Now that it's Spring

Since it's been getting warmer, we've actually played outside a little bit. We were all looking pretty pale from staying inside all winter so the sun on our faces was very welcome.

It all started around Easter. The boys each got sidewalk chalk from the Easter Bunny, who, by the way, should be commended for getting anything done since his heart may or may not have been in it this year.


So, in between sessions of conference they drew for a while but soon moved to the swing set.


Brigham has found a new favorite thing. He loves to go down the slide. The only problem is that I have to go with him because it's a little steep and he usually ends up on his hands and knees by the time he hits the bottom so I have to hold his hand to help him keep his balance.


I took this picture another day. Jonathan and Brigham were both going down the slide and Jonathan would wait and let Brigham push him down. Brigham thought it was hilarious and I'm so happy I was able to get this picture since my phone camera has a delay.

I'm getting behind in my posting so I think I'll leave it at that and try to post some more tomorrow.

I don't think that's the Easter Bunny

So I thought I'd get in a load of wash in between Conference sessions today. I went into the laundry room and I heard a loud rustling in the corner. It sounded like something was in the dryer tube. I called for Jaaromy so he could hear it, and of course it stopped when he got there. I climbed on top of the dryer to see if I could get it to move again. It did and so we moved the dryer out a ways so we could see what was going on. Well, the tube came out of the dryer so whatever was inside could now crawl out. We waited with great anxiety as we heard it crawl closer to the opening. What is it?! Jaaromy immediately thought rat. This was such an amusing scenario that my mind started thinking of more pleasant possibilities, such as a small puppy. We were both surprised when out popped a bird.



It kept going back and forth between the tube and the dryer, and then suddenly started to fly around our tiny laundry room. Apparently, I'm a girl because I screamed. Nathaniel had chosen that moment to see what was going on and saw it flying around and it startled him quite a bit as well. It flew to the small window but it was closed, of course. So Jaaromy opened it up but that was a little to close for comfort for the bird so it flew into the ceiling which was missing a panel because of our leaky bathtub last year. So we went back to the business of taking care of the dryer. The bird had apparently been in there before since there were feathers all over. Turns out that what we thought were discarded feathers was actually a dead bird. It was inside the dryer. I don't think it could have been there very long. I hate to think that it was my last load of laundry that did him in. He probably thought that it was warm...at first. Jaaromy was taking care of the dead bird when we heard more rustling. There was another bird in the tube! So Jaaromy lifted it up towards the window and out popped the second bird and it flew out the window.

As I write this, the bird may or may not still be in the ceiling. We decided to leave the window open and close the door and let it get out on it's own. I hope it works.

Dear Spring, April Fool's! Love, Winter

Today, Jonathan saw the snow outside and decided that he wanted to play in it. Of course he wanted me to come and play outside with him. Of course I did, even though I was in the middle of reading scriptures and I hadn't even showered yet. Yep, I totally have my priorities straight. He got himself dressed and I had him put on two pairs of socks because his shoes are worn out enough that I knew his feet would be wet within minutes. Other little boys might have boots, but seeing as how this is the first(possibly second) time this winter that we've even played in the snow, I think you'll understand when I say that I didn't want to waste the money. As for getting him new shoes, we're practically to sandal weather. I don't want to buy shoes for only a couple of months of wear only to have him keep growing over the summer while his shoes sit unused and the same size.

Anywho, Jonathan decided that he wanted to build a snowman. The snow was a little tough to work with, but we managed to put together a toddler sized snowman. We found sticks for the arms and nose, leaves for the eyes and tree bark for the mouth.

Jonathan was pretty happy with the results so he suggested we make another one. So we did, and it was essentially the same snowman, just a little rounder. If I'd thought ahead I would have built it a little closer to the first one to make taking a picture a little easier.



Unfortunately for the snowmen, it isn't actually winter. By the time I actually wrote this post, this is what the snowmen looked like:


But at least we have these great pictures to remind us of the fun!

Civic Duty

Saturday I took Nathaniel to the Code Red rally at the state capitol. All joking aside, the reason I was depressed Friday was because of the looming Health Care vote, that and also that I'm still not pregnant. Anywho, so I was feeling helpless so I decided I should go to the rally so that at least I could say that I did something. It was really hard to get out of my comfy comfy bed, but the thought of taking Nathaniel along with me helped get me moving. Plus, it was early enough that Nathaniel and I could stop at McDonald's and get some breakfast. I'm NEVER out and about early enough for the breakfast menu, so that was a little extra motivation for me as well. Nathaniel was a little reluctant to go, but after explaining why I wanted to go he understood why we make these sacrifices. He told me that he doesn't want to go and also that he does want to go. His words: "I want to play on the computer but I also want to be free." So he decided to go with me.


So here we are on our way to the rally. I was worried about parking, but we were early enough that it wasn't a problem. Plus, it was a last minute rally so it wasn't as well attended. More people came later and all total there were probably a couple hundred people there. Not too bad.


Nathaniel is a little agoraphobic so I like to take pictures like these so he can see them later.


It was neat to be there. We said the Pledge of Allegiance, and sang the national anthem.


We heard from Mike Lee who is running for Sen Bennett's senate seat. Also in that last picture is a lady holding a flag with the Title of Liberty on it. I thought that the flag was really cool. I just wish she hadn't been standing right in front of me blocking my view.


We also heard from Cherilyn Eager who is also running for Sen. Bennett's senate seat. I haven't decided who I'm supporting yet, but either one would be a huge step up from Bennett.

After the rally we decided to look around inside the capitol. I don't think Nathaniel has ever been inside and I haven't been inside in probably over a decade.


The murals are so cool! Nathaniel had to sit down to look up, but look he did and he thought it was cool too.


And just in case you're reading this, Julie G., I included this picture so you could see the seagulls painted on the dome. It's kind of hard to see, but they're there.


Nathaniel had a lot of fun looking around. He had to hug me to look up at the sky lights.


We even saw Brigham Young. I said to Nathaniel: "There's Brigham Young." He said: "But Brigham Young is dead." Then he saw the statue and understood. Sorry it's kind of blurry, all I had with me was my phone. I had meant to bring my real camera with me, but I forgot. Oh well.


There were these cool tiles on the floor. We thought they were just cool, but when we went downstairs to see the displays and paintings of the Utah governors, we noticed that they were sort of sky lights. We could see people walking around above us. It was neat.


So much to look at. Nathaniel said that the rally part was boring but that looking around inside the capitol was fun. We were able to talk a lot about how government works and other things too. It was nice. Nathaniel loves to learn and genuinely enjoyed looking around and talking about Utah history and government. We should do this more often.

Thanks for sticking around for the whole post, sorry if it's a little long.

My day yesterday

I know it's been a while since I've posted, so I'm happy to report that Jonathan was nice enough to trip and fall on his face yesterday so that I would have a reason to post.

It started yesterday. I had gotten the boys off to school and had gotten back in bed and finally started to fall back asleep when I got a call from the school letting me know that Jonathan had fallen down at school and scratched his face up pretty good and he wasn't calming down and I should come and get him. I'm so tired of getting phone calls from the school, I'm not sure if it made it easier that at least it wasn't because he was sick or harder because he wasn't even sick! Either way, I was mad that I had to get out of my nice warm bed. I went down to the school in my plaid pants and slippers, which I never do under normal circumstances, and found my sweet little Jonathan looking like this:


Well, not exactly like this. He was much sadder at the time. He cheered up pretty quick after he got home and started playing Super Mario Galaxy. I actually didn't even think to take a picture except I was taking pictures of the flowers that Jaaromy got me. He asked me to take his picture so I did. I'm glad he asked.

So Jaaromy got me flowers yesterday. I had been feeling pretty depressed(maybe it was because my morning nap was interrupted by a call from the school) and mentioned it to Jaaromy through Instant Message while he was at work. So he took swift action and ordered me some flowers.



I, of course, was pleasantly surprised by the delivery and by the super cute vase they were in. I wasn't nearly as depressed after that. By the time they were delivered Jaaromy was home from work and so I was able to thank him immediately. Maybe that's why I was depressed, I just needed me some Jaaromy. :)

So that night we decided to take the kids to Wendy's and while we were out we saw the crescent moon and marveled at it's beauty. I decided that as soon as we got home I would take some pictures. I did and I think they're pretty cool.


First I took one with a really short exposure like I would if it were a full moon. Then I took one with a four second exposure.


I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I still don't have a lot of options with this camera, but there are still some fun things to do with it.

So, after a lot of boring days, I finally had one that was worth mentioning. Thanks for taking the time to read about it.

It's not great, but it's a start

I saw the beautiful full moon in the sky tonight with no clouds to block the view and I absolutely had to take some pictures. I've wanted to for the last several nights but it's been cloudy. I really need to remember to take some pictures when it's a new moon because a full moon tends to drown out everything else.

Anywho, my moon picture looks pretty much exactly like my last one so I won't bore you with it. But I did take this one during the day a little while ago.


There's not a lot more I can do with the moon, but I also took some other pictures while I was out tonight.


I know it's hard to tell but this is Mars. This is the best I can do with my camera. I figured out how to auto focus so at least you can tell it's round and that it's orange. I've decided that I want a telephoto lens. That's probably the cheapest way to get a better picture.

I also decided to try some pictures of stars.


For those who don't know, these are the Pleiades. A group of bright stars that you can see in the West in the evening. I left the shutter open for four seconds for this one. Any longer and they start to streak since, you know, the planet is rotating.

I noticed that the constellation Orion was also in the Western sky so I decided to see if I could get a picture of the Orion nebula.


This is as close as I could get and I can only leave the shutter open for four seconds. I know it's not fabulous, but the middle two stars are fuzzy because that's where the nebula is. It's just hard to see when there's so little light and we're so far away.

Thanks for reading. I'm really excited to take this up. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. Unfortunately, it's going to cost more money to get anything better than this. We'll see how it goes.

"Mom, I have to do a science project and it's due tomorrow."

Has this ever happened to you? It happened to me yesterday. I had other plans but they fell by the wayside and the rest of my day was spent helping Nathaniel with his project. After hearing the news that forever altered my day, there was some yelling and some tears. Once we calmed down a bit we got to work figuring out what his project would be. Luckily, we already have some books of experiments to give us some ideas. Nathaniel said he already had a project and that it was to see the effect of light on plants. I told him that that project would take weeks and that we had to find one that we could do in one day. We tried making a light switch with parts from a science kit he had but the bulb burned out, plus I didn't like the idea of sending him to school with something so volatile. We tried a sunset in a jar but the results didn't impress me. We even tried a solar eclipse demonstration but I decided that was lame. I found a Kinetic Energy kit of Nathaniel's and I considered building a car that runs on kinetic energy, but, like some of the others would be more of a demonstration rather than an experiment. In that same kinetic energy kit there was a book with a handful of experiments and I found one that was perfect. We filled 3 bottles with warm water and recorded the temperature. Then we covered each with tinfoil, woolen sock, and a cotton sock respectively. Then we put them on the porch for 15 minutes to cool. After that we measured the temperature again to see which one cooled the least. Turns out that the woolen sock was the best insulator.
The experiment part over, now it was time to display our findings. Nathaniel brought home a poster board so at least we didn't have to worry about that. I had Nathaniel type up the Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Conclusion, and even a bit on Insulation in general. Couple that with some pictures I took during the experimenting and there you have it: a cool science project!


I hope this wasn't boring to read. I wouldn't even have posted again so soon but this was a big part of my day yesterday and I put a lot of work into it so I feel I should share.

Family Night

We've been pretty good about having Family Night every week this year. We only missed one Monday back in January. It's been fun. Several years ago my mom gave me a binder filled with Family Night lessons. Apparently I either didn't look at it or maybe I needed to grow up some more because I looked at it again in December and realized that there was a lesson for every week of the year! I would hardly have to think about it! So starting in January we've been doing just that. They've been great.

We often adjust the activity to better suit our family and last night was one of those times. The lesson was on Compassion and after we read a story about Heber J. Grant, we played Charades. We picked a word out of a cup such as Cold, Tired, Hungry, or Sad and the kids had to guess what was wrong and pick an item out of a box that would make the person feel better. The kids did so well. Jonathan usually isn't really paying attention but he was really into it. He had a lot of personal experience to back him up when it was his turn to pretend to be "sick" and "hurt". He even said "Thank you" when Nathaniel got him a tissue and a band aid. Nathaniel got "hungry" and wasn't sure how to express it non-verbally, but he rubbed his stomach and Jonathan totally got it. He didn't say the word but he picked a package of Ramen out of the box and handed it to him. I was really happy with how it turned out, the kids did great and had a lot of fun.

We must be doing okay because now Nathaniel assumes we're having Family Night on Monday nights. This generation is going to be tested like never before and I want to make sure my boys know the truth. Satan is out there deceiving even the very elect, not with outright lies, that would be too easy to see, but with half truths and rationalizations. We can't afford not to have Family Night.


I hope you don't mind but I'd like to tack on a picture I took of the rose Jaaromy gave me for Valentine's Day.

As I've mentioned before, I'm really trying to experiment with my camera and see what it can do. I'm pretty happy with this picture. I'm no photographer but my camera comes with so many tricks it would be a shame not to use them.

Nathaniel's Recital

I've been meaning to do this for a long time. I've decided to record some songs Nathaniel has been working on since I don't have enough students to justify a whole recital. I had him practice hard on these songs and I even had him dress up nice as if he were performing for a crowd.

I hope you enjoy the songs, he has worked really hard on them and I'm so proud of him for sticking with it even on days when he doesn't want to. Enjoy!





Thank you for coming everyone. I'd serve some light refreshments but...well, you know.

Fly Me to the Moon

Remember how I said I would like to take up astrophotography? Well, since the moon is just about full I decided to get to know my camera a little more intimately and take some pictures of it.
Well, after trying many different settings and a lot of time spent sitting on my cold porch I finally came up with this picture:


I'm pretty happy with it. I was starting to think that my camera wasn't capable of such a shot. Thankfully, I was wrong.

I'm thinking I'll try Mars next. It's really the only planet in the sky right now. But for that I'll need my telescope and I'm not sure how that will work out. I can't wait to give it a try though.

A Little Homemaking

So lately I've been trying to beautify and make improvements to our home. As some of you know, we have a large empty wall in the front room because of the vaulted ceiling. I had been debating in my mind what to put there since we moved in and I finally decided on shelves. So I found the ones I wanted and started working on getting them on the wall. It turns out that it was no easy task. The anchors for the screws that came with the shelves were difficult to work with and after trying a few options we ended up with some big holes in the wall. We let it sit for a while not sure how to proceed and with Christmas, it just got left behind. So I finally decided to do something about it. I patched up the small holes and had my dad help me with the bigger holes that required more sophisticated solutions. Finally, I thought I had it all wrapped up, I would be decorating my new shelves within a day. Not so, unfortunately. The original anchors were at it again and I found myself with four new holes in the wall. Once again, my dad came to help with some better anchors he had on hand. He patched up the new holes and helped me hang my final shelf. So much trouble for silly shelves! But look how beautiful they look!


I was quite pleased with how it turned out. I think I'd like to find something to put on top of the middle one. Something to the effect of "Live Laugh Love" or something about families. Also I need to find something small to fit in the upper right one. Oh, and the little star candle holder isn't my favorite but I had to put something there. All the things on the shelves might not match or anything, but they all mean something to me.

Another thing we did was actually a long time ago but it's such a wonderful improvement that I think about how wonderful it is every time I use it.


Our drawers are meant to be the kind that you just grab the edge to open it up. Unfortunately, they don't roll smoothly enough for that to really work. I'd broken so many nails trying to open those stupid drawers with one hand(how many times do you really have both hands available when you're in the kitchen) that I had Jaaromy put these handles on. I may put them on the rest of the drawers and things eventually but these are the drawers I use the most and I just couldn't abide it any longer.

I hope this post isn't too boring. I know it had been a while since my last post and now that Christmas is over, there isn't much to talk about. Luckily, American Idol is starting up and I'm sure it will give me something to talk about. For example? Ellen, really? I think she's funny and all, but a judge? I really wish they had gone with Kirsten Chenoweth, at least she actually has vocal training and could give them advice on how to do better. We'll see how it goes.

A Christmas Post before January, Woo Hoo!

So I thought I'd share some Christmas pictures. Christmas was wonderful this year. It went pretty smoothly with only a couple of glitches. First we had "Christmas Eve" at Chris and Sara's house the Sunday before Christmas. They just finished their basement and it looks great, I'm glad they were able to show it off to all of us. The food was tasty and Grandma Harding was able to come so that was great. Of course we did our infamous Nativity. Nathaniel was Joseph, Jonathan was a wise man, and Brigham was a shepherd...sort of.


I got him to put on the costume but he didn't really like it and he certainly didn't go with the other shepherds. Sorry for the picture quality, it's my phone and it doesn't do as well inside, especially when everything is moving so much!


Except for Maddy, everyone is holding relatively still, so this picture turned out okay. Brynna was baby Jesus and kept trying to climb out of the manger. I think my favorite part of the night was when we sang Christmas songs after the Nativity. When we sang the Primary version of Away in a Manger the women/girls sang the first "asleep" and the men/boys sang the second one, and the difference in sound made all the little kids laugh. It was priceless.

Rachel also brought her puppies to sell show off to everyone. The boys in my family - including Jaaromy - all fell in love and wanted to take one home.




How can I say No to these cute faces? Pretty easily actually. Don't get me wrong, the puppies are exceedingly cute and they are more my type of dog, but I'm the one who would have to take care of it and I'm just not ready for that kind of commitment. So Rachel, if Chloe ever has puppies again and I'm done having kids, then maybe we can work something out.

So back to Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at Aunt Penny's and visited with cousins and grandparents and ate delicious food. It was fun. When we got home we opened our presents from me and Jaaromy and read some Christmas stories. We also discussed the sign of the birth of Jesus in 3 Nephi chapter 1, and to illustrate it we left the Christmas lights on all night. I loved the idea but I don't know if the kids noticed because they went to bed so much earlier than we did. I think we'll still do it next year, it will be a great tradition.

Now for Christmas morning. The boys did as they were told and waited in their room for us to come get them. Aren't they great? Don't worry we didn't make them wait too long.


What did Santa bring?


A shapes puzzle, and a cool Doodle-pad.


A space puzzle, Lite-brite, and a neat volcano lamp.


Games, and books!

After we played with our new toys we went over to Grandma Bonnie's for Christmas breakfast. The best meal of the year. Since we spent so much time playing with our new toys at home we didn't see any cousins there, but it did make it less chaotic and easier on my parents. Later we went to Grandma Patti's for dinner. We got to see Kelly and Megan who were up visiting for Christmas. It was a great visit.

Thanks for sticking around for this long Christmas post. It was a great season for us and I hope it was for everyone reading this blog as well. Merry Christmas everyone!

Brigham's ABC's

Brigham is, as you may have noticed, the shy, silent type. But did you know that he loves to sing? It may sound like babbling, but really he is expressing himself through song. He sings several times a day, and he even sings when he is sad. Music is part of his very soul.

Many of you were able to witness Brigham absolutely angelic singing of the alphabet recently. But I'm not satisfied with just a few witnesses, I must share it with everyone.



Every time he sings it he says his letters a little clearer. He will also sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and also some of the Backyardigans greatest hits.

I. LOVE. IT!

Jonathan's Birthday

Last night we celebrated Jonathan's birthday. I had asked him that morning how old he was and he didn't seem to understand the question, he kept answering "No, I'm just Jonathan." I think he'll get it next year.

We started out the day with the school Christmas concert. Since Nathaniel is in the 4th grade, they learned the recorder.



Jonathan sang too, although he was a little distracted.


That night Jaaromy's parents came over to give Jonathan some birthday presents. First was some socks and a pair of jeans which were very much needed. Also they got him a Moon in my Room.


He absolutely loves it and carried it around all night and then when it was time for bed we hung it on the wall and he wouldn't let there be any other light except for the moon. Poor Nathaniel had to find a small reading lamp so he could see his books.


It cycles through all the phases of the moon. It's pretty cool, thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

After dinner it was time for Mom and Dad's present.


We could only ride it a little since it's cold and dark outside, but Jaaromy is going to help him ride outside today. He still likes the moon better, but when it's warmer outside I think he'll really like this one too.

And what would a birthday be without cookie-brownies!


All my birthday posts are looking exactly the same because we always have these for a treat. Try them yourself and I think you'll understand why it's a favorite at our house.


We love having Jonathan in our family. He's always so cheerful and happy to see us. He's always willing to share a hug. Happy Birthday, Jonanthan!

School Concert

Yesterday was a first of what I hope will be many more music concerts to come. Nathaniel played the cello in his first concert at school. He's been playing the cello for about two years now so everything they're learning is review for him, but I'm so excited for him to play with other kids. Even though they sound exactly like you'd expect 1st and 2nd year band and orchestra students to sound, I loved every minute of it. It was beautiful to me to see so many budding young musicians, even though I know most will probably drop out.
I didn't get any video because Brigham insisted he sit on my lap the whole time, but I did get some pictures. My dad also took video but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a copy and I didn't want to wait to post about it.


They had the celli in the very back sitting down and everyone else standing up so it was really hard to see him. I only got this one because the kids in front of him sat down for a bit.

I can't wait until the Spring concert!

Since it's December Now...

It seems pretty sad when it's December and my most recent post is all about Halloween. This has been bothering me since December began and I've been trying to figure out what to post about. Nothing particularly exciting has been going on. Our dog hasn't had puppies, my kids don't really like to play in the snow, Thanksgiving was nice but not much to post about. I would have posted about making gingerbread houses at Grandma Bonnie's but I forgot my camera so it wouldn't have been as interesting(of course, I realized later that I could have taken pictures with my phone, Duh!). I'll get some good ones next year.

After Thanksgiving I really had to fight the urge to decorate for Christmas. It's always been a rule of mine to decorate on the first day of December. It was hard to wait this year. I had to remind myself that I have a lot of cute Thanksgiving decorations and they deserved the whole month to be on display. I did have to cheat slightly and set up the tree on November 30th because I had a dress rehearsal on December 1st and I needed Jaaromy to help me with the tree. Because of my concert that week and my Primary calling, it took me three days to decorate for Christmas. It was such a busy week and all I really wanted to do was decorate for Christmas. Why does everything have to happen all at once? So we are all decorated for Christmas now, and here's the proof:


It looks a lot like last year, I know. But this time I have the stockings up on the railing!

This is the corner I usually put all our instruments and so I had to find other places to put them...


My living room is crawling with instruments. I've got a violin, a trumpet, and a guitar back by my cello, and my bass with Nathaniel's cello up front. I don't usually have my bass at home but I'm playing in the Messiah with a small orchestra this coming weekend. I'm not sure why I said yes to that one, but I think it will be fun.

Well, now that I've taken care of the decorations, I'm free to enjoy the rest of the month. I think I'm going to buy all our Christmas presents online so we don't even have to leave the house unless we want to.

P.S. I'm currently wearing the most comfortable pants in the world and I couldn't be happier!

Halloween

I was all caught up and then I went and procrastinated putting the Halloween pictures up. It was a fun Halloween. I realized something about myself this year though. I love the whole month of October, the weather, the decorating, the fun, the candy. However, when it comes time for the actual Trick-or-Treating I find that I'm uptight and anxious. Halloween night stresses me out. I'm not sure why that is. Could it be that I'm worried we won't get a lot of Trick-or-Treaters? Possibly, we've never had fabulous turn-outs in any of the apartments we've been in. Our current neighborhood has been great, I even ran out of candy last year which was great except I was bummed because I love eating the leftover candy. Could it be that, as a very shy person, I'm anxious about so many people coming to my door? Maybe. Could it be that I'm worried that I'll come across some rude teenagers? Possibly. Whatever the reason, I'm always relieved when Halloween is over. But I'll still love it when it comes around next year.

After much thought, Nathaniel decided to be Mario again this year. This worked out great because he only gave me a couple of days and all I had to buy was new gloves which I found on the first try at Wal-mart.
Jonathan fit into the Link costume I made for Nathaniel a couple of years ago. He was really excited about it. Jonathan is a little taller than Nathaniel was at this age but it still works, I think.

For Brigham I knew he wouldn't go for anything high maintenance so I was thinking something pajamas-based. I went looking for solid color sweats to give me some ideas and I saw some cammo sweats and realized we already had some at home. I wouldn't even have to make anything! I'm all about less work, especially when Halloween is only four days away. I found a cute green hat with Army stripes on it, but he wouldn't wear it. I did manage to get a picture before he ripped it off.

The boys had a great time Trick-or-Treating with Dad. Although Dad was quite worn-out when they got home. They went all over the neighborhood and were out for a long time. Jaaromy tried to take Brigham too, but he's just not super cooperative so he only made it to two houses. It was unlikely that he would have eaten the candy anyway. Jaaromy's work had a Trick-or-Treat on Friday and he got plenty of candy then, so it's not like he didn't have any fun.

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween, I'm glad it only comes once a year! Just for the heck of it, I'll leave you with a picture of the full moon I took the other night. It's not fabulous, but I think I'd like to take up Astrophotography, so give me some time and maybe I'll learn how to do it better.

P.S. If you happen to read this the day I posted it, my Astronomy Picture of the Day has a much better picture of the Halloween Moon.