A Break in the Rain

Anyone who knows anything about living in the Pacific Northwest knows all about RAIN.  We actually had a really nice end of summer and beginning of fall with warm and dry weather, however, that's gone now :)  We're back to rain, rain and more rain and it will probably be like this until next July.  Fun!  Loading and unloading a toddler from the car in the rain is not a good time.  She's not a fan of the wet stuff either.  Anyways, today was a beautiful day so we decided to get our booties outside to take advantage of it!

How cute are her boots?  I'm pretty obsessed with all of the Old Navy boots right now!  So adorable and playful- and perfect for a toddler who is growing at lightning speed!  Her Daddio would not be a fan of her growing out of Uggs in two months.  Don't say I never do anything for ya hoosband!  ;)

 I think this is her get that camera outta here face.

I'm not really into Halloween... I know, I know, I need to get into it for the little one.  I'm working on it!  I'd rather just decorate for fall and let that carry over to Thanksgiving :)  I'm loving white pumpkins this year.

Hopefully we can make this Halloween candy last a week.  We're suckers for sweet stuff around this house!

Now I just need to finish up the decorating and decide what Miss P is going to be for Halloween.  I can't seem to settle on anything!  What's a Momma gotta do to find a cute cow costume?!?

diy: Chevron Pumpkin (It's Fall Ya'll!)

I'm still in denial of the fact that fall is here.  The only good things about this time of year are boots and fall decor (oh, and CANDY).  I was trying to wait to do any fall decorating until October 1st, but I couldn't wait to try a chevron painted pumpkin.  It turned out being really easy.  You just need a nice round (a taller one would have worked better) pumpkin and some masking tape.  I used 1 1/2" but you could use whatever width you want depending on the size of the stripe you'd like to achieve.

I just started my pattern using 3 1/2" strips of tape and eyeballing the pattern.  I wish I would have done three rows of tape rather than two- it would have made the finished product look better.  Oh well.

There ya have it!  We took some hydrangeas from my front yard and gave them a facelift with some gold spray paint.  They had faded a bunch already so the muted colors with the gold turned out really pretty (and cheaper than cheap- free!).

oh, hey weekend!

This weekend is gonna be a busy one with a football game and birthday party to attend {I'm in charge of the cupcakes :)} and LOTS of wedding projects to complete for my cousin's wedding next weekend.  I'm not sure how well I'll do fitting it all in, but we'll find out!

I think we all might need a good nap Sunday afternoon.

A little weekend randomness:

I love Lay Baby Lay and this adorable playroom art is hitting home right about now.  Any advice for cute little girls who like to (ahem) bite?  This Momma needs some help!

I'm obsessed with Hard Knocks on HBO.  Obsessed.

How about this amazing idea.  Duff (remember Charm City Cakes?) has opened a shop called Duff's Cakemix in LA.  They bake the cakes and you get to decorate them.  This would be SUCH a fun place to take kiddos!  Someday, when I open my dream bakery it will have this :)

Somebody has a birthday coming up and just might like to open a box and find these.  Just saying.