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Just in case you ever doubt if God hears you...there is always proof.  You just have to have eyes to see or ears to hear.  That's all it takes.  So, after the last post we had a day or two and I got out a super cute craft for Thanksgiving.  It is a tree with little leaves that you write down something you are thankful for.

So, Jack wrote, "God & Love" on one of his leaves and on the second wrote, "mom and dad".  Made my heart melt.  Lucy when asked didn't really understand what thankful meant but answered candy anyway...oh well.  Then I asked her what else and she said (and I quote), "that mom and dad keep us safe".   Uh HELLO!  She is three remember.  I couldn't believe it.  Then Daisy wrote, "that she has a kind, caring, and sharing family."

It was a precious moment and an answer to my prayer that they would see what I am trying to do here.

Halloween

Halloween was yesterday and the candy take over is today and the next day and the next day...

I hate the fight over candy.  "Can I have a piece,"  all day long from the minute they get up til the minute they go to bed.  Agh.  Oh well.  Jack actually said last night when Casey asked if he wanted to go to a few more houses, "mom won't let me eat it anyway."

Sigh.

Am I bad mom because I won't let my son gorge himself on candy all day?  No.  But it sure feels like it sometimes.  I wish making the hard decisions for my family was easier.  Or I guess I should say I wish when I made the hard decisions for my family they didn't give me such grief about it.  I wish they would say, "thanks mom for thinking of us and caring so much about our health and safety and doing all these hard things so we can grow up to be caring and considerate individuals with great character."
Maybe on my deathbed they'll say it to me...but I am really praying for sooner.

 We have a pirate, a hula dancer and a ballerina...and a dinosaur

  And here are a couple of "keeping it real" (as dear Sara says) photos...Enjoy!

This is in the car on the way home...can you say sugar crash?