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Happy ALL SAINTS DAY!  

What a relief that November 1st is finally here.  Not that I don't love everything about October - Fall decorations, pumpkin patches, birthdays, trick-or-treating, candy and Reformation hymns. I've been singing some good Martin Luther hymns all week. 

But I'm ready to pack in the orange and black, ghosts and spiders and all things scary so we can start fresh today.

We did have a wonderful and traditional All Hallow's Eve.  Our friends, the Guiterrez came over and we ate our chili and cinnamon rolls, per usual.  Then we set out for the neighborhood crawl joining packs of kids and families.  I know the kids love it, getting to freely run from door to door, criss-crossing through the streets, but we parents may enjoy it just a bit more.  We indulge in the long walk, wear light-up bling, and drink adult beverages. 

By the time the night was over, we only had a few casualties.  Lydia fell down and skinned her knee.  Lanie fell down and did the same.  Lydia's hat came off in the beginning of the night.  Elijah's sword went home and Lanie's kitty whiskers rubbed off.  Other than that, a perfect night.  

Elijah searching his loot.

And even more perfect, we have 3 big pumpkins full of candy to pick and choose our favorites, and then take the rest to our dentist.  She is going to pay the kids $1 per pound to take the M&M's and suckers off our hands and send it to the military. Genius. I don't know if the men and women in armed forces will appreciate the gift of a sugar rush as much I appreciate the temptation of chocolately goodness and sticky gummies out of arm's reach.  

And if you know me, writing that sentence was very hard.  But this girl is doing her best to regulate the candy intake - as scary and that may be.