"Mommy, do you wike GOATS?"

Goats....or, ghosts to the rest of the world. Ellie is TOTALLY in love with all the Halloween decorations around town and at the stores these days. We have to go out several times a week to look at the "decowations"...she can't get enough. Her Poppy is feeding her habit ... so far he has bought her 3 pumpkins (2 regular sized ones and one "tiny,tiny" one), a light-up jack-o-lantern, a witch door cover, a scarecrow, and a candy bowl with a skeleton hand that tries to grab you. Last night, we played Potato Heads and she put all the pieces in the skeleton bowl so that she could laugh hysterically when it went after us. Good times!

She loves to hide lately as well. Nothing better. She's not very good at it though, because she can't quit giggling. That, and her feet are always sticking out. She's easy to find. :) She just has such a joyful spirit. My new Mommy prayer is that THAT spirit stays intact even as she navigates some of the bumps along life's road. That spirit is an invaluable gift. I trust God will guide me in guiding her, so that it may be preserved. I know HE will....what a precious being He created.

Halloween Ellie-isms:

"GOATS"--- ghosts, you know, like "Capper" the friendly Goats?
"Pive wittle punkin sit on a bine" -- I THINK this is a Halloween song from school.
"How my wook?" -- she says this when she gets into her costume...or her clothes or pjs for that matter. You're supposed to say "Beautiful, as always".