I can't believe it's the end of October already! The start of the Holiday Season for us. And Halloween is definitely a holiday for us. In years past, we have had Halloween parties for the kids and the neighborhood and anyone else that came straggling in. But this year there was the move. Chewlie. Building. And life in general. Sometimes it seems like the world is spinning faster everyday. And I don't like scarey, horror film Halloween (that would make me a Halloweenie!) but cute, fun, lets dress up Halloween. I like ghost stories and Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman but not all the Zombie stuff and the blood and gore and crap. I think that stuff gets a little ridiculous. But the good old fashioned scarecrow on the front porch stuff; now that I like! I can't do scary movies-at all!! But, my favoritist scary movie ever is the Blair Witch Project! Lol!! Most hard core Halloween people scoff at my choice, but I'm just sayin'...in fact, I think this year, I may let John and Presley watch it!
So, this time last week, our dog, Chewlie died. It was in the middle of the afternoon. David had told the kids before school to go out and spend time with her because we kn ew she wouldn't last much longer. She didn't. We had to have her euthanized, but it was time. She was in pain. It upset the kids pretty good; in some ways more John and Addy, then Presley. Partly I think it's because they have experienced so much loss in life as it is. But Presley cried too and she was upset and kept praying for her even after she was gone.
The next morning, Addy told David that Chewlie was already in trouble in Heaven, "cuz she done chewed up Jesus' shoes!!" Then Addy sang a little song, "Chewlie I miss you. Please remember me. Chewlie I love you." You get the idea-from a 4 year old! RIP Chewlie!
The kids are liking our new home. They didn't have to change schools or anything, so about the only thing that changed was their bedrooms! I still don't have everything retrieved from our Philpott Builders Warehouse, but I have most the essential stuff. Presley and John are liking that our neighborhood is backed up to about 26 acres that the developer owns and they play back there. They have built a "deer stand" and there's a pond where John "almost caught an 8 pound bass!" A couple of John's football buddies live over here. Presley still hasn't met any little girls her age, but I'm sure she will. She's still too young to just go down the road to where she does have some friends, about a mile or two away.
Harding University's Homecoming is this weekend and we'll be there! Friday night we are attending the musical, Annie. David has donated materials and tools to the Theater Department, so they thanked us by giving our family tickets to Friday night's show!! We are so excited and Christine Walker from Searcy Living is going to be taking more pictures of our family again! And the kids hope to get to go backstage and meet some of the actors and producers and directors, etc. We're all looking forward to it.
Then Saturday, Presley is attending a Christian Retreat and will be camping the rest of the weekend. Monday, Halloween, we will be at the Halloween on the Square and Philpott Builders will have a booth giving away free candy to all the kids! I have no idea what John's going to dress up as. Presley is a Fairy and Addy wants to be a cowgirl. My girls will be cute! Anyways, then we'll be home handing out candy. That will conclude that holiday!
One more thing before I go....I just finished The Help by Kathyn Stockett. It was a very good book and I highly recommend it. Out of 10, I'd give it an 8. I'm starting my new read tonite, Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. I'll let ya know how that turns out.
Thanks for all the prayers for our dog and family. Thanks for reading! Happy Halloween!!
Lola Philpott
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