here and there and that and this and so forth and what not

goodness gracious i am on a roll...the posts are flowing like a river for some reason.

and both children are asleep {well, again, maybe one is awake but he is in his room so that kinda counts} and what do i do? yeah yeah i BLOG.

there are so many reasons this time of year is my favorite -
cooler weather - tell that to our 80-something degree days weve been having - but thankfully our recent rain brought some amazing temps,

jeans - could live in them year round and own about 25 pairs...but only the dear sweet jeggings fit right now so im in jean purgatory until the others fit again,

scarfs - been frequenting target for diapers - i forgot how many of those things babies go through in the beginning - and seem to find a scarf on clearance every trip.  its a disease - the scarf-buying that is,

three of my most recent purchases - dont worry hubs, all three total out at $9

fires - sadly havent had one of those yet, but our wood has been delivered so we are ready and waiting,


paperwhites - i remembered!!  i always want to force paperwhites, but always "remember" when they happen to be blooming in everyone elses home.  this year i bought two dozen bulbs and planted them in a tin container i thrifted back in the spring.

 ive been anxiously waiting to plant them. 

and i dont know what it is, but i am drawn to dragonflies...

emorys dragonfly pillow

 i love them

 and of course,

halloween.

when i signed up to be in charge of the preschool halloween party, i knew i was going to have a four week old in tow.  let that stand as a testament to how much i love the holiday.  and now i think i need a disclaimer... i love the childrens version of halloween...the dressing up and the spiders and webs and pumpkins and fall and bats and ghosts and "five little pumpkins sitting on a gate."  {and, yeah, i also love dressing up so the adult halloween is a fun thing, too} HOWEVER i was severely disturbed when i went into the local halloween superstore looking for a hat for bennetts costume.  UGH!! there is some nasty gross ridiculous stuff out there...im sorry but that is just GORE and NOT halloween.  just thought i needed to set the record straight.

carrying on:
i had a blast figuring out what to do for the preschool party, and a not-so-much-of-a-blast actually doing it.  thats where procrastinating will get you...frantic with a destroyed kitchen and house in the process.  i dont know what im thinking half the time {about the procrastinating part - i loooove themed crafty things - DUH}.

pumpkin applesauce, marshmallow spiders, string cheese brooms, ghost "honey bread" {pb&honey}, pumpkin jugs from party city

but of course in hindsight it was all worth it to see all those precious kiddos in their halloween finest :) and now i reserve the right to hold back pictures of bennett in his halloween costume until halloween is over...just bc he has a costume function everyday from wednesday-sunday and i am yet to get a good picture of him in his get-up.  believe me, it will be worth the wait.

and have i mentioned that this pretty pretty princess is one month old?

i know.  she is all smiles and coos and pretty f-i-e-r-c-e.

i could eat her with a spoon

we are still working on pointing our eyes in the same direction at the same time

but i still love this picture :)

ok, back to what i should have been doing....

like cleaning up this

 and folding this