Fall has DEFINITELY ARRIVED!

Woke this morning to grey skies and 44 degree temps...brrrr....still haven't turned on the heat..yet...contemplating it soon...

This should warm your heart though!!! Pop on over to Thimbleprims Studio and see what she is giving away! OMG...here just look!!!



Isn't she just the sweetest holiday treat!!!?

I have pics of new stuff i'm working on...will be posting a bit later...full day today...

HAPPY WHO-LOWEEN!!!



Hugz til later!

ART, FRIENDS, TAPPING SHOES AND DINOSAURS!

Happy Thursday! Been a very VERY BUSY WEEK!

halloween ornaments done...and packed ready to go...



Miss Maddy..has been a bit not in my blog of late...she's one busy girl..between school and dance...(she has now moved on to HIGH heel taps...





just let uncle robbie give her trouble...(her room is right above his..lol)





and Maddy has also joined Chorus at school...



Last Friday nite...Kaleigh made her singing debut at a local coffee pub!!! She was AWESOME!!! I was so proud of her!!!






Lots of her friends...(not all pictured) were there to cheer her on...!!! She was sooo nervous...

Also created this mermaid doll...



...gave her a vintage rhinestone bellybutton bling...





This week Ramone, another one of my kidlets...and Robbies best friend... came home for a visit..he just finished up with his basic training...and was home on leave for 10 days before heading off to Germany for two years...






They are really good friends...



REALLY!!!

Sirr Maxx...had his third week of school...theme was

DINOSAURS!!!!! RAWRRRRRR!!!!

there were stories of DINOSAURS...


artwork involving fruity cereal..that somehow...ended up in our tummy...and even
got dipped (ooops...like ketchup in the glue...)



and more coloring...





and we made dino tracks in playdoh...



we also dug for dinosaur bones in sand...until we decided that throwing the sand was a bit more fun...and that ended our dino bone digging expedition...

Currently living under a layer of renovation dust...the studio is getting a new door...and the old one is being closed up...then repainting the studio walls...then moving everything back in...then we start the kitchen!

dust covered HUGZ TIL NEXT TIME...

...the wheels on the bus...

go round...

today was maxx's second day at school

and round....


the theme was THINGS THAT GO..

round and round...



painted with the treads on different vehicles...

round and round...



oh can see the treads running up his wall now...

the wheels on the bus...



is the song implanted into your head yet?

go round and round...ALL THRU THE TOWN..

...and chocolate milk NO LONGER gets shaken...

Maxx recently moved from sippy cups....to BIG boy cups..where we would get a special treat of chocolate milk that we would shake up before drinking...

now we drink from BIG boy cups and we DON'T SHAKE UP THE MILK...

ANY MORE...



unless we FORGET!
...maxx was laughing so hard (and how could we not?) "IT ALL OVER NOW!"



...chocolate milk everyplace...



mommy it's down there now!



yep..there it is!

...when my cell phone rings..I have a special ringtone...my phone says, "Hey this is Blake Shelton, pick up the phone!" (OH I KEEP HOPING ONE DAY IT WILL BE BLAKE...) are you listening, blake?

Well little boys get quiet...and hmmm...something is up...



I walked into the dining room...from my studio..and found Maxx in a sea of white styrofoam...



I told him to pick up the foam, now..and put it in the garbage bag I gave him...



So then i left to go get something from the other room and came back...and I almost fell on the floor...here is maxx sitting in the sea of white...bits with him holding a piece of foam up to his cheek...saying..."HEY!, PICK UP THE FOAM!"


take each second, minute, hour
knead each part of the day
allowing time to rise to the occasion
and form into something special.
savor
the moments that you create
drink them in
taste the goodness of this time
for the aroma that lingers
and surrounds your life
may have used
sweet, sour, and salty measures
but without each ingredient
...the recipe would not work



wrap yourself around your day and create something that will make yourself proud...

in a boy's world (and a kitten update!)

most of you know that maxx is a vehicle kid..if it moves...and is metal and looks like a truck, car, digger...he is THERE! So this last weekend a local stone quarry does a biannual event that benefits local schools...the kids get to see up close and personal...



This big tunnel is the entrance to the arena!!



where should we go FIRST!!!? MOM, can you teach me to read?



CAUTION!!!!(sign should read BIG and little kids at play!)


This is the DUMP TRUCK RIDE!!! THRU THE QUARRY!!!





here they are on the ride!!! As shannon put it...maxx sat on her lap and she got to absorb the bumps..with her butt....lol



hmmmm...mom better check his pockets before you do the laundry!



woo hooo...this is ONE BIG SHOVEL! Too bad it's not for ICE CREAM!!!



And look at all those ROCKS!!! BOOM!!!! BOOM!!! They did detonations to show how they get the rocks...



...and Maddy was THRILLED there were ART projects to do TOO!!!



...and tractors to sit in...



and here is a truck like daddy drives in the army!!!



AND FIRE TRUCKS TOO!!! (this sneaky fireman decided to try on maxx's PACKER hat!)



...and the TIRES WERE SOOO BIG!!!



DIRT... (can i emphasize that DIRT PART?) AND TIRED and the long shadows loomed...kickin up dust...
it was time to go home...


MISSED THESE PICS FROM A WHILE BACK....


Robbie called the other day...and said he had FOUND something for MAXX...uh OH...HE'S A DUMPSTER DIVER...well not actually they were sitting by the road and i could imagine some mother peering thru the curtains on her knees praying someone would stop to take them...
the boys didn't care that they were a bit dusty...
and did i mention that robbie played drums for many years? (of course robbie's drums were a BIT BIGGER...)did't matter though as Robbie plopped himself and drummed a bit for maxx...





and after a lesson or two...maxx decided...I CAN DO THAT!!!

I got a call at work
yesterday...one of the neighbors that border behind us decided to back into shannon and kevins van...



and then TAKEOFF!!! our neighbor to the south was up on his roof and saw the whole thing! So when the police were called...they went over to the house where the people came from..and the police were told that the people that hit the van were just visiting and they didn't know their NAMES...UGH....amazing NOONE KNOWS ANYTHING...

they DID leave a calling card...



bits of their tail lights...

UPDATE...THE COUPLE THAT LIVES THERE CAME OVER AND GAVE US THE WOMAN'S INFORMATION THAT HIT them...we drove by where she lives...and there sat her red van...broken out tail light dented bumper...etc..(and the other tail light matched the taillight bits left behind) called and reported the info...

breath two-three-four...and enjoy this bit of natures paint brush art that is beginning to adorn our roadways...





after one of those days...this sign made me smile...



remembering we all have those HUMPS to bump across...lol going 30 or not...we tend to bottom out...from our sagging...ya know...

SO DONN YOUR FAVORITE HAT...



WE BID THEE ADIEU....



AND TIP OUR HAT TO YOU!


and today starts Maddy's dance classes! (we switched from wednesday to mondays..)

hugz til next time!

KITTEN UPDATE...ONE WEEK OLD...get ready for AWWWWW'S

here is the little girl...



...and the little boy



..ewwww MOM he is breathing on me...and has bad breath



..but you wanna know a secret?



i love you, sis...



i love you too, brother!