1st Day of Autumn

"Delicious Autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

George Eliot

Today, as we went off to get groceries, we spied these......

.....delicious pumpkins, so being the 1st day of Fall, we grabbed a few......

...... especially since they were at these delicious prices.

We will still go and explore a real pumpkin patch/apple orchard later in the month, but these pumpkins are a great start for the seasonal decorating that we love to do both inside and out and the kids are already planning the images that they will carve into them next month.


Have a delicious day!
Sara

Almost Autumn Days

Happy Last Day of Summer!

It's going to feel like summer around here.....high will be in the 80's.

This time of year brings about a certain pigskin ritual. For as long as I can remember the boys liking football, each fall they have made a field goal using a rope............and then the kicking begins.

Their favorite game is Field Goal HORSE.....they challenge each other to kick field goals from different points in the yard.

EXTRA POINT.....GOOD!!!!

We love the change of seasons, especially this time of year!!
Sara

Week-end Fun

HONK, HONK!!

Nacho's favorite part of the week-end....

...........was an event called "Touch a Truck." For 3 year-olds who like machinery........this was a jack-pot!! There were trucks upon trucks for him to climb into and explore.....and he did.......one after another after another.....

Hoping everything is "truckin' along just fine for you on a Monday!

Sara

Our Ballerina

My first daughter started her very first dance class last night.

Half of the class they do ballet.

The other half they do tap.
SHE LOVED IT!

Have a great Friday!
Sara

Cruising Girls

Nacho's friend, who lives about a block away, often drives over to visit.....in his little, red car.

The girls had a chance to try it out.

Coco loved it......


...........so adorable, but will it be as cute 16 years from now?

Hope you "cruise" through a wonderful Thursday!
Sara

Fall Tree Trimming

We found out from a neighbor on Saturday that the city was providing a free tree branch pick-up on Monday. So, on Sunday, we became tree artists. Trimming here, cutting there. Mark looked like "Edward Scissorhands."

All of our trees needed some type of cutting action, so our branch pile grew to be pretty large.

I also managed to get Rocky a haircut that day.....like the trees, he was in need of a good trim.

By the end of the day, I felt like I could strongly identify with the book Mop Top, where the boy goes home after going to the barber and the world looks so much more clean cut and streamlined.
Two days later, the branches are still in the front ditch. Let's hope our neighbor was right, or we'll be buying some chocolate, marshmallows and grahams to go with a nice little bonfire that we will be making.
Sara

Grandfather's Wrinkles

Tonight, Buttercup and I went to our local library to meet Richard McFarland, the illustrator of the children's book Grandfather's Wrinkles.

This book is about a little girl who points to her grandfather's wrinkles and asks how he got each of them. The grandfather then explains to her that he received each wrinkle from different times in his life that he had great big smiles on his face.....such as his wedding day, the birth and marriage of his daughter and different memories from his life.......and his biggest wrinkle came the day that his grand-daughter was born.

We especially like this book because the illustrations of the little girl in the story look like Buttercup and the grandfather's daughter resembles me when I was a little girl and as an adult.

We received a signed copy. Mr. McFarland wrote in it to "Enjoy your wrinkles."

When I read the book to Buttercup tonight, she informed me that I had a few wrinkles when I smiled, so I guess that means I've had a few happy memories in my life!

Enjoy your wrinkles!!

Sara