Halloween Sleepover

Let the Halloween whirlwind begin! Today, the middle schoolers are wearing their costumes to school. Emily is going as Alice in Wonderland this year. Originally, the plan was to be 'Demented Alice in Wonderland' but I guess the 'demented' part was going to be too difficult to explain so she just went with the original.

Tonight, Emily is having six girls over for a Halloween sleepover. We have decorated the house with a few spiderwebs and gourds. Emily has plans for pizza, all sorts of junk food, and a movie. I am a bit worried about the drama that can come from shoving all these girls into a small space for a long time, but Emily says, "Oh yeah, don't worry. There is always crying at a sleepover party. It usually happens at 3am when people are overtired." Ugh. Perhaps this is part of the Halloween terror. 

For the actual Halloween, she is planning to go to a grade-level party with a friend of hers. Then, next weekend, one of her friends is having a belated Halloween/birthday sleepover. Hopefully this will be enough Halloween-related activity for her.

In other news, we had her annual check up a few weeks ago. She continues to grow and is currently 5'1.75" to be exact. She is incredibly excited because the doctor now projects her to be at least 5'5" tall. Having always been the littler little sister, she is very excited about the prospect of being the bigger little sister. We also had her parent-teacher conference yesterday. Not surprisingly, she is doing great and her teachers are happy with her. :)