Trick er Treatin'

This is the last post for this year's Halloween. I promise. Plus I am out of pictures.

Once again, I was unable to get a picture will all three kids. Here is what I got after removing the screaming baby. Darth Vader and Alice in Wonderland.

Here is a better shot of my monkey. Notice the light saber in the middle of the shot? Wylie was not running rampant with it like you might think. He is actually helping me to get screaming baby to smile.


Our neighborhood has a fun party on Halloween with a bounce house and bar-b-que. Here is a picture of monkey with light saber, and zoo keeper.


The cast of Star Wars. I think Star Wars was pretty big this year.



Mary Grace at the craft table.

I love this one. Monkey in tree.

We hope you had a wonderful Halloween full of candy!

Pumpkin Carving

Wylie asked every day of October when we were going to carve pumpkins. When the day finally arrived, he was ecstatic! Talk about pumpkin love!

This is me, mid-cheese, scraping out every seed I could find to roast. What a dork!


mmm. I think we got em' all bud.



We even had a special guest carver this year.

Uncle Myles stopped by for some good ole' fashioned pumpkin carving.

I gotta tell you, having a real doctor in the house brings a new perspective into pumpkin carving. I just knew he was going to ask for a scapel stat.

What precision. Very professional. I was so impressed until I saw the final product.

I mean really?

Halloween... A look back.

I am going to try and do several posts about Halloween. We will see how that goes. Here are a couple of shots of MG and Jeffery on the Friday morning before Halloween.


I straightened Mary Grace's hair for her Alice in Wonderland costume. I was very hesitant to do it, because I thought I would upset the natural curl gods. I think I did because once we washed her hair, it was very frizzy!

Lil' Punkins

We all went to the Pumpkin patch this past weekend, along with the rest of Georgia. Seriously it was very crowded. I guess because the weather was beautiful, and it was Sunday. Anyway, here are the pictures that was able to get. You'll love this one.


I did better getting individual shots.

Everybody on the tractor!

We got some nice pumpkins, and had a great day.

Pumpkins and Spice and Everything Nice!

I think I have said that I love fall, if I haven't, I LOVE FALL!

I love cooking with pureed pumpkin. When October hits I try to use a lot of it in my cooking. Yesterday the kids and I made pumpkin chocolate chunk cookies, and Oh My! They are delicious. I found the recipe on Bakerella's blog. If you have not found Bakerella you must go post haste! Just look at these beauties!



They are so light and fluffy, and y'all there is a frosting recipe that goes with these! I did not frost them for obvious reasons, my butt!

Go ahead, take a closer look!

Awwww, yeah! They were a huge hit, and even though the chocolate probably outweighed the nutrition of the pumpkin...oh, who cares!

I love the look on J's face. It looks like he got caught with his whole face in the cookie jar!

I promise that the cookies were not my kid's dinner. Even though I made them at 4:30 yesterday. Nope, this was dinner.


Isn't he cute! This is jack-o-lantern cheeseburger pie. I got the recipe from Southern Living a while back and it is a Halloween must at my house.

To top the week off, we are having pumpkin waffles on Saturday morning. I usually make the yummiest pumpkin pancakes, but Wylie had an assignment on his calendar asking him to look up pumpkin recipes. This particular recipe is one he wanted to try. We will see how it goes.

It's not Fall until....

Although it's October, and September has already passed us by, it hasn't really felt like Autumn. Mostly because it has still been so HOT! But, today is a different story! It is absolutely gorgeous and it is one of the many reasons I love living in the south. It is really nice outside, AND we have another cold front coming! Yippee!

Anyway, I decided to take the opportunity to blog about some of my favorite fall things. I will start with numero uno!
Mmmm hmmmm. It is not really officially fall until you have had one of these, and don't even get me started on the muffin!

Next, I definitely bleed red and black. Nothing gets your adrenaline pumping like walking up to Sanford stadium listening to the choruses of The Redcoat Band and the impending onslaught of a good ole' southern rivalry! We have not had the best season so far, but I will always be a dawg fan! Sic em' boys!


Now that the main fall things are out of the way, I can tell you about the little things that make this time of year so special for my family and I.


Halloween is big at our house. I dare say it is my oldest son's favorite holiday. He seriously talks about it all year! Like my banner? Check out emmie cakes. She has all kinds of fun banners.

Oh! I need to go straighten the lamp shade!

This is my entryway. I like to change it up depending on the season.


Here is my new favorite item. I have been drooling over these for well over a year, and if you see me this winter, this is what I will be wearing!

What is your favorite fall thing?

Seriously behind in my blogging.

Miss me? Ha ha! I know it's been about two months since I last blogged, but we have had a lot going on. Yeah, Yeah you say, but really I plan on trying to be a little better. We have had a lot of newness lately. New job, new babies...not mine, thank the lord! I promise to catch you all up on the details in coming posts.
I decided to try and catch up by starting where I left off. The school year. Here are pictures of Mary Grace's first day of preschool. This is a big year for Mary Grace because it is the last year that she will be in preschool. No, I am not kidding! I do not joke about my little ones growing up way too fast!










See ya' soon...I hope!
Blaire