I am grateful for #3:

The energy to do projects that keep our home looking nice.

Well, mostly done projects.  Give me another day to get the hinges sprayed and the last of the cabinet doors on and I will post the finished project.

I am grateful for #2:

Little boys that are too big for small beds and need to sleep on the Princess and the Pea style bed to feel grown up.  He looks so small.  I want to go climb in with him and not leave until he is bigger.  He even has a 2nd sippy cup on his bed for me.  I love this little guy.

I am grateful for...

This wonderful little girl that has a fetish for tying up her Princesses.

Should I be worried?

Halloween cont-

This is how I felt the Friday before Halloween and the day before that and the day before that.  I think you get the idea.  But, because I love my children, I sucked it up and loaded the kids up with Mr. Finn and we headed off to this quaint little town that did the Halloween Hallows a couple of weeks ago for trick or treating and then to the YMCA in town for another round.

These three people were amazing and Iron Man was totally into his role.  The Dude was beside himself and decided that next year, a whole 365 days in the future, he is going to be........ Woody!  Because he totally wants to look like this guy, right?  I guess it goes to show that you never get too old for dressing up.

I love my kids.  They were so polite with their "trick or treat" and "thank you".  Makes a Momma proud.  Miss Boo wanted to be a butterfly so I did my best at drawing one on her face and realize that I am not an artist.  Next year I am going to need better paint and a picture because the one in my head is sad, but she said it was lovely and so I am good.  Note to self, find out sooner than the day of what she "REALLY" wants to be and make sure you can get to a store and buy some darn wings.

I see so many things that I am going to eat.  This is going to be a very bad time for me and after I lost those three pounds.  Oh!  There they are right there in pretty shades of candy.

Because I don't like many decorations for holidays in the house and kids helping with the Christmas tree usually turns out badly, I bought this tree... the holiday tree for the kids to decorate for every thing.  This year they were into spiders.  The only scary thing I will allow on the porch.  I like to "scare" without the gore and supernatural.  I think spiders work just fine as most people are squeamish about them.  Especially in large quantities.  Mwaaahaaaaahaaaa

Someone asked me why we didn't celebrate Halloween on Sunday this year.  For one, our Bishop asked up to remember the Sabbath and in my mind that was not trick or treating.  I even took our decorations down Saturday evening so there wasn't any confusion whether we were "in" or "out".  A friend said she knew it was my favorite holiday and I do agree.  It is fun to be out together as a family walking around seeing the neighbors and see how crazy they dress up.  I haven't missed dressing up since I was pregnant with Miss Boo.  I am sad to say that I was too sick this year to paint my face green and put on witches costume this year.  Next year Miss Boo and I are going as witches together.  That will be a great year!

Maybe I will put as much effort into my child's costume as his Mother.  Wow!  Our favorite costume this year.

Halloween

More to come...