I really wasn’t sure we were going to make it out the door last night – for some reason Charlie woke up on the wrong side of the bed and threw the mother of all tantrums, just because, I think. We repeatedly sentenced her to the “green chair” in the office to calm down but when she started kicking the office door glass panes – well, let’s just say her bottom was a bright shade of red. When we explained to her that Baby Ella was going to “get all of her candy”, she shaped up real fast. I was surprised at how earnest the kids were – we had to sneak out the back door because they were ringing our doorbell at 6 pm! One girl walked up to me with NO costume on and held out her PURSE to get candy. For goodness sakes, have you no shame???!!! The girls held out for quite awhile, in fact, after making a special point to visit some new friends, we didn’t get home till after 9 pm (which you know is a super late bedtime for our girls).   True or False: I might have been drinking beer while we were walking. I might have binged on Snickers and Twix while we were walking. I might have binged on Kitkats when we got home. And last but not least, I might have started the day today with a bag of M & M’s.   ALL TRUE.   Lord help me. This is NOT helping that whole “losing the last 5 pounds” thing.