Halloween Fun

    Today Molly has a little cold so we canceled our playdate and stayed home. We got in our warmest, softest jammies and worked for two hours on a Halloween gingerbread house. It was a huge mess but a lot of fun!

    Late this afternoon, we went to the park. We found a caterpiller on the path who has become a new member of the family. She wanted to play at the school playground next to the park so we were there with a lot of older kids who were there for an after school program. She showed all the kids "Gary" her new caterpillar friend and let them hold him. I was a little worried that one of the kids would kill him or that they would take him away from her, but I just bit my tongue and watched it play out. There was one panicky moment where one of the girls pretended to throw him, but she came over and gave it to Molly Thank God!!! Molly would have been devastated if her desire to share had resulted in her losing Gary. It was fun to see the other kids react to him! The boys were all afraid to hold him which really surprised me. Most of the kids had never seen a caterpillar before, much less held one, so it was especially cool that she could share that with them:)