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Monday was Jeff’s birthday. The kids decorated his cake:

 

They did a pretty awesome job 😊 

Then of course on Friday was Halloween, and along with it came pumpkin carving. This hurt they carved things completely themselves.

This one has eyes by Maren and a mouth by Linden:

This is Maren’s 

And this is Linden’s 

And of course trick or treating. A few weeks ago, Maren came to us and said she doesn’t want to be vegan, and Linden agreed. There were social reasons, and wanting to be able to participate in food-related things with other kids. We talked as a family and decided that we would be “mostly vegan.” So this year that meant keeping all the candy from trick or treating - no swapping for vegan chocolate. In previous years we were able to pare down the amount each kid had significantly by taking out all the non-vegan candy and trading for a much smaller amount of vegan stuff. This year they have mountains of candy, and we can do nothing to stop them! 😬