Although Wednesday nights have been reserved for flag football for the past few weeks, I could not resist forgoing our pre-playoffs scrimmage in favor of spending the evening with Campbell at a Halloween carnival. I challenge you to say "no" to any one of this child's entreaties; should you prevail, I'll buy you dinner. Thus, when Campbell, through my sister-in-law, asked me to come with her, the only available answer was "of course!" Saving her pink cowgirl costume for Halloween weekend, Campbell opted for a Halloween headband, pigtails, a Hello Kitty Halloween shirt, butterfly wings, a pink tutu, Halloween socks, and pink Converse; in other words, the picture of adorable. I tried not to allow my heart to melt when I heard her say, "now I can fly everywhere," emphasis on "everywhere," once she slipped on her butterfly wings. It was nearly impossible, I can assure you. By the end of the evening, Campbell was nearly visibly buzzing from all of the excitement (and sugar), having played every single game, winning a pumpkin pie at the cake walk, and hiding in her daddy's shoulder out of fear of the life-sized Scooby Doo and unpredictable bunnies and ducklings in the petting zoo.
No comments:
Post a Comment