Deep question from a 5 year old

“Does Jesus want us to Trick or Treat?”How do you answer that? My thoughts are bouncing from “why would He care?” “why would we even ask Him?” “Where did you get this idea from?” “what *would* Jesus do? Would He go trick or treating? I’ve never met any Jewish people who have ToT issues, so [...]

"those pumpkins make me angry!"

Mayhem says as I place the recently carved things on the storage bench outside. “why do the pumpkins make you angry?” I ask. “Because they are not scawy.”

Apparently non-scary pumpkins can be a source of annoyance to a 3 year old. Who knew?

However, when it got dark out & I put lighted candles [...]

Dinnertime Drama

My kids are picky eaters. I was a picky eater. I accept their pickiness as my just reward/punishment for my own behavior. My food karma as it were. My mother never said “I hope you have a child just like you.” but it happened anyway. Given my own past I know at some point my [...]

It’s pumpkin pie time

We had our first visit of the year to a pumpkin patch on Thursday. A little later than in the past but that makes for fewer pumpkins & gourds overall & that is a good thing.  Each of the boys got a small to medium pumpkin & a couple of gourds.  Tomorrow we are going to [...]

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