For some reason, today the kids wanted to go out to get dessert after dinner because they both wanted to try a piece of pumpkin pie. Neither one has had it before that I am aware, so I guess they must have been hearing about it in school lately or something. So, I obliged. And I took them to Schoop's, which was probably a mistake because pie is not cheap there. And while Alex ate most of his pie (except the crust), Missy made a horrible face and spit the pie back out right off the bat. So I bought her a piece of apple pie instead, which she changed her mind and decided she didn't want when it arrived. So I had two pieces of pie. We had a fun Halloween yesterday; Alex was a pirate, and Missy was a black cat. Beth and I took them trick or treating around the neighborhood first, then up and down Fort Wayne and Main Streets, where the best pickins are. The weather more or less cooperated again; it was cold but not too cold, and it didn't rain at all. We walked up and down the streets for a couple hours, until things started petering out, then went to visit Ronnie and DeeAnn, after which the kids were worn out and in no mood to continue visiting. So home after that. Earlier in the day, Beth walked in her first 5k: the Spooktacular. She and her walking buddy walked the whole thing in under an hour, which was their goal. I took the kids out to the bakery in Winona Lake where the 5k path went by, got some treats for them and waited for Mommy to pass by so we could all cheer for her.