Leaves

Our “colorful” season is coming to an end!  Between the wind and the rain, we lost most of our leaves this week!  The weather warmed up a bit and the kids had a blast jumping in them after Grandma got them all raked up.  The wee people totally took advantage of making a mess of someone’s hard work….It doesn’t get more fun than that!  🙂     . . . …

Just Silly

It’s the silliest things around here that get the biggest laughs!  Simple fun!  And who couldn’t use a dual purpose for a huge, poofy tutu?  This simple idea turned my sweet 5 year old into a “monster” that chased around her siblings while they screamed their heads off.  I think Daddy got a video for posterity’s-sake.  As you can imagine, this was totally *not* a posed photo… and I couldn’t …

Give Thanks…In “Owl” Things {freebie}

I don’t know about you, but we love owls around here!  The girls were so excited when we went through one of their school exercises recently that showed them how to draw a simple one using basic shapes :)  To fuel our love for these crazy creatures, here we are with this month’s calendar!  Designed with Illustrator and Photoshop, it uses great autumn colors, and a fun play-on-words to celebrate …

A Simple Gift

As the sun started to set, we enjoyed some *COLD* outside playtime.  It’s fun to just soak up a little fun in the backyard.  I got to enjoy some smiles, laughs, some serious shivering and even a special gift from my girls! my beautiful “gift” from my girls… a freshly picked flower 🙂 I discovered later that they had picked it off my begonia plant :-/.  ha! . . . …