4:30 PM

Jonathan is drawing Halloween pictures. These involve "cemetaries with dead people laying all over the place." I told him to stop it, I gave him a talk about how cemetaries are nothing like that, I even pulled Jesus into the discussion. But he really wants to draw these pictures. Should I take the crayons and paper away? I think he has seen some frightening images on TV (we don't let him watch anything, and we don't have cable, but maybe he's seen a few commercials or something?) and in stores lately, or maybe his friends at school talk about stuff like this? I don't know where it's coming from, and I tried to put a stop to it, but maybe he needs to draw these pictures to deal with frightening images/concepts? I really don't know.
Anna is singing a really sad song about Fazoli's. She often sings and dances to these dramatic songs she writes. If this song had a name, I would call it Ode to Fazoli's. She is singing about how it is shut down forever, and everything keeps shutting down and going away, forever.... Both of the kids have had a hard time dealing with Fazoli's shutting down. I think it really a tradition in our family, going there after church on Sunday, and they miss it. I guess it must have been about more than the meatballs... I think it was about the breadsticks :)
So anyways, between all this sad singing about Fazoli's and crayoned dead bodies, I am feeling like I should consult a therapist for my kids. I really don't like Halloween! Speaking of which, we are going over to my Mom's house for dinner this evening and to pick up our pumpkin. We will carve it to celebrate "fall."
Jonathan just came up, pointed to my typing, and said, "Mama, why is that A so stupid? Why are all the As on computers so stupid?"