Snack Surprise

Mommy packed a special surprise for Madison today, a Halloween-themed treat!  Mommy packs lunches every day, and dresses Madison so pretty each morning.  It's a good deal of effort, but Mommy is easily the best Mommy on the planet.  You can put that on record.

It was a day of catching up on some work still - we're preparing for a new series this weekend.  We're also trying to winterize the house a tiny bit.  We had to pull in a lot of things from outside, one reason being the tremendous winds sweeping across the land.  Look at the picture below to get the idea there.

After school, Madison had a massive amount of piano practice to catch up with.  That, and she also had actual homework from school to contend with.  She was a busy bee - working hard in that regard.  Which is pretty much the reason the reward of video games was happily given.  We went back to Disney Universe one more time to hit the Nightmare Before Christmas world, where Madison wanted to be Sally, and Daddy was the Mayor.  Afterwards, it was dinnertime, where we had a whole lot of spaghetti!  It was just what we wanted for dinner - and Madison sure ate a lot of it.

It was an early night tonight for bed though:  we're trying to catch up on sleep too.  meanwhile, the wind howls outside.

Hurricane/Super Storm Sandy hit New Jersey today, making us glad we don't live there anymore, and getting us in prayer about the path of this storm more and more.  I guess they're not calling it "Frankenstorm" anymore, as the humor is completely gone for everyone in New Jersey.  The flooding and waves are already overwhelming, as we're hearing from one of our China adoption friends in West Orange that things are pretty intense.  Over the night, we'll hear more and more from friends that live up north about their situation.  Down here, we're feeling lots of wind here.  LOTS of wind.  Ferocious breezes actually knocked our front lounge chair over on the porch, and that thing is big and heavy.  Halloween decor will have to be fixed up after this, as witches will probably be seen flying overhead, silhouetted in front of the full moon.  Meanwhile, images of an abandoned New York City make the place look like that bit in the Beneath the Planet of the Apes.  Or really any other apocalyptic movie showing large buildings and empty streets.

The storm is a thousand miles wide.  Let that sink in a bit, as we try to explain the whole concept to Madison, and why it's important to pray for those in it's way.