So much has happened over the last two weeks. Katelyn was ill for about a week. During that same week, I backed the car into the garage and watched as Katelyn dropped my cell phone, on purpose, into the bath tub. Did I say that all happened in one week? It was actually a day.
Then last week came and went. It’s true that time really flies when you’re having fun. Part of the fun was going to see La Traviata. I’m not quite sure why, but I had never been to the opera before. It’s odd because I love the theatre, and I like to listen to music. I, unlike a small percentage of my students, really enjoyed the performance. I thought the orchestra played especially well, and the costumes and sets were beautiful! I felt that Violetta’s costumes were the most interesting, as they changed based on what was going on her life. Her hostess ball gown was full and regal, and the sassy, black number she wore after her party was…well, sassy. I loved her “wholesome” frock; the white dress with aqua accents was worn when she was happy in love and living in the country with Alfredo. It was followed by her black, ornate ball gown worn when she accompanied Baron to a party while still in love with Alfredo. And as exepected, she wore an off-white gown before her death, showing her transformation from party girl to God-fearing woman.
All of the talk of costumes leads me to tonight. It’s Halloween! And though I enjoyed trick-or-treating as a child with my neighbors and little brother, I think I had more fun today as a mom of a first time trick-or-treater. We began prepping Katelyn for today’s festivities by teaching her to hold her pumpkin container out while saying, “Trick or treat.” It is the cutest thing ever. EVER! This morning we started celebrating by taking pictures on the front porch in front of the pumpkin, mums and aluminum jack-o-lantern. Katelyn wore her “Boo” t-shirt, and she knew that something special was happening today. The Mom’s Day Out program had a “Halloween party” on the playground before the sweetie pies went home for the day. Katelyn dressed up as a lavendar butterfly while her friends wore Tigger, fairy, football player, and cheerleader costumes. She and her cousin Sydney licked icing off of cupcakes before throwing them away. And both girls resisted naptime later. They are obviously not used to a lot of sugar. After Katelyn finally napped for about an hour, her godmother came to see her. Shayla is pregnant with Katelyn’s first little godbrother or sister. I teased her and told her she should put her belly in costume. To end the fun, Katelyn trick-or-treated at three houses and passed out candy. Of course she didn’t share with others that she knew a new phrase, but after we closed the door to the last group of tweens in short shorts and cow girl boots (I’m still not sure who they were supposed to be), she repeated her new phrase several times in front of the video camera for Daddy. I will always remember today. Too bad she won’t!
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