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November 1: I love you day

11.3.10

13 years ago, we met at a McDonalds.
He gave me a single rose.
And, he told me he loved me.

Every year since, we’ve remembered the day. We don’t celebrate it like our wedding anniversary. But, we remember it. And, every year, part of remembering it has meant a trip to McDonalds.

Funny how we made the most unromantic spot in the world one of the most romantic places in our history.

Last night was just a little different. We went out to dinner to a local pub. I couldn’t bear the thought of dinner at McDonalds (much to our 4 children’s chagrin).

But, there’s no way we would break this tradition. So, we went to McDonalds for dessert. Even though we have 10 lbs. of candy at home, we let the kids get ice cream. And, we sat and smiled as we remembered.

But, now, we’ve got 4 kids with us too (note our little Lydia as Ashlyn took our picture). So, we also spent some time talking about silly stuff and giving belly blasters.

I am so thankful that he loved me then and has loved me everyday since.

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Snapshot o’ Trick o’ Treatin’

11.1.10

“Oh yeah, baby” as Drew would say.
We had a Mario, Donkey Kong, a flower who did not want her petals up, and a beautiful peacock.

I love how dear Evan looks the same in every single shot of the 20 I took like this. Obviously, that was not the case for dear Lydia who you would have thought was in a Venus Fly Trap costume the way she was trying to get that darn thing off of her head.

There surely was no need for me to do this (sneak a Kit Kat yesterday when I could not find a craving…please tell me I’m not the only Mom who did this).

Because after they did this…

 (which Lydia quickly got the hang of and loved…but only if they had lollipops)

We ended up doing this…

 sorting candy…and lots of it. Seriously. Lots. Of. Candy.

Here was Drew’s attempt at sorting. Yes, that’s one box of candy in a bag. Guess it didn’t fit in with the other categories.

A personal note of thanks to the neighbors who gave out pretzels. Perhaps the kids don’t like you as much, but we moms thank you. And, to the random person who somewhere gave my kids mints from Olive Garden, fooey on you.

Ni Hao Y'all

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