We are off to Brevard, NC this weekend to visit with Hubby's family. It should be a wonderful time! Have a great weekend.....photo credit
We are off to Brevard, NC this weekend to visit with Hubby's family. It should be a wonderful time! Have a great weekend.....Yep, you guessed it... Reese's Pieces! C'mon, I had to! Next year, she will be able to come up with her own ideas and mom won't have any say. Yes, I'm taking advantage of the lack of her language skills here. But she can still communicate that she is not happy with the hat, what do you think? Nice look! The second picture says, "You better not be putting that silly hat on me!" Although she did not like the hat, she was quite pleased with her onesie. She really did like the Reese's Pieces on her and didn't even try to pick them off! She strutted around the house today so proud of what she was wearing! It was pretty funny.
Hope you all have a fun Halloween!
This book has been in Reese's reading rotation lately. She points to Hairy Dawg and gives him high 5's. And this morning.... she actually said, "Georgia!" I couldn't believe it! It sounded like, "Ja-Ja" But she says, "Ja-Ja Dawg" I'm so proud!

I love the cat!
A few etsy finds in honor of Breast Cancer month. Let's think pink...get a mammogram, remind your mom, sister and friend to get one...hug them while your at it...
Are you getting ready? Do you have your Halloween costume picked out? Candy purchased? Ghosts hung? What are you waiting for? Only 3o more days! 
Take five minutes to write about how grateful you are for all of the wonderful things that you currently have in your life. Don’t long for what you don’t possess—instead, take stock of all the blessings you already enjoy.
and a website has sprouted! One of my favorite children's shop is somewhat expanding and has started their very own website. You can learn more about the shop and keep up with weekly goings on by reading their blog. This was the shop where we hosted my friend's baby shower and where I like to take Reese to story time. It's such a great shop!
Write a short message of thanks about the "negative" things in your life. 

I mean, who isn't??? These products impressed me during tonight's visit to Tar-Zhay. Real Simple's organization products. I really need the portable file tote. That would come in handy for my tutoring students. It felt pretty durable as well. Then I was impressed with Greenroom's recycled products. I had to buy the notebook on the right, it looks like wood grain... super cute! And I fell in love with the writing paper inside. College ruled, light brown lines on cream colored paper, perforated, 3-hole punched... it can't get much better than that!
Adversity – I’m grateful for the tough times I have had in my life, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.
In my gmail inbox today, I received an email from tiny*prints explaining The Gratitude Challenge. It's a 21-day challenge created to help you take note of the brighter side of life.
cool ring by MagpieLovely. oh, how i wish we had a money tree in our backyard.
Marta Writes is one of my favorite blogs to read. She asked a question to her readers yesterday to find out what they like about certain blogs, how they read blogs, what makes them return to certain blogs, etc. Interesting read, especially if you have a blog of your own. The comments are interesting too. Click here for her post... pop quiz: the art of blog reading.
Welcome, Caden William Gunther! My cousin, Marian was in labor for almost 24 hours! She was 30 minutes away from a c-section, but miraculously, Caden decided to come. So needless to say, she was and still is, a bit tired. He was born September 17th and from the pictures he looks gorgeous! I can't wait to meet the little guy. Congrats Marian and Brandon!