Happy Halloween! Last night was a weird sort of holiday for our family... for once, we weren't all in the same place. If you know anything about my family, you'll understand why this is such a strange thing. Josh, K and I worked at our church's annual Trunk or Treat, Cory worked at the drive-in, while Gran, Poppy, Molly & Ella went to Birmingham to see Disney on Ice. I know she's only two, but how fun is that? Now she doesn't really know anything about Disney characters except: Minnie & Mickey Mouse are on her diapers, K & Cory brought Minnie ears from DisneyWorld this summer, the Disney Princesses are on her pull-ups and of course, the Jungle Book. Thank goodness, this production included Baloo, Mowgli and the monkeys -- my child was in heaven. She & Molly were both ...
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Daddy, come home
Dear "my Daddy", We really miss you, please come home. We miss how you are snuggled in the bed with Beemer when we leave in the mornings. And how you don't get mad when we wake you up to say, "I love you. See you this af'ernoon." We miss how you play hide and go seek. And beauty shop. And how you don't cry when we're really rough with your hair. We miss how you feed us dinner and get us out of the highchair {even though while you've been gone we started eating in the booster chair}. We miss how you buckle us in and out of our car seat. We miss cutting grass with you. We miss how you give us pretty pink manicures every Friday night. We miss snuggle time and John & Kate. We miss 1, 2, cha cha cha. We miss and love you VERY MUCH!!! Love, Ella {and Mommy... and ...
Don’t Make A Mess!
Y'all, seriously. I don't know what to do about this dog! I've hired a "dog walker" - Karson, my cousin - to play with her every afternoon and she still creates this mess a few days a week. She's running out of things to destroy in my laundry room. The funniest part about this whole saga is Ella's reaction when we get home in the afternoons. The laundry room is one of the only doors in the house that she can open without assistance. She turns the knob and marches in to see what mess is waiting. It would be SO much better if you could hear her sweet voice, but she either says "Beemer no make a mess!" or " Beemer make a mess!" It is so cute that I have a really hard time being upset with the dog in the process. Today Ella saw the mess, made her declaration and promptly put her hands on ...
Reorganize, Reuse and Repurpose
For those of you who really know me, you'll know that I have a bad habit of redecorating my house. I don't necessarily mean painting or buying new things, just moving everything around. In early September while getting ready for Ella's birthday party, Josh and I rearranged our living room furniture. At the time it seemed cozy and fresh. As much as I enjoyed the new arrangement, I couldn't help but wonder where we'd put the Christmas tree next month (yes, I decorate in November) and I hated walking in the front door and looking at the back of the couch. Since all I've been thinking about since the birthday party was crafting, my housekeeping really fell by the wayside. As a result, it has been a wreck. It hasn't only been cluttered and messy, but really dirty, too. Since I've taken an ...
Back to blogging
Despite the fact that this weekend was wonderful, I must admit I'm exhausted! I vowed not to craft for seven whole days and to enjoy my home, my family and spend a little time blogging. In case you haven't figured this out yet, my child is a royal hoot. She has me in stitches most of the time and I rarely stop talking about her. She is so full of life and energy and has the sweetest little personality. Everyday she gives me enough blog-fodder for an entire week's worth of posts. I went to pick her up at my mom's and she had already eaten. Vegetable soup. Cornbread. Half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And 3 banana nut mini muffins. We come home and start putting groceries up. Of course, I brought her a surprise, why wouldn't I? She climbed up in her highchair and started ...
Tea Party Girls
Friday night my sweet friend Kitty and her daughter Riley came over for an impromptu play date. How adorable are these girls and their mess? They were fancy! ...
Sew what!
Today was my mom & dad's anniversary and now that it's almost over, my mom can forgive me for reminding you all. Fortunately, they love me enough to spend their special day crafting with me! Poppy was working on junk angels at their house (I can't wait for you to see these on Saturday -- stunning!!) while Gran helped me paint. Then, because she loves me so much and she's a MUCH better seamstress than I am, she & Ella sewed an apron to hold my bills, change and calculator at the farm. They wanted me to try it on for you, but I decided to keep my beauty from you tonight -- it is completely unnecessary for you to see me with no makeup and leopard print pajama pants. I promise to show off my apron this weekend when I'm more put together. See you then! ...
We love you, Gran and Poppy
I won't tell you the real reason for this post. It might prompt a telephone call from Gran. Instead I'll share these sweet photos. Mom, you know why I'm posting this just for you & Poppy! ...