November 5

I'm grateful there is still Autumn color left after Hurricane Sandy!

Weekending

A full weekend!

Saturday morning was playing catch up on the laundry
making brownies
sneezing
little knitting
the afternoon was spent relaxing at my mom's while the men-folk cleaned up their yard
enjoying their fire
sneezing some more

Sunday morning started E.A.R.L.Y.
a full blown head cold
cranky Momma
church
donuts & bagels & coffee
Ree's first trip to a real yarn store
I wish I'd taken a video
the squeals & the I "NEED THIS YARN" was precious
some "Momma make me a: hat, owl, sweater, socks, pants, skirt"
if it was up to her (and me too!) we would have bought some of it all
she loved the light pole decorated with yarn
now she wants me to do it to our light pole

Now it's nap time
and dishes
and cookie making
and visiting later
and an early bed!

Joining Amanda

November 3

After a week of grey skies & rain it was wonderful to see the sunrise again. Hard to believe it will be an hour earlier tomorrow.

Yesterday's picture was put on the habit blog today!

November 2

A burst of sun this afternoon was just what we needed. Time jumping in the leaves helped too.

This Moment

Trick or treating at the Mall with cousins!

Linking up with Amanda at SouleMama!

November 1st

The end of the day is turning out a lot better then the beginning.

Last week Amy posted on Twitter that she had signed up for the Art Every Day Month Challenge. I immediately signed up too and have been thinking about what to do every day for November.

I knit pretty much every day; Ree & I do a craft almost every day; I've been sewing a little bit every day. But I wanted to do something a little different.

I've always enjoyed the blog habit. It's actually what made me decide I wanted to start a blog. I like the format of posting a picture from the day with 30 words or less.

This morning when I logged on habit had put up a post inviting all their readers to participate for the month of November in their flikr group. Then & there I decided that this would be my Art Every Day Month Challenge.

The only time I may post more then 30 words (aside from today!) will be on Wednesday's when I put up my yarn along post. And probably Sunday's when I put up my Weekending post.

I'm hoping this challenge will help me slow down in my days as I get ready to start preparing for the holiday's and Ree's birthday. I want to remember the joy in the normal everyday moments especially this time of year!

Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween! We like to celebrate ANYTHING in my family so we make everything a party!

It started on Saturday with trick or treating at the zoo with cousins then a family Halloween dinner/party and continued yesterday.

Ree woke up telling me it was Halloween and she needed to dress like Tinkerbell! Then she asked if I had made her fairy dust yet so she could fly. I'm still working on that!

But I did finish her costume! She and I are both so pleased with it!

All I did was make a shirt then a simple skirt. I cut out "leaves" and it was done! Except the darn fabric was so slippery it took me forever to finish it. And I pinking sheared the edges around the neckline and the leaves. But the fabric still frays. This isn't a costume that will last forever. But it came out awesome & did the trick!

Ree had a BLAST trick or treating last night around our neighborhood. But the best part to my husband and I was when she was handing out the candy at home. She would stand at the front door and knock yelling "COME TO MY HOUSE TO GET CANDY!" And every child that came got greeted with a candy bar and "Hi. What's your name? Do you want to come in? Do you want a drink? Do you want to play with my toys?"

A very good hostess!