Happy Halloween!!

Flying through to wish you a...

Hope everyone has a fabulous Halloween!

Aloha Friday #2

It is Aloha Friday! In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that people take it easy and look forward to the weekend.


Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This week's question is:

Where do you live & where did you grow up?

I live in a suburb of Buffalo, NY currently and grew up about 45minutes from here in Oakfield, NY.

You Capture - Autumn

Autumn to me is looking out my front window and seeing this beautiful maple tree in my neighbor's front yard. I took these photos Monday afternoon. Now most of this tree's leaves are on the ground.
Leaves of all sizes...


The flowers on my hydrangea bush are changing colors (seems like yesterday they were blooming)...

And watching the ghosts dance on my tree in the front yard.


My HUGE maple tree in my backyard has not changed colors yet. It does within the first couple weeks of November. Then there are TONS of leaves.



Go on over to I Should Be Folding Laundry to see other You Capture's for this week.

Wordless Wednesday

Keep pumpkins away from your beer.

My friend e-mailed me this photo and thought it would be perfect to share.

Have a great Wednesday!

Take Me Back Tuesday

Take Me Back Tuesday
Halloween 1983

My sister was a bunny (mom made the costume) and I was a gypsy. The gypsy costume was made from my grandmother's old costume jewelry. Oh and LOTS of my mom's make-up.

Not Me Monday - wk17

I did not go to McDonalds because they have My Little Ponies and order 2 happy meals (one for me and one for Lily) so she could get 2. Nope! (BTW...the next toys up are Nerf & Strawberry Shortcake)

I did not watch way to many hours of tv this week. Ummm...that would be a no, no.

I would never be disappointed when my daughter decided 2x's this week that she did not want to take a nap. I would never need that nap time to find some sanity during the day.

I would never say yes to the kids when they wanted to climb when we were at the Pumpkin Farm this week. I saw this sign after they were already up there. Oops...

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Sunday Citar

"Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."

LOL, I thought this quote was perfect after we went to the pumpkin farm this week...(read here to be filled in on all the details)

I met my friend Sham 7yrs ago when we were in a mutual friend's wedding together. Ian was just over a year old and Sham's oldest is 8mths older than him. Ian would repeat her daughter's name over and over again. The rest is history. Both of our families have so much fun together. Sham & I got to hang out twice this week and we had a great time. I can not wait until Halloween. We have a family tradition where we meet at her sister's house and trick or treat in that neighborhood. We have done this since Ian was 3.


Thank you for stopping by Sunday Citar! This blog quote meme was created by Fresh Mommy. You can stop by her blog to see the quotes and photos that she and everyone else is loving right now.

Sew Mommy Sew

See Mommy Sew Fabric Scraps Giveaway. Enter here.

Edited to add...I WON!! WOOT WOOT!!

Aloha Friday #1

It is Aloha Friday! In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that people take it easy and look forward to the weekend.


Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This week's question is:

What is your favorite TV show right now?

I have lots of favorites (I am a tv junky)...but I am loving FlashForward right now! I also can not wait to see what they have done with V.

The Great Pumpkin Farm

So yesterday I went with my friend and her kiddos to the great pumpkin farm. Both of our families have already gone during a pay weekend, but we wanted to go back. You see it was a gorgeous 60 degree day here and perfect to picture taking. Who am I kidding, any day is perfect for picture taking. =)

Do you know how hard it is to get 6 kids to look one way? LOL

This little one melts my heart...he started walking last week. YAY!


Look at those fingers.

I remember when her fingers looked like that.

This little man makes my heart melt, too. He came home from school yesterday and announced he has a girlfriend. He cracks me up. A couple weeks ago he asked me why only goofy girls "like" him. My response was you get what you give...you act goofy, you get goofy. Yes, I sad that. He has been trying to "get a girlfriend" since the beginning of school. He is already girl crazy and is only 8. I am in trouble.

Lily LOVES this gal. She was following her around the whole time.

So notice the flower pants on Lily below? She has orange ones on above. Anywho, while we were walking around the farm Lily stood their looking funny and declared...I PEED!

Just g.r.e.a.t! Quick trip back to the car...

After taking photos we all went to Pizza Hut and met our husbands for dinner. On the way to the restaurant Lily told me she peed in her diaper (I put one on after she had an accident, thankfully). When we got to the restaurant Lily decided she did not want her diaper on because it is now dirty...she proceeded to stand on the chair and take her clothes off. NICE! Oh yeah, that was us in the corner of the restaurant...LOUD. We were THAT family!

Update on the potty training (sorry if this is TMI): That was the first accident we have ever had out. She is trained during the day. She wears a diaper for nap & bedtime. On the pooping front, we are taking Miralax and it seems to be working. We have backed her off to quickly and then we went back to not pooping, so she is still taking it.

So how is your Thursday?

Wordless Wednesday - New To Me

A couple months ago I found a child's rocking chair by the side of the road for free. It was filthy and needed to be put back together (the seat was off the base). I finally cleaned it up and put it back together on Sunday. I LOVE the blue color of it, but it needs to be repainted. I am torn between paining it the turquoise I used in my son's room or white. What do you think?

Take Me Back Tuesday

Take Me Back Tuesday
November 1980

We were making Thanksgiving pilgrim hats.


You can participate and/or check out other Take Me Back Tuesday posts at A Giveaway Addicted Mommy.

Not Me Monday - wk16

My daughter would not still be in her pajamas at 3:30pm on a Monday.

I certainly would never feed my children hot air popcorn for dinner after they decided they wanted to watch a movie at 4:30 in the afternoon and asked for popcorn. Mmm...nope.

I certainly would never take the kids to Burger King for dinner on Sunday because I felt sick most of the day and did not want to cook (or do dishes).

I would never take my children to a pumpkin farm on a 40degree day because my husband got a free pass to go and I wanted to go. NOPE, we do those things for the kids.

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I ♥ Faces - Week 41

This week’s theme is: "Pink"I took this photo of my daughter yesterday afternoon.

Check out more photos at i ♥ faces.

Sunday Citar

Childhood is a short season. ~Helen Hayes

It just seems like yesterday we took Ian to the pumpkin patch to pick his first pumpkin. Where does time go?


Thank you for stopping by Sunday Citar! This blog quote meme was created by Fresh Mommy. You can stop by her blog to see the quotes and photos that she and everyone else is loving right now.

Hauntingly Magical Celebration!

Welcome to my magical celebration!

Come on in out of the cold.

Take off your shoes and leave your brooms at the door...

hang up your hat and grab some candy corn...

lets grab some magical brew and sit by the fire and tell ghostly tales...


Lily & I would like to thank you for stopping by our celebration . So just for stopping by I would like to offer a 30% discount off my Fall Collection in my shop today and tomorrow. Please put HMC2009 in notes to seller and I will refund your discount via paypal.





Go on over to A Fanciful Twist to join in or see more Hauntingly Magical Celebrations being held today.