Coffee.
Mmmmm... I love my coffee. I like for it to taste like a hot milkshake - with lots of cream and a bit of sugar (I gave up artificial sweeteners years ago). I feel strongly about things that I eat and drink tasting GOOD. Life is too short for light beer and boring coffee - that's my mantra. I have always enjoyed creamer in my coffee - typically vanilla, except when the holidays roll around and Pumpkin Spice is available - then I'm all about the pumpkin. Have you ever read the ingredients in these things? The list is VERY long (lengthy ingredient lists in anything is usually a sign that it is full of artificial, processed ingredients). I've recently discovered Natural Bliss. It is made with only milk, cream and sugar and it tastes just as good as the other kinds! Don't get me wrong, I scan the coffee flavoring section of the grocery store everytime I'm there and as soon as the Pumpkin Spice is available, I'll be enjoying that for the season, and I won't think twice about the long list of ingredients.
On a spookier note, I had two strands of cute little pumpkin lights that, at our old house, I strung on our front steps along with our other decorations. Here at my in-laws' house, I couldn't figure out where to put them outside so I wrapped them around the boys' bunkbed and decided that we would have "spooky storytime" every night leading up to Halloween. I googled and read a dozen different spooky Halloween stories - trying to find one that wouldn't completely freak them out and keep them up all night but one that wasn't too weak, either. I found this cute Halloween story, and they really enjoyed it. We turned off all the lights so that only the glow of pumpkin lights filled the room, and we snuggled up as I read the story. It only took a few minutes and the boys loved it (and of course, I loved the snuggling!)! I think we'll make this a tradition every year.
