Sunday Run and Halloween!

Sunday Run:
Sunday was my first "long" run since my marathon.  I was scheduled to run 7miles and I was itching to get out and run!  The weather was beautiful and I was looking forward to being outside.  I know soon enough that I'll be doing the majority of my runs inside on the treadmill, so it was nice to have a 65 degree day!

I know fully recovering from a marathon takes time, but my legs have just felt a little off on my runs lately.  This run was no different.  But, after about 3 miles, my legs actually started to feel "normal" again!  It was a great feeling and I decided to ignore my Garmin and just run.  It was awesome.

When I got about a 1/2mile from my house, "Sweet Child of Mine" from Guns-N-Roses (yes, I have that song on my training playlist!) came on.  It instantly reminded me of my cousin Denis who passed away years ago.  He lived with us for awhile when I was in high school and he was obsessed with GNR.  Something about the song coming on, the beautiful weather, and feeling good on the run, made me point to the sky and say, "This one's for you Denis." I sprinted all of the way home, and the song ended exactly when I reached our driveway.  I got a little teary eyed when I finished, but it also brought a smile to my face remembering him at a happy time in his life, rocking out to GNR.  :)

  
Halloween
Halloween was great this year!  My husband took the boys out trick-or-treating while I stayed home to pass out candy.  Here is a picture I took before they headed out:

My oldest was the transformer Optimus Prime and my youngest was Spiderman.  In this picture, I told them to pretend they were using their super powers and these are the poses they came up with!  I love it! :)

The Switch Witch

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My husband and I decided to try something new this year.  I read somewhere about the idea of the "Switch Witch" and thought it was awesome.  So, here's how it works.  On Halloween night, we had the boys pick out 10 pieces of their favorite candy.  The rest was put into a big bowl and placed on our living room coffee table.  When the boys are sleeping, the Switch Witch comes, takes all of the candy, and leaves a special toy for each boy in its' place.  Of course, it takes a little planning to buy an awesome toy for each boy ahead of time, but it was so worth it.  Our boys were so excited about it and it was a great way for us to get rid of all of the candy without dealing with the tantrums that may have occurred if we just took the candy away from them.  Now, they have their 10 pieces to eat and then it's gone!  I don't know about all of you, but if there is candy around, I will eat it.  I think I've actually gained several pounds from grabbing a piece of candy here and there over the last couple of days.  I love candy, but there is such thing as too much of a good thing.  So, my husband took the whole bowl of candy to work with him so the other employees can eat it.  Let them deal with the extra pounds! :)