{"id":6371,"date":"2011-10-31T21:19:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T02:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6371"},"modified":"2011-10-31T21:19:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T02:19:28","slug":"trick-or-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6371","title":{"rendered":"Trick?  Or Treat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had our first snowfall Wednesday night but it was mostly a dusting.  Saturday night brought the real stuff.  We got about 4&#8243; but other parts of the state got up to 18&#8243;.  Wet, heavy, powerline downing snow.  We lost power twice Saturday night but were part of the lucky crowd that got it back quickly.  Other parts of the state were out for a day or more.  We woke to a beautiful winter wonderland.  Beautiful if you don&#8217;t mind the fact that it&#8217;s still October.<\/p>\n<p>The kids were thrilled, of course.  We went outside and shoveled off the porch, made snowmen, and played on the swing set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0780-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"snowy eve\" title=\"snowy eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0780-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0780-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0780-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0782-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"picnic table\" title=\"picnic table\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0782-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0782-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0782-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0783-374x500.jpg\" alt=\"snowy lex\" title=\"snowy lex\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0783-374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0783-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0783-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0783.jpg 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0788.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0788-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"snowman\" title=\"snowman\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0788-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0788-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0788-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6376\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0795.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6376\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0795-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"name\" title=\"name\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0795-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0795-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0795-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lex wrote his name on the tree with snowballs.  You can sort of see the E and X here.  He was so proud of his idea :)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0798.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0798-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"lex\" title=\"lex\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0798-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0798-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0798-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought my quince tree was a goner.  Turns out it just needed a good shaking out :)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0802-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"quince 1\" title=\"quince 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0802-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0802-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0802-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0803-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"quince 2\" title=\"quince 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0803-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0803-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0803-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch we went to a Halloween party at Eve&#8217;s school.  When we got home the snow was mostly melted and the snowmen were looking sad.  Eve and I shoveled the porch again and then she decided to finish off the snowmen with the shovel!  Then her and Parrish spent a good amount of time trying to rebuild them.  Crazy kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0859-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sad snowmen\" title=\"sad snowmen\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0859-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0859-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0859-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0864.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0864-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"shoveling eve 1\" title=\"shoveling eve 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0864-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0864-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0864-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0869-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"shoveling eve 2\" title=\"shoveling eve 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0869-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0869-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0869-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0870-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve\" title=\"eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0870-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0870-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0870-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>October snow, you decided.  Trick or treat?  <\/p>\n<p><em>(Not that it matters what I think, as I&#8217;m pretty sure mother nature doesn&#8217;t give a hoot about my opinions on winter.  When I was buckling the kids into their carseats Lex complained that he was too cold and I said &#8220;Get used to it.  We&#8217;ve got six cold months ahead of us!&#8221;  Seriously, six months!  Sheesh!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had our first snowfall Wednesday night but it was mostly a dusting. Saturday night brought the real stuff. We got about 4&#8243; but other parts of the state got up to 18&#8243;. Wet, heavy, powerline downing snow. 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