Death to candy!

I've had FAR too many visits
from this fairy

         I'm not sure who thought of putting Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas so close together but obviously they weren't on a diet. Thanksgiving, we spend eating as much food as we can. This year I even contemplated putting on my maternity jeans to get a wee bit more room for pie. Then once we recover from Thanksgiving, we move on to Halloween. Although it is a day for children, it took over new meaning once I had kids. It meant I get to dress them up, send them out and I get to eat candy. Heck ya! This year I'm approaching things a little different. I'm hoping that I can keep the consumption to a minimum. I also realized via Facebook pictures that I haven't really dressed up for Halloween since I was like 14. I've never had the chance to be a "Halloween Whore" like many other girls have. I do have children so the last thing I want to do is embarrass them but let's be honest, every girl needs to have their boobs hang out as a "witch" or "fairy" once in a while. Let's be honest, if I were to stuff myself into a "fairy" costume, it would clearly be the scariest thing you've ever seen. So mini goal for next year, lose the gut and let the boobs hang out for a Halloween party. All I have to do is figure out how not to eat holiday baked goods until I can't move.
         So with trying my best to have some Halloween candy restraint I also have decided to designate a night for 'food prep night'. On Pinterest, there are a lot of different pins devoted to meal prep. I found one that gives you a good list of things to cook one night a week and keep in the freezer for the rest of the week. Boiling eggs, cooking chicken, cutting up veggies. Kind of no-brainer stuff that I clearer should have thought of before. It will be much easier to grab food already prepped rather than trying to make a meal while feeding Carter, helping Jae with homework and trying to figure out why Hayden is having another crying fit. As we speak, Hayden is freaking out cause he keeps dropping his Goldfish crackers and Carter is crawling his way towards the kitchen to destroy something I'm sure....
        Gym membership start back up this month! Not only am I pumped to work out again but I get at least an hour away from the madness at home...Thank you baby Jesus!!