Happy Halloween!

Love is everywhere.

Can you see it?

Have you read this book?  If not, check it out...

Last November my Mom and I had a great opportunity to spend some time with my nieces and nephew while their parents wisked away to New York for their 10 year wedding anniversary.

We had the best time making our own Leaf Man creations.  Lilly, Jack, and Eva are lucky enough to live in a wonderful old neighborhood with lots and lots of old trees...giving us lots and lots to work with!

Lillian being creative

Lillian's Leaf Turkey {isn't that SO COOL?}

Jack's super-cute Leaf Boy

We had so much fun doing this great project...I wish I would have gotten more pictures.   It was a perfect fall afternoon activity and the only thing that would have made it even better would have been if my kids would have been there creating with their cousins {I have yet to do this with them}.

I believe it needs to be an annual tradition...

My creations...Leaf Owl and my own Leaf Man

{miss you and love you nieces and nephew! :) I had so much fun doing this with you last year!!}

We've been enjoying some super, awesome fall weather here.  The kids had an impromptu picnic out back this past Sunday while Chris and I were working.  We {and by we, I mean Chris} were painting the block on our house and cleaning things out...

Not wild about our {and by our, I mean my} choice of paint color.  I'm super impressed with anyone who can choose a color based off of a sample the size of a matchbook...I am no good at it!

 It certainly doesn't look bad in this picture, and it's certainly better than the red it was {see here}...

But, I'm not feeling it...especially from the front where you see a lot more of the roof...the shingles and the paint do not jive!  I will be visiting Lowes to see if they can mess with the color a bit...it needs a lot more grey added too it to make it work.

Keep your fingers crossed for us...

I found this note in my mailbox on Friday...

And on the inside:

                           "from ty     to mom 

                                 and eden

                                 it

                                   is

                                fun

                                   to 

                                 have

                               you 

                                  to

                                       play with"

in case you were wondering....

this face

is my personal kryptonite.

an interview with Colin and Ty

1.   What is something that Mom always says to you?
       Colin : that you love me.
        Ty : i love you.

2.   What makes Mom happy?
       Colin : oreos with the pink wrappering.  {that would be double stuffs.  yes, I'm ashamed.}
        Ty : following directions.

3.   What makes Mom sad?
      Colin : when me and Ty and Dad don't listen.
       Ty : when we don't follow directions.

4.   How does Mom make you laugh?
      Colin : when you tickle me and say funny things.
       Ty : when you make funny faces.

5.  What was Mom like as a child?
      Colin : spoiled little brat. {clearly he's been talking to my sister, Karen...}
       Ty : blue eyes, kinda short hair, smaller...I think that's it.

6.  How old is Mom?
      Colin : 39?
      Ty : 34. {he's my favorite.}

7.   How tall is Mom?
      Colin : 6'5.  {hahahaha}
      Ty : 70 inches.

8.  What is Mom's favorite thing to do?  
      Colin : spend time with family and not work.
      Ty : sit on the couch and relax.

9.   What does Mom do when you're not around? 
       Colin : deals with Ty and Eden.
        Ty : spends time by yourself.

10.  If Mom becomes famous, what will it be for?   
       Colin : being organized.
        Ty : the best food.

11.  What is Mom really good at?
        Colin : being organized.
         Ty : doing the laundry.

12.  What is Mom not very good at? 
        Colin : math.
         Ty : nothing. {told you... favorite :)}

13.  What does Mom do for her job? 
        Colin : dental assistant.
         Ty : work hard.

14.   What is Mom's favorite food? 
         Colin : Vito sandwich from Jimmy Johns.  {more like oreos in the pink wrappering...}
          Ty : chocolate.

15.   What makes you proud of Mom? 
         Colin : when she's organized.
          Ty : you're a good mother.

16.   If Mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?  
        Colin : Tom in Tom and Jerry  {what? I'm kind of shocked it wasn't Cinderella...or Jessica Rabbit}
        Ty : Dumbo's mom.

17.  What do you and Mom do together?
        Colin : have fun.
         Ty : play a game or read a book.

18.  How are you and Mom the same?
       Colin : we like the same things, like at Jimmy Johns we like the same sandwich.
        Ty : we both have blue eyes.

19.  How are you and Mom different?  
       Colin : you're bigger and I'm smaller.
        Ty : you're a girl and I'm a boy.

20.  How do you know Mom loves you?  
       Colin : Because she does things for me and she doesn't kick me out of the house.
        Ty : 'cause I'm a sweet boy.

21.  Where is Mom's favorite place to go?
        Colin : shopping.
        Ty : Gigi and Dad-dad's house.

*credit where credit is due....idea from this blog.

**I love all my children with all my heart!  They're all my favorites! :)

sigh...

"The days are long, but the years are short."

{* if I had Colin's baby pictures or Ty's baby baby pictures on the computer I'd probably need prozac...}