October

With the onset of October we begin the three month long holiday overload. As a kid I enjoyed the haunted houses and the haunted hay rides. I am old enough that the early haunted houses I went to did not have the Friday the 13th influence that became so popular with Jason and chain saw. I feel that the quality of the haunted houses went down after this influence. When I was a cheerleader one of our fundraisers was the creation of a haunted house in the field house. I was around my daughters age when I did this, and it still is prominent in my mind after all these years.

Here in our little corner of the world, our local zoo sponsors a program called BOO at the Zoo. They have several activities for the kids and Meghan has enjoyed it every year. She has always had issues with some of the more "scary" scenarios that they have. She barely handles the haunted train ride. Last year I finally persuaded Meghan to walk the haunted trail with me. I thought the whole thing was hilarious and laughed the entire time we were walking along the trail. The high school kids that were doing this were quite distressed and tried even harder to scare me which made me laugh harder. Meghan informed me tonight that she was not going to go with me through the haunted trail. So I am searching for a new haunted trail partner. Of course we have a few weeks left to convince her that it will be alright. I am very disappointed that these things appear to scare her to the point that she will not share the experience with me.

Christmas

Originally posted on my AOL journal 12/27/2007


Christmas has come and gone. Santa brought Meghan her ipod and assorted Pokeman junk. The stocking was filled with goodies from ipod accessories to Webkinz. With the assisstance of Mawmaw and Santa, Meghan has four new friends for her Webkinz husky that she won in November. From Mamoo she has a new dance bag with her name stitch into it. The bag is great with lots of room for all her dance paraphernalia. From us she received lots of Hello Kitty items and her Brass Key Snow White porcelian doll.

Meghan's birthday is just a few weeks away. We are planning her first birthday party. Her party will be held at the dance studio. All we have to provide is the cake and the deocrations.m The studio will provide all the activities. We were thinking of still taking her to Disney for her birthday but they are planning a feild trip to the dump that day and she is real excited. (I do not remember ever being that excited about the dump.)

Alan and I also had a great Chistmas. Alan got lots of CDs and the James Bond DVD pack. He also added several heads and beer steins to those collections. Meghan took pity on Alan and bought him his Porsche. Of course it was the matchbox size. She did this all on her own, but the funny part is that I did the same thing about 10 or 11 years ago. I received lots of books and Dvds as well as my favorite - Cherishhed Teddies. This year's haul was 26 new friends to join the collection in the four curio cabnets that are home to these cute guys. I will have to go the glass shop soon and have more shelves cut so that Alan can added them my cabinets.