Happy???? HalloWHINEY!!!

We wanted to do something fun and different this year for Emory's 3rd Halloween. We had heard a local Church holds a really great Halloween festival with jump houses, dinner for families, games and lots of fun.....so, we thought that would be great!

Emory was a ladybug this year. She really enjoyed being outside floating around in her costume. She looked so sweet!

We recently changed Em over to a big girl bed and therefore she is no longer taking her 2-3 hour naps each day. Instead she gets out of her bed and plays....and then gets really cranky around 5-6 o-clock. It makes dinner time really fun...haha. Anyway, she had not had a nap for several days in a row. This is an important piece of the story.

So Em and I set off for the Church. We were warned when we got there, that it was not what they usually had and was not really all that great. But, you know me...I will give anything a chance. I decided to go ahead anyway! It was a little dissapointing. There were no bouncy houses, dinner for families, run -around room for kids....it was just a hallway.....with a LONG line of families with thier children. Keep in mind it was really hot....Texas hot, and they didn't have the air on since all the doors were open. So you can picture a hallway full of adults with children in hot costumes with no air......great combo. They had 10 stations that you could play a game (all in the hallway) We made it to 3 of them in 30 minutes....you had to just move through the continuos line...then Jody showed up. He immediatly said, " How long have you been waiting for this one?" 10 minutes to pull a lollipop out of a tree.....did I mention it was HOT? So, we decided it wasn't working for us and left. I felt so bad for all the effort this Church had put into making all the fun games.....and then for it to be so hot and the line so long....I know that must have been frustrating for them as well.

So we left there and took no nap Em to Grandma and Pepaw's house (my parents) where she continued with her melt down....and got so bad that we couldn't take her to Mamaw and Pawpaw's house. We brought her home and put her in bed super early.....not quite the halloween we were hoping for.