Halloween

The girls had a fun Halloween season......dressing up in everything we had in the box for the last few weeks (from Crocodile Hunter to angel and everything in between!) At school, they had a Halloween parade (where they met Barney) and enjoyed painting pumpkins, riding a pony, and eating tons of sugar I'm sure! We also carved pumpkins and went trick-or-treating with some of our best friends......and even though it was 75 and humid, the girls made it to maaaaaaybe 10 houses before getting too spooked by the eerie sounds, music, and fog machines to keep from screaming, crying, and attempting to run away. But it was a fun 10 minutes! And Braden was a good sport for allowing me to try (with foundation, eyeshadow, and highlighting powder) to turn his face white :) In the end, he looked merely like a man with a lot of makeup.......an angry man with a lot of makeup :) But the kids looked cute with their green faces (all eyeshadow!) Bela's would have looked better had I actually washed it first......woops! All the dark areas are where her face was sticky :)

Bela is really growing up and talking a LOT! She makes up her own songs and sings them in her cute, off-key voice while dancing (and falling into things). Her concern for others' safety has come out at preschool when her classmates attempt to put their fingers in the bunny and chicken cages. She says it "makes me cwy". She's finally starting to warm up to Bible school and is proud that she finally gets to do something that Emma can't.......and I'm sure it helps that she gets to eat gum after she gets out (as long as she doesn't attempt to run away!) Emma is still the same old soul.....she recently had her feelings hurt at school when a little boy called her "Emma Demma". But she continues to adore school, and this week she's the "Star Student". That mean she gets to bring in a bag of her favorite things and tell the kids all about herself!!! As you can imagine, she's taking it VERY seriously! Her curiosity is still growing and she recently asked me "When I get married, will God give me a magic belly so I can have babies?" Huh......how in the world can I answer that?! She's still cautious about everything and needs to Google everything before she's comfortable doing anything!!! In fact, I showed her a video today of a Santa train. She got very excited about it, so I asked "Would you like to go?!" to which she replied "No thanks!" Ummm.......why not? Turns out she's not scared of Santa, just the train. And NO amount of coaxing will change her mind. Guess no Santa train this year!