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.