Three Turkeys

Have You Heard?

They are turning this book...
into a movie, and I can't wait! You can read more about it here. Let's just hope this cast of actor/actresses get their southern accents right. There is nothing I hate more than "overdone" accents. Sometimes true Southerners even overdue it a bit. I'm thinking Reese in Sweet Home Alabama and Julia in Steel Magnolias. I guess I'll just have to wait until next August to find out!

Small Steps

Make that tiny steps, in decorating that is. Those who know me best, know I love to decorate. Let's just say I've had three little excuses for not loving it so much lately. Well, let me rephrase that. I still love it, I just don't have the time or energy to A) be inspired and B) get anything done.

Well, on Saturday, I bit the bullet, and at least tried to accomplish one project--hanging art in Walker's room. I'm going with a fish/nautical theme (although I hate the word theme, even in a kids' room) for Walker's room. His room is VERY dark. Only one window, and it's a dormer, so it doesn't get much light. Enter the dark wood furniture and khaki walls that were a decent enough color they didn't make the premove painting list, and well, it's just so dark in there.

I thought these cute little prints helped brighten it up a bit...

The best part of it all is the price...each print (frame included) was $25. I found the frames on sale at WalMart for $7. And the art pieces I found in this Etsy shop for $18 each.

Other pieces that I would eventually like to add are a fleece blanket from here in the pale gold color shown in the far left of this picture...

This rug from Pottery Barn (I had been looking at Dash and Albert rugs but couldn't find anything with the right colors. The color on this rug works and the price is even better!).

And a painted bedside table similar to this one (sorry for the phone picture)...

Like I said small steps! Maybe one day, I'll have a completed room to show you!

The Time Change Blues

Yes, this mama is singing the time change blues! Why? You might ask. Didn't we gain an hour? Why, yes, we did! But that means my children who already wake up early, now wake up even earlier.

Let's do a recap of last night...

3:30 a.m. Frances wakes up!
4:00 a.m. Baby is fed. Go down stairs to slip into bed only to find Walker snuggled up to his daddy. Take Walker back upstairs only to hear a little voice saying she needs to go potty.
4:15 a.m. Finally, back in the bed. Listen to Miss Frances "talking" through the monitor. Fall asleep. Or at least I think I do:)
5:30 a.m. Frances still talking. Make that crying now. Hurry upstairs to put paci in her mouth before she wakes up the other two. Success! Back in the bed and back to sleep!
6:00 a.m. Big kids are officially awake and hubby's alarm has gone off about three times.
6:30 a.m. EVERYONE IS NOW AWAKE!!!
7:00 a.m. I've scrubbed/cleaned all the bathrooms.
7:30 a.m. I've dusted AND rearranged the furniture.
8:00 a.m. First cup of coffee.
8:30 a.m. Breakfast and this post. A nap would also be nice:)

I leave you with this picture of Frances....

In case you can't read her shirt, it says "I love the night life."

A Sweet Sunday

Much to the kids delight the big candy/dress up day finally arrived! By Sunday afternoon, the Black Cat decided she would prefer to be Minnie Mouse! So Iron Man, Minnie Mouse and their sweet friend Wendy (aka Katie-Ruth) took off through the neighborhood.

We had heard that trick or treating around our 'hood was a big deal, but we really couldn't grasp it until when coming home from church earlier we saw neighbors with full "living rooms" set up in their front yards. These people are serious, my friend! There were golf carts and large trailers (hayride style) being pulled around with kids and parents everywhere!

Here we are before setting out on our candy gathering adventure...

Frances the Flower stayed behind with Tula to pass out candy at the house!

This is our neighbor, Caroline, the cutest little cavegirl you ever did see! She is also my babysitter in training!!

The kids did pretty well in their candy collecting! So well, that about half way through our walk around the neighborhood, they handed their bags off to me because they were too heavy!

Here's hoping your Sunday was just as sweet!

Boo!

I think we are officially ready for this weekend's festivities. I am not a huge fan of "celebrating" Halloween, but it's hard not to get excited about candy!!! Enter the ghost treat bags. I think they turned out really cute...

We also celebrated with more dressing up and candy at the neighborhood Halloween party this morning! Here's the black cat again...a bit more fancy than she was yesterday (I was up this morning sewing a feather boa around her neckline!). Notice today she doesn't have on her skirt, supposedly this makes her super:)

Iron Man was back in full force!

Hanging out with a new friend...

Let the Fun Begin

We kicked off this weekend of festivities with a little more baking. This time we tackled Candy Corn Sugar Cookies. I found the recipe in a Cooking with Paula Deen Magazine from a couple of years back. Quite honestly, if I make them again, I will probably just buy sugar cookie dough and go from there. But since the kids like to get their hands all nice and messy, we opted for following the recipe and making them from scratch!

Look at all that flour! Kathryn actually enjoys eating it. Is there a vitamin deficiency or something to explain that? I mean, yuck! And if you are letting your kids "taste" the ingredients, make sure not to get the sugar (or in Kathryn's case the flour) confused with the baking powder. I accidentally tasted the baking powder, and it was awful!

Kathryn thought this picture of her was "scary."

Walker doing my favorite thing...

Let's just say the cookie decorating part was even more messy than the cooking baking part, so no pictures were made during the process! But I think they turned out well!

All wrapped up for school...

I'm not going to include the recipe here, because quite honestly, it didn't have that much of a taste. They really tasted more like shortbread cookies instead of sugar cookies. Also, the icing recipe was made with meringue powder. Again, didn't just love the taste, mostly because there wasn't any. Even though some people are scared of raw eggs, I think I would use this recipe the next time. Supposedly, royal icing made with egg whites has more taste than with the meringue powder. And if it's good enough for Martha, it's good enough for me!

And here are the big boy and big girl dressed in their costumes for school today. Walker is Iron Man, and Kathryn is a ballerina kitty. It was actually cold enough today to wear a coat, so you can't see all of her costume. Of course, she came home from school telling me she no longer wanted to be a ballerina kitty. She wants to be a "super kitty" instead!

And what's up with that pose??? I guess that's how ballerina kitties who really deep down inside want to be super smile for the camera:)