Halloween

Before we had kids I never thought we would "celebrate" Halloween.  I thought I would just get them candy and we would have a special day. (It is my birthday afterall.)  Then we had Paige and the costumes were just so cute and what harm could it do to dress up and trick-or-treat in our neighborhood where we know a lot of the people.  So that's what we did.  Then, between this year and last, Paige started having night terrors.  This year as Halloween approached I noticed that the decorations in the neighborhood are really pretty scary.  Mark and I really didn't think that we should be should purposely take the girls out where they could get visually and emotionally scared.  They are not old enough to really understand it is pretend, but that said, Satan is real and evil resides in darkness.  So this year, we were not going to participate in anything Halloween.  Then, we heard about a church nearby that does an alternative party with games, prizes, and food, and the girls could still dress up.  What a perfect solution.  The girls had a blast and we felt good about our decision. 

 Our Elmo and Kangaroo!