Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

One grandson is going to be a butterfly and the other a dragon, so I think they run the gamut as far as fantasy goes.  Come to think of it, both can fly, so maybe there is something about being 2 and 3 that involves the desire to dip and dive and float in the air.  I really lucked out yesterday, because I found a perfect outfit at the first place I looked for the dragon boy.  His size, with a sweet dragon face and scales, and sewn in warm fleece.  Used, of course.  I was helping out because our daughter has no time after teaching to shop on weekdays.  I used to order a costume for our granddaughter.  I think one of the first was a cupcake.  Now, at 10, she creates her own, and she has an adult sewing machine and workspace in the basement for designing.  Halloween was my favorite holiday, because there were no gifts to buy and I and then my kids got a chance to express themselves.  Yes, there was the downside - eating way too much candy, but my husband and I liked to costume ourselves as well.  One year I was a pork entree, with a cardboard table and my head coming out of the center of the plate and a pig nose on top of my own nose.  I must say, it was difficult to dance in.  But it was harder on a friend who was a bookcase with a lamp on top that worked.  He had to stay plugged into the wall all night.  Anyway, I love seeing the grandkids and some of my kids dress up, and if not overdone, the children are awash in joy.