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    All butterfly photos were taken my the front yard's butterfly garden.

    Florida is a fabulous state for butterflies! In my butterfly garden you will daily see Cloudless Sulphur, Zebra Longwing (the official Florida State Butterfly), White Peacock, Gulf Fritillary, Monarch, Queen, Eastern Black Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, and Giant Swallowtail butterflies... and some spring/summer/fall days you may see all of them!

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October 31, 2007

An Embarrassment of Riches

Today is (was?) Halloween.

We LOVE Halloween.

I have loved Halloween All. My. Life.

In fact, true story, the last time I trick-or-treated I was PREGNANT with my oldest SON.  Can you just imagine?  Married, pregnant, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood and trick or treating.  Which just goes to show you what a total nutjob I am.  But you knew that.

So anyway, the apples didn't fall far from the tree.  My sons LOVE Halloween and LOVE trick or treating.  And we have a subdivision full of generous souls who give lots of candy.  So tonight's haul was OBSCENE.

First of all, this year was the first year (since I was a pregnant Little Red Riding Hood) that I have gotten into the Halloween spirit.  But we ended up with an extra black costumey dress thing and I was able to buy a $1.99 witch hat and turn the whole thing into a witch costume, which I was able to wear very convincingly (according to my children).  :)

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Oldest was some sort of ninja-ey kind of thing and Youngest was some sort of Grim Reaper sort of thing and between all of us we match quite nicely.

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It was very windy and my witch hat was blowing all over the place, but these were the best pictures of all of us that came out so there you have it.

These were taken BEFORE.  You will recognize that the next pictures were AFTER:

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Youngest was exhausted but had QUITE the haul.  And it needs to be said that we went to a normal amount of houses- they're just generous. 

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Oldest was much more athletic in his candy search; he tackled his Trick or Treating evening with much vim and vigor.  He made it (with his friends with him) to many more houses than Youngest and I were able to hit, and his obscenely large stash proves this.  My goodness.

Actually, it needs to be said right here and now that ALL of the hard candy (non-chocolate and non-melting) in their haul is immediately sorted out (by them) and set aside for our yearly Operation Christmas Child box(es) that we give to Samaritan's Purse.

Have you ever heard of Operation Christmas Child?  It's so wonderful.  We do it every year.

Anyway...

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Just look at them. 

Happy, triumphant little gluttons.   Just look at those happy, content little faces.  It's amazing the joy that candy can bring.  And it's FREE!  Free candy!  What can be better than free candy????

Just look at the contentment... Here's Youngest lovingly cradling his two huge ziploc bags full of candy.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!  :)

October 31, 2007 |

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Under the Sky

What a haul is right! So glad you had a nice time.

Miss you!
Kate

Posted by: Under the Sky | November 01, 2007 at 09:22 PM

JenIG

holy MOLY!! where the heck did you go???? girl, you are TINY!!

Posted by: JenIG | November 14, 2007 at 12:18 PM

Alaska

Dearest Jo,

Can you email me? I have questions! The only email I have saved for you is the one I think you said you never check, LOL. I want to know practical things about this diet like, "How many times a week do you have to go to the grocery store," and "What did this do to your grocery budget," and "What cookbooks helped you make the change?"

And that sort of thing.

AK

Posted by: Alaska | November 20, 2007 at 06:11 PM

HAHA someone looks candy happy :)
Mind if i add you / you add me?
-Hannah

Posted by: | January 22, 2008 at 06:27 AM

Miz Booshay

Hi!
I don't know if you got my email...
but I just wanted you to know that I think of you often and
hope you are happy and well!

Love,
Donna

Posted by: Miz Booshay | June 14, 2008 at 09:19 AM

hornblower

Just wanted to check in on you. How have you been? Hope all is good.

Posted by: hornblower | July 22, 2008 at 12:08 PM

Stephanie

Hey, girl! I'm joining those who are checking up on you. I hope you're still out here somewhere, and all is well.

Your name has come up on the message board, with people remembering you and missing you.

Stephanie (not in TX)

Posted by: Stephanie | August 01, 2008 at 12:16 PM

Imee Baronda

What a great bonding! Now I have an idea...Halloween is very near by now. I'll do that thing too with my kids...I got to save by now and buy a custome...my kids will love this, also the candies...I'm excited!

From the Philippines,
Imee
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Posted by: Imee Baronda | September 02, 2010 at 05:42 AM

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