Eight.Eight Years Old

 8.8 Years Old

•  You had a Halloween late night with some friends. Maddy, Piper, and Emery came over. We had a make your own pizza for dinner along with soda from the frig. You all tried to watch Harry Potter, but your friends were having a hard time following along so we turned it off. You roasted marshmallows, played night games, and mostly watched another movie. You had a great time. 
• You were able to finish your volleyball season. Your serves haven't been consistent, but you wouldn't let me work with you. Finally, the week before the tournament, I told you that your team needed you to get this down. I took you to the back porch, worked if you for 10 minutes, and then you had it. You even scored the last few points to win a set for your team. It was really exciting. 
• You went to Emerson's house for a late night for her birthday party. It was so cute. You all got matching pjs, did crazy make up, ate a ton of junk food, and giggled until really late. It was good meeting her mom because now I feel like I know her better to do other things like this. 
• Grandma and Papa Matthews came for Halloween. They were able to stay for a while. We craved pumpkins with them, took them to the North falls at Silver Falls, visited the Gilbert House, ate out, and played a lot of games. 
• Halloween was this month. You wanted to be Ginny Weasley. We had everything for the costume but the red head. I offered to get a wig, but you wanted to just spray her your hair red. I found a cheap bottle of red dye that sprays on just like hair spray. The problem was, it rubbed off onto Sam's dress shirt and onto the couch when you sat down. We did your whole hair for the church party, but only the top for Halloween night. We went to the ward trunk o treat. And then the Prices came down Halloween day. We went to the assistant living home across the street from us. You were all so good to talk to the residents there and get to know them a bit (though we were definitely holding up the line). Afterwards, we visited the library and did their haunted maze. We came home for some dinner and then headed out for Hassler Farms. The Prices had to leave early. We went back to the house to drop off the Grand parents and then headed over to the other neighborhood. We ran into Emery and Hazel, which was fun to be with them the second half of the night.