Bee Turned Three!

The process: ice cream cupcakes

Singing to our birthday girl

So excited to open gifts!

She loved being the center of attention!

Bee's Party-Sneak Peek

Starting the process; candy molds in silcone cups with Double Stuf Oreos in the bottom.

The whole process: photo above, add chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, sprinkles, 1/2 an Oreo.

I hope you're all bringing your sweet tooth!

Fall Fun!

Fall princess

I'm in a tree!

Hold my hand, Bee!

Yard work was more fun than leaf jumping.

This one makes me laugh

She wanted to stay in the tree all day

Happy Birthday, Beezer!

Bee is THREE!

10 on 10

Morning run

Breakfast while walking

Walk to work

Publishing artwork to Artsonia

New lesson plan

Almost complete

Bus duty

Finally home

Snuggles with the pre-birthday girl

Goin' on a bear hunt

Our First Leaf Pile-EVER!

Tonight after dance I raked up our neighbor's leaves that are in the grass between our houses and let the kids loose. Having lived in apartments all their lives, my children have never jumped in a leaf pile before. We had a blast!

Moments after the first jump in, tossing the leaves in the air. So fun!

I had high hopes for this pic, but my camera paused, Gracie decided to smell a stick, and Jerry blocked his face. Oh well, such is life with three! :)

To think, this is probably less than half the leaves on those three trees, and my trees haven't even started dropping leave yet! I wonder how big of a pile we could make...

So silly.

They kept burying themselves completely in the leaves.

My fav pic of the night.

Our House: Living Dining Computer Room

 Our house enters into a huge room. It's beautiful, with hardwood floors and a deep turquoise paint color that extends into the kitchen. The room is challenging, however. It's too big to be just a dining room but not quite big enough to be a dining room and living room in one. I don't know if we'll keep it how it is, but this is how we've dealt with this room thus far: 

View from the kitchen. The white door on the right is the front door which exits to the driveway.

Dining area. The window to the left is a bay window. Or, as my girls refer to it: the stage.

My reading "Nook" has taken on a life of it's own. It's getting cozy, and it'll be nice to lots of seating for the kids' birthday parties! This window overlooks the street.

Ignore the messy desk, it's become a catch-all for things we don't have a spot for yet. This is straight in from the front door. The hall to the left leads to a bath and two bedrooms.

All of the artwork in this room is either created by the kids or photos of the kids. Perhaps that is why I seem to be happiest when I am relaxing in here. It's my quiet place once the kids go to bed.