my sweet sweet daughter and her halloween story!

So I waited this year until last Wednesday to buy Halloween costumes...I know CRAZY, and I don't suggest it, unless added stress is something you enjoy, then go ahead! LOL! The reason being, is we didn't decide to "do Halloween" until Tuesday!....I know, I know, it a discussion every year between Alex and me...but I think we have made a decision to hold on to from now on!

ANYWAY!...to my story

We started out the day on Wednesday going to Target and Old Navy, both of which had nothing we were pleased w/....FYI, Emma had her heart set on being a butterfly (which is what she plans to be when she grows up! LOL :) ) and Ian wanted to be a cowboy...both very determined! lol....SO our plans for the day included going to eat lunch w/ Alex, something we are doing on Wednesdays while he's in school, so the kids can see him, and then "visit" w/ some people in his office, which is code for my kids getting a bunch of candy..they LOVE "visiting" at daddy's work!lol, and the men there are worse than the ladies w/ the candy! haha! So after we left there we met up w/ Mimi and Granddaddy, who graciously went w/ us to Concord, no, I wasn't ready for that adventure on my own! lol...I started at Babiesrus b/c a week before they had RACKS of costumes!...not anymore...one little rack, nothing bigger than 6 months!...next Toysrus...again, NOTHING, but yucky stuff like witches and we weren't going there! :) So when we got back in the car from toysrus, Emma ask me, "mommy, what are we going to do?" She was so worried that there would be no costumes to be found! I told her to pray and ask Jesus to help us find a costume and if HE wanted her to be a butterfly, then HE would show us where to find it! This seemed to work for her, and I SO sent up a prayer asking Him for help, to at least help us find costumes that they would be excited about...I admit, I doubted we would find a butterfly and a cowboy! After dinner, we went to Childrens Place in Concord Mills....AND...believe it or not, we found a whole rack of cowboy outfit! I was SO excited, there wasn't a size 2/3, but they had 1 size 4 left and I knew I could make it work, not to mention he could wear it a whole lot longer to play in!...then as I was standing there, I looked up and on display there was...YES...a butterfly costume, now, it looked little, and I was afraid to hope, but we had the girl check the size...Emma had spotted it too by this time and was jumping up and down in excitement...it was 12-18 months...but...it looked big...would it fit??? She took it down for us to try on, I am reminding Emma that "it might not fit, don't get to excited yet" and we tried it on, right there in the middle of the store! IT FIT LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR HER! and it was pink and purple!....thank you Jesus for answering this mommy's prayer and caring about a little girls costume!

So after the purchases were made, we made a potty stop, and in the restroom, I asked Emma if she was excited...here is the conversation that followed!

me...Emma are you excited about your butterfly?
E...YES...I can't wait to show daddy!
me...Isn't it exciting that Jesus answered your prayer!?
E...umm Mommy, I didn't pray for Jesus to help me find a butterfly costume...
me...you didn't, why not?
E...well, I wasn't sure He would answer...how would He answer?
(I could tell she was very unsure of how Jesus would audibly answer her....she was wondering for sure)
me...well, you have a butterfly costume, don't you? That is your answer, Jesus wanted you to have one, so He showed us where to find it.
E...but Mommy, I didn't pray for one!
(at this point, she is close to tears b/c she was concerned that she hadn't asked Jesus for help)
me...but mommy did, I prayed and asked Jesus to help us find your butterfly costume and Ian's cowboy costume
E...(as she wraps her arms around me!) THANK YOU MOMMY FOR PRAYING FOR MY COSTUME...I LOVE IT...

Later that night when she was going to bed, she thanked Jesus over and over for her costume...the whole idea was such a learning experience for her, she for a long time has had a good understanding for God and Jesus, but this reminded me that she is still only 4 and although she seems to understand the concept of God, she is still a literal child who wasn't exactly sure how Jesus was going to "answer" her prayer!...now I think she understand! :) The next day, someone asked her what she was going to be for Halloween, and she said, "a butterfly, and Jesus helped me find it!" LOL! I LOVED IT!

Thank you Jesus for your reminder to this Mommy that you care about the small stuff...even Halloween costumes....I love you!

I'll post pictures soon!