Just playin around

I took some pictures of trees at sunset and added a little zing for fun. I like how they turned out, though the colors looked better together when they weren't slapped on that bright apple green background. Nonetheless, I'm pleased.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday David and Surprise! Unfortunately I missed the "surprise" that David loved (catch the sarcasm), but I did get to enjoy the wonderful food, wine, champagne, and friends. A fun night out without the wee ones.

New Definition of hats

Dress up suitcase

I was inspired by a blog to put together a dress up suitcase for the kids. It occurred to me that I had no dress up clothes for Lucy and Will. After naps yesterday we went to our local goodwill and got the bare necessities to get the collection going. There are no pictures of Will because he's not so into dressing up yet. Maybe if I get some cowboy, policeman and superhero things he might show more interest. I was pleased with our purchases but am keeping my eye out for more. The collection has started with a dress, some jewelry, scarves, a couple hats, a wand, purses, wings, some shoes and the suitcase to keep it all in (I was so excited to find that suitcase- it's just what I had pictured). So friends out there, keep your eye out and if you see any clearance Halloween gear pick it up!

Black and White with Lu

Sickness :(

Any mom hears the word and there is instant sympathy- no more needs to be said. However, I often have way more to say. Mainly I will say that it is no fun. No fun for the kids. No fun for the parents. The kids woke up this morning grumpy and one child (who I will not name) woke up at 5 this morning, and the other child is currently in her crib rejecting a much needed nap. I hear talk of stomach bugs, boogers and ear infections and I cringe. It's so easy for me to get frustrated and loose sympathy amongst the tantrums and wining. I'm constantly reminding myself to be gracious and pour even more love onto them. All that said, we spent this morning watching movies (as shown above) and the afternoon going for a drive with McDonald milkshakes in hand. Milkshakes make anything better, don't ya think?

Hallowrina

About a month ago Lucy decided she wanted to be a pink flower. I was brainstorming how I was going to make it happen and was happy with that idea. About a week later she was riding with a couple of friends and they said they were going to be ballerinas. She became passionate about being a ballerina also (the power of peer pressure). I thought that was a fine idea, but started looking around and decided it wouldn't be as easy as I thought. We decided to step away from being a ballerina, but ever sense, Halloween has been called Hallowrina. So finally she decided she wanted to be Lolly from Candy Land for Hallowrina. I told Lucy that was her final answer and we went with it. I took out the old sewing machine (which doesn't come out often enough), bought some candy, and went to work. As for Will, I was going to make him Lord Licorice from Candy Land, but the creative groove stopped and he became a M&M to go with the theme. They were so sweet (pun intended).


Our good friend Peter ends up spending a lot of special occasions with us, he's become a regular and joined us for an Autumn feast. Lucy and Will helped gather the leaves for the table and get ready for the meal. We had Cornish game hens and yams- pretty scrumptious.

Will was not at all pleased with his costume. Nate kept saying, "I don't blame him". Nate thought we should have made him a truck driver, knight, or warrior. The costume was looking hopeless until we started to give him a taste of what Halloween's about ... Candy! We started saying , "great costume Will, here have a piece of chocolate". It didn't take long before he decided he could cope with wearing the costume if the theme of candy continued.


Note above the chocolate around Will's mouth. Time to go out and get some more candy!



Above are our friends Maggie and Caroline who we ran into while trick-or-treating. These are the two who inspired the new name for Halloween, Hallowrina that is.

Time to come home and dig in!