Halloween

I got a minor scolding for my lack of posts. Life has just been busy and kind of un-post-worthy. Well, I guess there have been things worth posting, but I haven't had time! Nap times aren't reliable anymore (and usually, once I finish putting Levi, then Lucy down for naps and read a book/play cards/or do a puzzle with Nate, Levi is already awake again), and that's often my blog posting time.

Today is Halloween. This is the first year Nate has been really aware of Halloween, especially because his school seemed to spend the entire month of October talking about it. Jon and I have been talking with Nate about which holidays honor God and which don't honor God and/or "glorify people," so that seems to be sinking in. Nate dressed as a pirate--a hand-me-down costume--for the school parade. Although I've never sat down and thought out what my parenting tactic will be regarding Halloween, at this point we're purposely not mentioning it or talking much about it at home (to show it isn't a big deal or something worth spending a lot of time on), and when Nate brings up something about it they've been talking about at school, we acknowledge whatever cool thing he's mentioning and then sometimes use that to discuss the things we as a family want to celebrate. (Wow, long sentence--all to say that we are making Halloween a "not a big deal" thing in our house.)