It's October!

Happy October, friends!

One sort of fun thing that the first of new month brings for me is changing my desktop background. This month I choose a fun Halloween themed one from LeeLou Blogs. I decided to use a picture of Noah from Halloween 2008 dressed as a Wizard because it fit in well with the purple in the background.

October is going to be a busy month! My first craft show this year is in October. I'm pretty much ready but just need to package things up and I'm making some fall themed candy type treats that I'll be finishing up and blogging in the next week or so. J and Noah will be taking a little day trip to Charlotte, NC with J's work to go to Carowinds (while I am at the craft show.) Noah doesn't know about this yet but I know he is going to have a blast and will be excited. He loves riding roller coasters!

October also means the obvious - Halloween. Last year was the first year Noah hasn't dressed up. I asked him what he wanted to do this year. He doesn't want to dress up but has requested an orange shirt with the itsy bitsy spider on it. So I'll of course be working on that soon!

October is also the month Noah was born! He'll turn 15 on the 25th so I have a small party to be planning!

I hope to finish getting my Halloween decorations up tomorrow. So I'll share that with you all too. Lots of good stuff coming up so stay tuned!

Time for Change

Not only is it time to change the clocks, it's time for me to change the salt and pepper shakers that have the privilege of sitting in the napkin holder on our kitchen table. 

Goodbye Mr.and Mrs. Snowy......

And helloooo Mr. and Mrs. Cottontail! 

Wordless Wednesday: Watching It Snow

Noah watching it snow on Christmas Day, his first ever "White Christmas!" 

For more Wordless Wednesday check out 5 Minutes for Moms and Special Exposure Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Special Needs

A White Christmas!

I have lived in the South my entire life and have never experienced a "White Christmas." I've always wanted to though, so much so that experiencing a White Christmas is number 26 on my bucket list.


Number 26 is now accomplished and gets a big huge check mark next to it because today it SNOWED!!! We haven't had a White Christmas in South Carolina since 196 and there were only 3 observances of a White Christmas ever in South Carolina so this has definitely made the record books and been fun to talk about.


There's not a lot of snow, maybe an inch or so. According to local media, one inch of snowfall on the ground constitutes a "White Christmas." All along, I've said as long as there was enough snow for me to build a baby snowman then in my eyes it counted! 


And here's my baby snowman.....

Merry Christmas!! 

Quote of the Week: Delicious 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

Kid's Halloween Subway Art

Subway Art is all the rage amongst the crafty bloggers lately. Have no clue what subway art is? Well, it's basically words on canvas or a painted board (or something similar.) The words all relate to one subject, like fall or Halloween for example. It basically reminds me of a Wordle and Noah and I used to love making Wordles.

Many crafters are using their Cricut or Silhouette cutters to cut the words and create their subway art. I do have a Slice but I'd have to cut each individual letter for each word and that would be A LOT of cutting.

So, recently I was at Target and saw a sheet of Halloween stickers in the dollar spot that had all different descriptive words relating to Halloween. I thought that it would make cute Subway art and it would be a small project that Noah and I could do together. (He loves any project with stickers.)I bought the stickers, some glittery paper, and a large Halloween sticker. (All from the Target Dollar Spot.)

The other night Noah and sat out to work on it. I had previously glued down the black paper to a piece of canvas I already had. Together we put the large Halloween sticker in the middle. I read the descriptive words on the other stickers to him and we chose which ones to use. I peeled them off and put them about where I thought they should go on the canvas and then he banged patted them into place. He is the best sticker-patter-downer I know!

It turned out pretty cute and was fun for us to do together!

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Hello September!

My Laptop with the September
background featuring a picture of
 me and my Mom
from last year's birthdays.

Well, hello, September!

I don't know why I am so happy to see September this year. Perhaps it has something to do with it being the month of my birthday - and my Mom's too! Or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that with it no longer being August it feels like the summer was over and we had a rough summer. Perhaps it's because, to me, September means that fall is right around the corner and I love fall. (Although it's still hitting the 90's here in the Carolina's.

Whatever the reason, welcome September!

A Few of my Favorite Things about Spring

Fall is my favorite season. It has been for as long as I can remember. Probably has something to do with my birthday being in the Fall. But I still welcome the change of each season and am thankful for Spring after a long cold winter and can find lots of good things about spring. 

Some of my favorite things about spring are: 

Sandals!

Snowcones!

Epic Flower Rings
(and it's even better when said ring comes from the Easter Bunny - that only happens in the Spring)

Pastel Colors

Baseball

What are your favorite things about Spring??