Halloween

Halloween is the only good thing about summer being over. Gwen has been getting geared up for the "big day" for months. Last fall she found Grandma Buckholts' witch hat and since then has wanted to be a scary witch for Halloween. We found her a black witchy dress to wear and some striped tights to go with Grandma's witch hat. Grandma even found her a witch broom and a cauldron. It's been the perfect costume. It seems that witches are very popular this year, or at least I'm noticing them more because Gwen is one. We went to a trunk-or-treat last night at Grandma's church and it seemed like nearly every other little girl was a witch. That doesn't seem to bother Gwen at all. In fact she loves all her fellow witches and likes to point out which ones are nice and which ones are mean based on their costumes. Emily is being a cat for Halloween and despite months of coaching has yet to give us a good meow. She also hates that I painted her nose black and immediately rubbed it off.