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By Sarah
We had a great time this Halloween, thanks to Disney and our wonderful friends & neighbors. It all started when Dan asked our 2-year-old what he was going to be for Halloween. We had gotten the box of costumes out & had played in them while Dan was at work. To my great surprise, since we didn't have anything Disney in that box, Danny very confidently replied he was going to be Buzz Lightyear. What?!? He's obsessed with Buzz after having been obsessed with Lightning McQueen. I guess if the word 'light' is in the name, he's a fan! After many failed attempts to find him a Buzz costume in the right size, Dan's cousin, Christy, bailed us out by mailing us the Buzz costume her son had worn the year before. (And she even sent us Vermont maple syrup & cheese too. Yum! Dan has the nicest family.)

After hearing Danny was going to get to be Buzz, the generic pink princess costume in the basement wasn't going to be good enough for Kaelah anymore. She wanted to be Jesse from Toy Story because everywhere we checked was sold out of Sleeping Beauty already. (She's never seen the movie, but Aurora wears pink, so that's good enough for Kaelah.) Dan & I had also been invited to a grown-up Halloween party where we were requested to dress as a Disney couple. I thought Dan would make a great Woody & I had a pink-ish old bridesmaid dress I hadn't worn since college I could dig out of the closet to become Bo Peep. My mom made me a bonnet & shepherd's crook out of some foam she had in her craft supplies. I didn't want to spend any money on mine because Kaelah also decided she had to be Belle for Halloween & Dan & I caved. Luckily Michelle had no opinions about her costume (thank goodness) and we were able to use the unicorn costume from the costume box to pretend she was Buttercup from Toy Story 3. Whew.

Although we spent a lot of money on Kaelah's & Dan's costume & will have to mail back Buzz, I learned something new. Costumes can bring people joy! You should have seen people light up when we went to the church's Hallowen party when they realized we were all Toy Story characters. And when we trick-or-treated around the neighborhood or went to our neighbor, Darrel's, church potluck everyone loved Buzz Lightyear walking around & thought Kaelah was the most beautiful Belle around. Kind of makes me want to start going all out every year... but I'm sure if Danny was this opinionated this year about his costume, we might just have to go with the flow.

Speaking of going all out, you should have seen the party Chelsea & Tim put on! Food, decorations, games -- all superb. We had a wonderful time on our date night with great people. I am so glad Chelsea moved into our ward! I am also grateful my dad chewed me out for wondering why I couldn't get my act together to throw a party like that. Somehow at that moment if was wonderful to hear all 3 of my children were especially "demanding" individuals. (:
I think I figured out the secret to getting things done, though. Wake up at 3am like I did today, help M & K and the dog until 4am, then not be able to go back to sleep, give up at 5am, and get to work on the computer. I've almost caught up on the blog in one morning! Yes!

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