. She fell asleep in the car in her princess dress. Awww ... a sweet ending to a sugar-sweet night.

A note from Emily to Grandmother and Grandaddy

Hi Grandmother and Grandaddy!!!

Thank you sooooooooooo much for the Halloween present. I got it in the mail last night. I couldn't wait to open the box.

see what's inside ....

I looooved the stickers and of course the pumpkin flashlight!!!

And you knew I would love this book. Reading is one of my favorite things! When I come to your house for Thanksgiving, I'll bring it so that I can read it to you. You're going to looooove opening all the flaps and seeing what's inside.

I opened my socks immediately. Did you know that they light up?!?

And I got one of my favorite things! Fruit snacks!!!! I couldn't believe how many fruit snacks were in the box! I wanted to eat them all right then!

But Mom didn't let me. She did read this sweet card to me though ...

And I love you too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy Halloween from our family to yours. Pictures tomorrow.

Patches and Bags

Well I managed to sew on Emily's two Cubbies patches this weekend. I thought I did a pretty good job considering my lack of experience. All I need to do is go back and iron them down. The Jumper patch on the right side of the picture (left side of the vest) is a little too high, but I can live with it I think. That's all well and good ... except that Emily got an Ern E. Elephant patch at Cubbies last night. Just when I get caught up, I get one more thing to do!

I also put together some goody bags for Emily's preschool class party. They were filled with a little notebook, a Crayola Pip Squeaks marker, a couple sheets of stickers, and some candy. I think they turned out really cute. The biggest problem is that I am inept at tying any kind of bows. These were actually awful looking up close ... and when I have to tie a bow on the back of Emily's dress, it always turns out awful as well. My mom and my mother-in-law have both tried to show me, but I can. not. do. it. Someone, please take a moment and enlighten me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. (Sorry about the rambling ... I'm very far away from my original topic at this point!)

Emily's preschool class party was today. The picture below is all the goodies she got from the other kids in her class. Wow! We haven't even opened any of the bags yet, but it looks like a lot of stuff. And we haven't even been Trick-or-Treating yet!

Tomorrow night, we'll go Trick-or-Treating at the church's fall carnival. I hope to get some good pictures, but Emily is often pretty shy around a bunch of people. She might be clingy and frowny all night. We'll see what happens I guess. Wish you all could be there!

Spit-spot

This evening when Mike and Emily got home, they started watching The Wizard of Oz again. By the time Emily went to bed, she had watched the whole movie again!!! This picture is from yesterday.

Check out that face! (Yes, she was eating popcorn and fruit snacks.)

Reading in Bed

Several people left comments about their kids reading in bed at night. I don't remember reading in bed when I was a young girl (once upon a time.) But I do remember getting all my babies and stuffed animals and pretending that we were homeless on the street on a very cold night. I would only have maybe a pillowcase or a small blanket to cover myself and all of "my babies" up with to keep them warm. (Because, you know, that was all we had when we were homeless.) We would snuggle close and before I knew it, we'd all be asleep.

Spit-Spot

Emily had me laughing at the dinner table tonight. She kept telling me "Spit-spot" in a lovely British accent. We were both giggling uncontrollably. Do you know what movie "Spit-spot" is from? Post a comment if you know. First one with the correct answer wins!

Not Me! Monday and the Night-time Librarian

I did not read an entire James Patterson book in one day. You know, I have way too much to do around the house to read over 300 pages in a day. And it was not a great book that I thoroughly did not enjoy.

We did not spend the weekend driving around town looking for The Wizard of Oz on DVD. Of course, we did not find it at a store in the mall 45 minutes away. And while we were up there, we did not stop by a great Italian restaurant and eat waaaay too much pasta and bread and mozzarella sticks.

And we, of course, did not watch the Wizard of Oz after Emily's nap this afternoon. She wasn't so sure about the Wicked Witch and hopped into her Daddy's lap a couple times, but it was all good by the end of the movie.

I did not win my first Blogger award this week from Lisa. I'm totally honored that she loves my blog and I loves hers too.

The Night-Time Librarian

After we put Emily to bed at night, she's been getting out of her bed and getting some books to "read" in bed. She drags her Cinderella light over into the bed with her and pages through all the books one at a time. Sometimes we can hear her in there reading to her dolls. So cute!

Here's a picture of Emily giving Stephen his leaf. We missed most of the other pictures because she kept going to the person who was trying to take pictures of her.