sit a spell...

today will be spent getting ready for chase's and annslee's shared, family, birthday extravaganza tonight.

 

i never thought i would be the parent that makes her kids share a birthday party.  i mean...chase is a fourth grade boy.  annslee is a (turning) 3 year old little girl.  that's...like...as opposite as you can get.  but...as fate would have it...chase only wanted a family party.  at a pool.  and as luck would have it...my aunt and uncle have a beautiful, heated pool and hot tub in their fantastically landscaped backyard.  and annslee likes to swim too.  so...there ya go.  shared birthday party.

 

i will be making a monstrosity of a chocolate birthday cake covered with kit cats and m&m's today.

 

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this week, fall inspiration came in orange and black.  we got our house halloween ready.

 

 

trout watched.

 

we took a break to paint...

 

and be entertained by kermit.

 

evidently, george bailey was tutoring colt in a little math.

 

if i can't enjoy fall colors on the trees...by golly...i will enjoy them in my cookies.  i'm a "make it happen" kinda girl.

 

i will make those colors...that my carolina friends are currently enjoying...appear in my sheets.

 

i  will light fall scented candles...and open the windows at night when the breeze becomes cool.

 

i will eat my weight in pumpkins.

 

i will tell my favorite joke.

 

and say, "boo to you" to all who enter here.

 

we are making fall happen.

 

and tomorrow night...i think a cool front is planning a visit.

 

come on in, fall.  sit a spell...and stay for a while.