goodbye october!

Hard to believe it is gone- I can't wait to see Halloween costume pictures from everyone! Please people put up your pictures!
Since Thanksgiving is no longer a favorite holiday for me, I'm going to focus on Christmas. This might be our last Christmas in Virginia and I want it to be special and beautiful. I want the kids to come home and do fun stuff that is simple like playing games, baking, singing and dancing, everything that we did when they were little. I wonder what kind of a Christmas they will want? It is possible that they won't even want to be here and that would be ok too. Sort of the way I feel about snow: it might arrive and if it does it will be welcome, or it might not happen and that has its upside too :)