Seven Quick Takes: The Halloween/All Saints' Day Version

 

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The day before Halloween, Daniel had to remind me it was the next day (am I the only one who loses track of the date some weeks?)... therefore, Halloween was quite a flurry.  The day started with an All Saints' Day party at the FOCUS office.  The only bummer was that we couldn't stay long, because Anni had gymnastics right in the middle of the event... sooo we missed out on the group picture this year (you can see it over at Catholic Missionary Family.)

Trick-or-treating at the office is a favorite every year, especially when the kids are old enough to know who they're dressed as and picked them out themselves.  Anni was St. Agnes and Colette was her little lamb.  They were quite darling.  It was the first year Anni wasn't too scared to say "trick-or-treat" and what Saint she was, so she was pretty proud of herself (and excited about the chocolate!)

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Next stop: gymnastics.  It was all about doing things backwards whiiiiich... apparently is a really hard concept for the 2-3 year old set.  Still lots of fun.  It's going to be an interesting sideline the more mobile this little one gets, but she keeps me on my toes, and, well, it's just too fun to watch Miss Anni doing her thing to miss out being in the parent seats!

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Next there was lots and lots of painting.  Anni worked on the pumpkins (we ran out of time to carve, especially with a squirrel devouring one of our big pumpkins, so painting it was) and I finished up my wooden dolls for our doll exchange today.

 

Yep, those squirrels have started on our other pumpkin, too!  I guess... we're feeding the locals? 

  

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Thennnnn, there was the Halloween costume.  Anni wanted to be Super Anni and, well, with some hot glue, scissors and some thrift store finds... I did my best in what time I had!  Luckily, she loved it, and that's what counts... right?

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We hit the trick-or-treating trail early... which meant we struck out a lot more with people still being at work, but, it was cold and windy.  In fact, I only made it around half the block with Colette, and then I took her home to our warm house and Anni and Daniel kept on rolling for the rest of the block (apparently, he kept asking her if she was too cold and wanted to go home, and she replied, "Let's move onto the next house, Daddy!")

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This morning, we had our wooden saint doll exchange.  Man... I was blown away by some of the amazing detail!  Daniel reminded me that it's okay that mine's simple, St. Colette was a Poor Clare, after all.  Anni's current favorite is St. Maximillian Kolbe... it's such a great way to talk about the Saints on a daily basis!

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Also, Daddy had today off!  There were even naps for everyone in the family... perfect! 

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