We’re finally allowing ourselves to get really excited about the Halloween season around here! The other day, I had a little time when the two littler kids were sleeping and Fay was still working on preschool and I decorated the mantel! This is the first time I’ve really done it since March, and it felt good! Fay even came and helped at the end.

I’m quite pleased with the way everything turned out!

Another, completely unrelated, thing is that Josh and I got to go on a date last night! (Thanks to Kathryn and Steve!) It was just so lovely to be out with Josh sans children, even if we didn’t do anything particularly noteworthy. This is us on our date!

Also, I learned something very important on our date. When you are craving fries, Freddy’s is not the place to get them. However, their pumpkin pie concrete is quite yummy!