Our cup overfloweth...

Okay, so it's not a cup, it's the trashcan.

And it's not blessings, it's candy wrappers.

I can't believe the candy that is still floating around these here parts. I would have thought that most of it would have been gone by now. We are trying a new approach: Let them eat it 'till it's gone and be done with it. But it won't go away! We hid Zane's candy from him and only take it out when we need to bribe him to do something. Being the resourceful child he is, he has sniffed out the hidey-holes of his sisters' candy. He's had a chocolate goatie since Saturday, and it doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon.

Saturday night we went to the neighbors house for a Halloween block party. We've never done it before but felt it would be nice to forge deeper relationships with the people that can see into our windows at night. You know, to bring us closer together, or at least make them feel impelled to tell us when someone is jacking our stuff. It was fun. We were the only sober ones there, besides all the little kids high on sugar. Some of the newer neighbors stayed away. Sad for them because who's gonna watch their house for them next time they are out of town? (j/k)

It was a little nerve-wracking to see jello vodka shots on the table right next to the cans of Hawaiian punch that we brought. There was a sign on the platter that said "Over 21 only". Grace informed Curtis that those were only for the people over 21. Then she asked him if he was going to have one.

He said no, with a little chuckle.

Later we had a talk about why we didn't have any of the jello shots. We told her it had liquor in it. She said "Oh, like drugs?" "Yeah, pretty much," I said.

One neighbor and his wife had gone to bed early and didn't come over. So we all toilet papered their house. It was so funny to see half the block throwing streams of white t.p. over trees and bushes, adults and children alike. See the bonding? The neighbors are now talking about Thanksgiving. One side of the street is to dress up like Pilgrims and the other like Native Americans. A long dinner table will be set up in the middle of the road where we'll converge. Our neighbor to the west has a ski boat and it'll serve as the Mayflower. We have two different dinners to attend that day with our families so I don't know if we'll make it, but it sounds like fun.

Now to the subject I'm avoiding: Wednesday's project. I was trying to come up with a good excuse for why I don't have a project ready for today. Hallie's birthday party is this weekend and I've been madly getting ready for it. Then it dawned on me: "I do have a project!!!" At Hallie's party we are going to make homemade spa scrubs and hair clips.

We are going to make these:



And last night we experimented with a salt scrub, a sugar scrub and a lip gloss, and they are FABULOUS! I used the salt scrub in the shower this morning and I've never been so soft and smelled so good. It's made with cinnamon, ginger and vanilla. Hallie came up with the name "Heaven Scent". I've been smelling my arm all morning and let me tell you, I smell like heaven. The lip gloss is made with actual chocolate chips. We're calling it "Hershey's Kisses". And the sugar scrub smells so good I want to eat it. It uses sugar, vanilla, coconut oil and lavender coloring. We named it "Coco-Nilla Paradise". I'll post the recipes soon. We had so much fun experimenting that I can't wait for the fun we'll have at the party.

Hope you are having a great day!