Ode to October

Oh October, how I love you! Thankfully we woke up to some cooler weather. This week has had a hot streak and I'm ready to wave goodbye to it. For some reason I get motivated to do things when it's cooler so after seeing on another blog some art projects, I decided to pull out the paint and let the kids do some apple prints and hand print artwork.

Side note: Sorry for the huge pictures, I'm trying to upload quicker and tried pictures from my Photobucket account. It just makes them huge! I'll do something different next time. It just takes so long to upload to Blogger for me.

Moving on....

Here is my Fall Front Door and one of my great purchases from Sam's!! My wreath! I love it!! Great deal too! I also got a new table decoration from there! Both were under $30!!! If I were to have made it from stuff from Hobby Lobby it would have cost me well over $50, so here I was able to save time and money.


Last week I ran by the grocery store and they had the cutest little cakes. So, I decided to surprise the kids with one for when they got in from school. It didn't taste terrific, but it sure was cute.....


And for my 2 advertisements of the day, well, maybe my second and third since I already talked about Sam's......

You must drink this coffee and buy this creamer.....DELICIOUS!!! I noticed that I go through my creamer a little too fast, so I've actually pulled out the measuring spoon and using it that way. I am amazed at how much creamer I was actually putting in my coffee. Yikes! I guess I should also mention how much I love that coffee pot. It has a built in carafe. You fill the top with water and pour it into the reservoir and then put it back on top where it collects the coffee. You just put your coffee cup underneath against the button and voila, coffee comes out like it does out of a soda fountain. Terrific! It's fast too! (Obviously, this part of the post is relevant since I have a newborn and I've been getting up super early to run before all 3 of them are up for the day.)

And the other ad.....

No, the ad is not for my kid, but that super cute onesie she is wearing from Jelby's!! My friend Shannon's online store. She made it for Miss Macy and I thought she looked so cute in it, I had to take a picture. That's one happy customer. :)

Another great thing about the cooler weather is the kids want to go outside and play. Well, it wasn't exceptionally cool this one evening, but I got some cute pictures of some cute kiddos. Here are my kids with the Watson boys playing around on the trampoline. This was Jack's first time on one and he loved it, but he made sure not to let go of his 3 pacifiers while jumping.


Here's Ella and Jake being the gatekeepers for the other two hooligans.

And last but not least, I needed to post some cousin pictures because I hadn't in awhile and their just too cute together....


Excuse the dirty faces, this was after some delicious cookie overload and they could not be bothered to wipe their faces. Hey, you take a picture when the opportunity comes because we all know that there is rarely a time when a two year sits still and poses.

These 2 have had a whole lot more time to practice the pose. Much love to all!