And Halloween

When my kids were little, I loved to create and sew their costumes for Halloween. Then I had a fourth child and something had to give. I guess (through default) I gave up homemade Halloween costumes. I also gave up on laundry, but that's a different story for a different time.

Usually, the children wear hand-me-downs from cousins or whatever they can come up with on their own. But this year was so exciting! Grandma Suzie was visiting from Hawai'i. We were walking through a store looking for winter coats for the boys and we saw a beautiful Cinderella dress--just in Beth's size. Well, who can pass that up? Not Grandma! Before we knew it, she had bought the kids their dream costumes! They've played in them for the last month, so the costumes are already a bit worn. But really, what is the point of preserving a costume for one night? Dress-ups are fun.

Sarah's Special Day

Sarah had a beautiful day the day of her baptism and confirmation. She is such a wonderful little girl. She has been preparing herself for this day. She felt that she should work on her temper and learning to control her anger. She felt that she should try to be nicer to her siblings. She came up with her goals on her own, and she has progressed so much in the past few months. Sarah's Grandma Suzie couldn't come the day of her baptism, but she came the week before. She brought Sarah a special dress. Much of Chris' family who live in California came out for the weekend. My family was also very supportive. After Sarah was baptized, I went in to help her get dressed. She looked at me and started crying. She said, "I love you so much, Mom. Thank you for teaching me how to get baptized." I love her, too.

Speaking of the Beatles...

(which I was in the post I just wrote.)

Check this out:

This is Christopher on Abbey Road. (THE Abbey Road!!)

And here is the studio. Abbey Road Studio. You know, some pretty crazy singing went down in there. 

The budding musician...

Nathan wrote a song recently. He plays it on the piano and sings it at the top of his lungs. It goes like this:

"Bethie-bae; Bethie-bae. I love you with all my heart today!"

He sang it for Beth. She loves it. Then they put their arms around each other and walked down the hall singing, "I love you, yeah, yeah, yeah," together. (You know, it's the Beatles!)

Awwww.

B-E-T-H

Beth loves her name. She loves to spell it. She writes it on everything. Today she wrote "Beth" on her shirt. Hmmm. She marches around the house chanting, "B-E-T-H..B-E-T-H."

She got her very own copy of the Book of Mormon the other day. She immediately looked at it and said, "This says my name! B-E-T-H."

Look closely.

B (in "Book") E, T, H (in "The"). Not only can she recognize her name, she can unscramble it!