Birthday and Parade

The little guy is growing up! He's getting big and strong. He informed me that he was now a tween and that I need to get used to it. It's hard though because I remember when he really thought he was Peter Parker and Spiderman. Boy, those were the days.

To keep him young and spry and continue with the toy theme before it gets weird, we gave him what I thought was a very cool thing.

That's good, bud...read the card first.
Now you can dig in!

The emotions set in.

A LEGO CLOCK/RADIO! I love this! I really think he loved it too, because through the course of the weekend, he kept unplugging it and taking it around the house wherever he was so he could see the time. I wasn't sure if I should tell him that they have invented the watch. Nope, I just smiled at the excitement. I guess I should add a quick side note - my family is completely behind the times on technology...and I love it. I mean, this kid is excited about a clock. It's the first form of technology in his room except for his fan.

After the fun times of the family birthday party (friend party to come this weekend) we had a wonderfully relaxing time watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. We watch it every year.

One of the kids seems to remember us "being" there so the annual show must have sunk in.

Craft Show!

Here's the display! It was adorable! I have managed to surround myself with such creative friends.
Kara made the cutest yo-yo clips for your hair and the most amazing tie headbands. Jessica made the sweetest coffee mug cuffs out of ties!
I threw in a few hair bows and knitted flowers.

And some homemade Christmas cards and there you have it! The show stopper....

...or so we thought.


Even though this was heavenly to us, it didn't seem to catch anyone else this weekend.

OH, did we try! We modeled our own things, roped in some family members to walk around with our stuff just to create a buzz...but no luck. I guess even though we think it's simply amazing stuff at almost exploitable prices...not everyone else thinks so. It was a hard pill to swallow but I guess people sometimes have shows like this, where you walk away hoping you made enough to pay for your table. Any thoughts? Do tell!

As for now we are admiring our cutsie things and giving cheers to each other for all the work and prep that went into our array of inventory.

Don't worry! We are too crafty to keep down! The creative flow is stalled by disappointment but I feel like that will only last about 2 days...ok, maybe 3 days, and then back to the thoughts of Christmas around the corner! Ooooo I hope my family is not looking at this post - there may be a few gifts represented here.

Craft Show Prep

Here's the life the next few days. I carry my yarn and needles in my purse so I can knit a flower in a snap. You would be surprised how fast those little segments of time can add up.

Here's the last few days of "found" hours. I still need to sew the button on and add the headband. I learned how to do short rows and scale the flower bigger or smaller based on yarn size and needle size. It's so fun to see how they turn out and I've found myself snooping around for a new skein of yarn just so I can see a new one. So here I go....knit, knit, tic, tic, click, click...the sound the neeldes make!

Craft Show, Craft Show, 1 more to go...

Yeah! This was the last craft show I entered. It was sooooo fun! I loved seeing other artisans there with a nice intimate setting. Such a lovely night with crafts, sales, charity auction, coffee, and great food. How could you ever go wrong?

Gearing up for the next one in 7 days.....ahhhhh!

Pumpkins of Late

We went to a spectacular Pumpkin Carving/Costume party. It was so fun! I love seeing creative costumes and everyone that comes! So here are a few pics of the wonderful pumpkins that we managed to carve and scrape....

Messy, messy.


Just couldn't give up the pumpkin.The rest of us just carved it up!!!!

The men really dove into this project. We weren't even keeping score.

....such talent!

Vote People, Vote!

Well, folks, it's that time again....time for RESPONSIBILITY. It's voting day! I hope you all have made, at the very least, a slight effort to know your area and state questions that are popping up all over the place. I'm sure you are as ready as I am to get this done and positive change to get started. I'm off to the polls to give my 2 cents for free....my freedom....freedom of choice.

I did find it a little interesting that the local newspaper printed the state questions for review but printed it blurry where is was extremely hard to read. Hhhhmmmm......

Glorious Sunrise

One of those mornings, you know, the kind where you are almost late and looking around to make sure you have everything. 1, 2 kids....purse...phone...anything else can wait.

Racing out of the driveway, I saw this beautiful moment captured in time and I told myself to "stop, wait, chill" and took the pic. I sat just for a second and looked ALL around the sky at the colors. I took a deep breath of satisfaction and contentness and .....carried on.

Don't forget to stop and look around!