One Proud, Proud Father

Last week I wrote about the girls wanting to be Minnie Mouse and Daisy for Halloween. I wasn't super happy about it, but the girls would look cute in anything, so I felt like a could deal with it. There was some talk about me dressing as Mickey, but that wasn't going to happen. So, we went to the Halloween store to look for costumes, and I told the girls we'd try on a lot of different costumes, and they could decide what they wanted to be.
Last year I totally talked Mirinda into being Super Girl, and felt a little bad about it. This year I decided I would be completely neutral with them, and help them pick a lot of costumes they could try on. Mirinda chose a Captain America dress, and Priya chose a Spider Girl dress. All of this without any coaching from Dad. I was so proud! I can't tell you how happy it made me. They're really cute dresses, and they come with masks that are really just big glasses, so you don't worry about them not being able to see. We bought a sparkly shield for Mirinda's, and a wand for Priya's, because apparently Spider Girl has a wand, or they wanted to squeeze five more dollars from us. We were trying to get Priya to say Spider Girl, but she ended up saying Spider Priya. So she's Spider Priya for Halloween.
For a little while I thought they were both going to be Peppa Pig, which I was OK with cause that cartoon isn't one that makes me want to gouge my eyes out, but the head on the costume was so ridiculously big I was surprised they weren't falling over. I was just imagining a emergency room trip on Halloween because of loss of blood from the amount of times they fell over because of this freaking huge head. Like seriously it would be less invasive for me to butcher a pig and have them wear that on their head. That's something to think about just before you go to sleep tonight. No Peppa this year.
Priya is doing really, really well. Her body has healed up, and she's back to her old feisty self. The next thing up is to work on her finger that is bent. They'll need to do a brace for it, and slowly try to get it to straighten and strengthen the muscles. It's all about avoiding surgery, which I dig. She'll have plenty of surgeries down the road.
I'm at a cross roads in my life right now because for the first time since adopting I won't be a bishop any longer. I'm being released on Sunday, and I'm not entirely sure how to feel about it. Part of me is really excited, mostly to spend more time with my family. Part of me is sad because I've enjoyed the interaction with people and being able to help. Part of me is indifferent because I still don't believe it's going to happen. We'll see how things go next week when I don't have anyone calling or texting me.
The girls are excited I won't have to leave as often to go to the church.
OK, here's my rant for the week. When you are driving, one of the purposes of that driving is not to impede traffic in any way. You should focus on merging smoothly into the flow of traffic, and getting out of the way of traffic when you need to go on a different road. So, if you need to turn left, please get into the left lane and then slow down. It drives me absolutely insane when someone starts slamming on their brakes, making the rest of us slam on our brakes, and then move over. Get out of the way and let traffic continue to move normally. Now, there are sometimes when that isn't possible, and I get that. But seriously, every action you take in the car you should be thinking how does this effect the flow of traffic. Get out of the freaking way. End of rant.
Here's my recommendation for the week:
Remember how cool Halloween was when you were a kid? You literally got to pretend to be someone else for a day, and get candy. It has always been my favorite holiday, and probably always will be. Nothing against Christmas, I do love Christmas, but I've always loved that I could dress up as a super hero and no one could hassle me. So, get a costume this year. You don't have to go all out. The easy costumes are a big thing now. I saw some on Thinkgeek.com today. Get a costume, go to a halloween party, take the kids out trick or treating, decorate your house. Just enjoy doing something that you wouldn't normally do. Be a kid again, even if it's just for a day.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to share pictures of your costume or how you decorated your house!