Halloween and High Self Esteem

For Halloween we went to the fabulous annual Stuart Halloween Party. My brother and his wife out did themselves again.
They set up a graveyard in their backyard with fog, and a spooky zombie that moved. Inside they had decorated everything spooky. James was very scared at first. My brother constructed this really cool ghost that looked and moved like I would imagine a real ghost would. I wish I had a video of it, it was awesome.
They also had yummy soup and bread sticks shaped like bones. The pumpkin roll my mom brought was also delicious.
I admit I didn't dress up for the party. I felt bad, I was going to be a peanut M&M, but nothing was going my way that day, so it didn't happen. Ellie was a beautiful princess and James was an adorable puppy dog.

Saturday afternoon we came home and made soup for the ward party, Zuppa Toscana, it was delicious, I was very pleased how it turned out, since we never had made it before.
At the ward party the kids got to go around the gym in a line and get candy from everyone sitting on chairs around the edges. James and I were stuck behind a very shy neighbor girl who just froze and stood in front of people and stared at them even after they gave her a piece of candy. Eventually I would prod her on, but James took this to his full advantage and gave big smiles to the people who gave him candy, he would stand and wait a minute behind the frozen girl, and then again smile and hold up his little plastic pumpkin to the same person, who usually couldn't resist giving my adorable puppy another piece. One man gave him 4 candy bars before we moved on.

After about the hundredth person told Ellie she looked just like a princess, Ellie chuckled and whispered in my ear, "What they don't know, is that I REALLY AM a Princess"
Maybe that would concern some mothers, but it makes me happy. I want my daughter to know and feel as special as any princess. I want her to have confidence in herself, and love who she is. I know there are some risks with too high of self-esteem but we'll take those any day over those of a low self-esteem.
We went to a party after the ward party and had homemade doughnuts and apple cider. The kids ran wild, the men discussed, the woman gossiped, and I stuffed myself silly. It was truly delightful.

I'll post some pictures as soon as I figure how to get them off my email.



Coming soon .............Mouse Tales continued