Today has been a busy day. I have been running errands, watching kids, running my dad to urgent care, and cleaning up the house all day today. After I picked up the kids from school, and an early out I might add, we came home and decided to make signs for Ian's R&R homecoming. The kids kept asking me when he is coming and I kept playing dumb. I told them that he will be here in the next few days, but that I didn't know for sure. Truth is, I know. He is coming tomorrow afternoon, hopefully before the kids get out of school. We are planning to surprise them a little bit, but it all depends on if I can keep it from them.
After our sign making, the kids and I did a quick clean-up of the house again, had pizza for dinner, and then went out trick-or-treating with my awesome friend, Lyssa and her family. We were all a little bummed that Ian was missing out on this by just one day, but we still tried to have fun regardless. And it really was a blast. The kids got so much candy and there is NO WAY they are going to eat it all. Not that they can't, just that mommy won't let them.
Bonus for me this year is that Emily's school is a part of a program called "Treats for Troops." Basically, the kids are encouraged to send in their trick-or-treating candy to the school, and the company sponsoring it is going to pay to ship it to troops overseas! I was stoked when I saw that, because it is exactly what I did every year up till now, well, in a way. Every year, I would let the kids have a few pieces a night for about a week or two, then send the rest to work with Ian to pass out to the single soldiers who didn't have kids who had candy bags to raid. This way, the kids didn't get a lot of candy, and I didn't have it around the house tempting Ian or me to eat it. It was a win-win. This year, I couldn't do that, so I was worried about where all the excess candy was going to go. When Emily brought home the flier, I asked her and the kids if that was something they wanted to do. They all very excitedly agreed to it, and I am more the willing to support them in their decision. So, if any of my friends who read this are in the area and want to get rid of some of your kids' Halloween candy, let me know and I will send it in to Emily's school.
I am so excited that Ian is coming home tomorrow. I won't know what time until he lands in the states, but that is ok with me. I will be ready!
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