{"id":3173,"date":"2014-10-29T19:34:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/fumblingtowardgrace\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2014-10-29T19:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T23:34:08","slug":"halloween-at-our-house-and-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/fumblingtowardgrace\/2014\/10\/29\/halloween-at-our-house-and-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween at Our House {and a poem}"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Halloween is upon us! Maggie has been bringing home delightful crafts from preschool for the last two weeks. Today we baked pumpkin shaped sugar cookies for her class parties tomorrow and Friday. We even have some babies in handmade holiday bibs.<\/p>\n<p>We all journeyed to the Children\u2019s Museum last week for the (friendly) haunted house. So much fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1612.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3175 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1612.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1612\" width=\"1936\" height=\"2592\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1609.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3174 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1609.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1609\" width=\"2430\" height=\"1788\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1619.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3176 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1619.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1619\" width=\"1936\" height=\"2592\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie is going as a ladybug this year. A photo sans wings and antennae.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0712.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0712.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0712\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our autumn mantle. I just love that semi-creepy raven bust. The pumpkin was chosen by Maggie at her school field trip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0713.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0713.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0713\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spook-tacular purple spider courtesy of our artist in residence, Maggie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0718.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0718.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0718\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin cookies for the Lion Class party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0714.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0714.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0714\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adorable handmade bibs given to us by the wonderful Auntie Glo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0728.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0728.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0728\" width=\"4541\" height=\"2665\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Babies in bibs, looking slightly suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Maggie needed to wear a bib too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0732.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/dscn0732.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0732\" width=\"3456\" height=\"4608\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, basically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Since it\u2019s still October, and I am supposed to be posting a poem a day (wow, that was a lot harder than it seemed!), here is a poem. It\u2019s a wonderful fall poem by Indiana\u2019s own \u201cHoosier Poet\u201d, James Whitcomb Riley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong>The Rapture of the Year (from Songs O\u2019Cheer)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">While skies glint bright with bluest light<\/p>\n<p>Through clouds that race o\u2019er fields and town,<\/p>\n<p>And leaves go dancing left and right,<\/p>\n<p>And orchard apples tumble down;<\/p>\n<p>While school-girls sweet, in lane or street,<\/p>\n<p>Lean \u2018gainst the wind and feel and hear<\/p>\n<p>Its glad heart like a lover\u2019s beat,\u2013<\/p>\n<p>So reigns the rapture of the year.<\/p>\n<p><i>The ho! and hey! and whop-hooray!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Though winter clouds be looming,<\/p>\n<p>Remember a November day<\/p>\n<p>Is merrier than mildest May<\/p>\n<p>With all her blossoms blooming.<\/p>\n<p>While birds in scattered flight are blown<\/p>\n<p>Aloft and lost in dusky mist,<\/p>\n<p>And truant boys scud home alone<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Neath skies of gold and amethyst;<\/p>\n<p>While twilight falls, and Echo calls<\/p>\n<p>Across the haunted atmosphere,<\/p>\n<p>With low, sweet laughs at intervals,\u2013<\/p>\n<p>So reigns the rapture of the year.<\/p>\n<p><i>The ho! and hey! and whop-hooray!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Though winter clouds be looming,<\/p>\n<p>Remember a November day<\/p>\n<p>Is merrier than mildest May<\/p>\n<p>With all her blossoms blooming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1626.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1626.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1626\" width=\"1936\" height=\"1936\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/767\/2014\/10\/img_1609.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is upon us! 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