Halloween

Last Sunday Emma begged me to take her to the "Monster Store" really known as the Spirit Superstore. She has always loved Halloween, but the last couple years, she gets scared, specifically of dead babies and some of the animatronic stuff that is sold at Spirit. We drove to the store, pulled up, parked, and got out of the car. Emma said, "I really want to go in there. I love Halloween, but I don't want to see the dead babies, or that zombie that crawls across the floor." I told her that she could use me as a shield, and if she got scared, she could close her eyes, and I would guide her to something less scary. She agreed. We got inside and immediately saw this.....



Emma froze and said, "No, No, No, I am not going in there!" She began to cry, not so much because she was scared, but because she really wanted to go in, but she was paralyzed with fear. She was sobbing saying, "I don't want to leave, I want to go in there and face my fears, but I can't go in there." I told her that I wasn't going to force her in there, and suggested we go to Fred Meyer and look at the Halloween stuff there. She finally agreed, and we left. On the way up to the store, she said, "How come when I was little that stuff didn't scare me." I told her its because she really didn't fully understand it all yet, and so she didn't have fears like that. I told her about all the millions of times she used to go in the Monster Store, and we'd put masks on, and she never got scared. She literally used to make me bring her in there every single day of October. Since she was 4 years old, she has always made a point to be something scary for Halloween. She has been a zombie cheerleader two years in a row, a zombie princess and zombie bride. This year she wants to be a vampire. I told her about my friend Melissa's daughter, and how she loves scary stuff. Emma asked how old she was, and I told her she is 2. Emma was a little mad that a 2 year old wasn't scared, and she being 7 was. I assured her that she too used to be the very same way. She just can't really remember those days. That made her feel better.

Out of all 3 of my children, Emma definitely loves Halloween the most. She knows how much I love it. I love the fact that my B-day is in October, I love the fall, I love Halloween. We will be making/painting coffins this year (Small ones, miniature really)I will be decorating tomorrow. Jeremy and I are going to Spirit tomorrow, since he isn't scared to go:) I told him that all I want for my B-day is a gift card to Shopko, so I can get more Halloween decorations. I love the old black and white horror movies. I found a calendar 2010, that has all the old horror movie posters on it. I love it! I found some coffee cups that have the same old horror movie posters on them...I told Emma, "You tell Jeremy this is what he can get me for my B-day."

I am thrilled that my OB told me if I don't deliver baby by the 39th week she will induce...that means he could easily be here at the end of October, which is really cool to me! He can dress up this year!

Anyhow, Emma still wants to try making it in Spirit this year, so we will just keep trying....