{happy - handmade - halloween!}

So, it's finally all over, this month of October. Phew! Our calendar has been so jam packed with stuff, that I feel like we haven't had time to really sit back and enjoy. Not that I am complaining. I'm really not. Busy is always a good thing in my book. But, man. It's just been crazy. So crazy, in fact, that I was really thinking there was a huge possibility that these here costumes would not be finished in time. As it was, we put the finishing touches on Emily's costume on Thursday. Paige's was finished this last Monday. And, here they are - in all their home-made glory.....



Paige saw the donut costume in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog. She loved it. She was fully focused on it. I was focused on the $50 price tag. Yeah, kid, not gonna happen. Unless, I could make it.... Lucky for her - my Mom is awesome with the sewing machine. And the $7 donut was born.


Emily was dead set on being a cheerleader this year. Sure, fine, no problem. Then her friend decided to be a tornado....and she changed her mind and decided to be a thunderstorm. With a working lightning bolt that lights up!! Thank you daddy! I'll have to take a video of that so you can see.

They got quite the haul - and are currently sleeping. All that running around in the freezing cold...can make you a little tired.

Best part of those costumes...they can be worn over a jacket. AWESOME!

We carved pumpkins last night....they could care less about the carving. It's all about the pumpkin goo:






Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween! I have more pictures, and more stories...but I am sleepy!

{pumpkin patch and the rest}

{maple trees and emily}

That storm back there....came thru and took most of those leaves with it.



Playing outside last Sunday.


Getting her pumpkin ready for the school's pumpkin decorating contest. (i forgot to take a picture of the completed pumkin...doh!)


Enjoying some mild temperatures last Sunday morning.




Happy Fall!

{stripeys and polka-dots}

I have a thing for stripes and polka dots. I can't help myself. I found this sweater jacket at Old Navy and I could not resist. And, shhhhh....I paid FULL PRICE. No coupon, no sale.....I love it that much. And really, it's Old Navy. Full price there is still pretty good, right? But the pants and shirt are from Target. Totally different manufacturer. And they match. How cool is that?





And I am so lucky that Paige also like stripes and polka-dots.

{fall love}

I love this time of year. What stinks is that it is so short lived. Once those leaves turn, they are on the ground before you know it. The good news is that leaf piles are so awesome to jump in. Hopefully, those pictures will be coming soon.









I have lots more pictures from the past week to post. Stay tuned.

{get a CLUE}

In case you are wondering where we have been.....we have been planning a road rally for the past year, and this past weekend we finished planning and actually executed.

It was a CLUE based theme. Eric was Mr. Green, and I was Mrs. White. And yes, those are pretzels in his coat pocket.







Posting this week is going to be VERY sporadic, if at all. I promise to be back in the swing of it next week....maybe. October is the busiest month of the year for me.

{layout share}

I haven't shared a layout in quite a while. actually, i haven't MADE a layout in quite a while....my scrapbooking mojo has been on vacation.



These pictures were from a year ago. Paigey sure has grown up...and has acquired quite a bit more hair as well!

{us at stony}

We went for a hike/walk this morning at Stony Creek Metropark. The fall colors are not quite at peak, but with our busy schedule coming up, and the gorgeous weather we are having this weekend....if we didn't partake in it right now, we would probably be missing out big time.




SHE is: going to her very first sleep-over party tonight. I don't know who is more nervous about it....Emily or me. Probably me. She is not all that enthused with her teacher this year, but she still loves school. She is still into reading as an independent activity, and often asks to stay up a little bit later so she can get just one more chapter in before she has to go to sleep. She doesn't have a ton of friends, but she seems just fine with that. She is already making lists for her birthday and Christmas. She plays school with Paige just about everyday when she gets home from school. She has been hurrying through her breakfast this past week so she can catch a little SpongeBob before school.



SHE is: going through a tough phase right now that I am hoping passes soon. It seems like she breaks something every. day. She loves trying new foods whenever her big sister is not around. Her current favorite is TUNA. Go figure. She likes to watch TV in the morning for exactly 30 minutes and then needs to switch to something else. I have been working with her on letters and numbers for the past week, and I think she has finally mastered them. This is just the identifying.....the writing....yeah, that's a whole different story. She is wanting to give up the afternoon nap. I am not quite ready for that. She loves Emily fiercely, and is always excited to see her when she comes home from school. If you ask her how old she is, she says, "Emerson is two.". Why? I don't know.


So endeth the update on the offspring.

{fall ball}

Outside this week enjoying our Indian Summer with a little bit of baseball. Really, it's more like Eric and Emily are playing baseball, and Paige is just stealing the balls that are hit. She's such a monkey. But a very cute monkey. And, yes, I said monkey because of her shirt. She picked it out at Old Navy.



"I coulda been a player...."








Have a great week-end!

{blah}

I am not in the mood to cook. I am not in the mood to scrapbook. I am not in the mood to blog. So this is all I have today. We had a bunch of events this weekend, and shockingly, my camera stayed on my desk the entire time.