October 31st started with Tove and I going to pick up pumpkins. He wanted two to paint.
It turns out, that while on October 30th there are thousands of pumpkins for sale at the store, on October 31st there are about 10 for sale, and they are either rotten or have big holes in them. We managed to pick out two that were not slimy or rotten.
Tove painted them and then we put them outside.
In the afternoon, my friend came over for lunch and a chat. She home educated her 5 children, who are all adults now. She was a great encouragement to me, and helped me define the difference between school-at-home and home education.
When evening approached, the boys picked costumes that they already had. There was no excitement about new costumes, but that didn't matter.
I took them out to go door-to-door. We came back for a break and then went out again.
Elijah decided to write about the things he liked about the houses that were decorated. He made a list of the inflatables that he liked, and I was just happy he was going to write of his own accord. He didn't ask me to correct his spelling and so I didn't, although he did ask me how to spell several words. The more he reads, the better his spelling will get.
We did eat a lot of candy. I cannot lie. But before we called it a night, Toviel was asking for lettuce. He chowed down on a bundle of romaine lettuce after all that junk.
We left a big bowl of candy for the Sugar Sprites, and they took the candy and left two new light sabres for the boys to find in the morning!
The following day we had to rise and shine early as I was taking the kids to a friend's house for the entire day and Cris and I were going to work on a job together. We ended up not starting the job and needing to revise the contract because the amount of work that NEEDED to get done was not the amount on the estimate. The boys were having fun with their friends, so we were told to leave them there for the rest of the morning and afternoon. We went to pick them up around 3:30 or 4:00, were invited in for coffee, and you know how that goes. There was eventually talk of supper, some ordering of pizza, some games, lots of playing and talking, and at 11pm we finally pulled ourselves away and accepted the fact that it is possible that our hosts were tired, and we were starting to feel it too.
Thursday and Friday were filled with encouragement and love, exactly what I needed. It's a good start to November!
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