Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Fall Festival Edition

We aren't huge on Halloween in our family.  I have less issues with it than the hubs, but I respect him for his concerns, especially from a spiritual standpoint.  I still love the dress-up part, and the excuse to wear a costume (or put Zion in one for that matter!)  We did carve a pumpkin this year, mostly because we wanted to try some things out for our own family traditions, and the hubs has never carved one, not sure that it will be something we do every year.

We usually enjoy the non-scary parts of the festivities and chose to attend the Fall Festival at a local church so Zion could participate.  All the way up until the day of, I thought for sure that Zion was a baby chicken….her costume just reminded me of fuzzy little newborn chicks…but I was wrong…she was clearly and most certainly a baby duck.  So, I present to you, our very cute little duckling.

 First carnival game…nailed it.  (Course she didn't understand the concept of tossing)

 Showing off her new prize: Poppy the Panda (yes we make up names for every stuffed animal)

 "Zion, what do you want to do next?"

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Couldn't get her to hold still long enough to get the shot of her "Grandma's Little Pumpkin" onesie

       

Weekly Wrap Up

This past week started on a high note, with brunch, a little shopping and some fro-yo…but quickly downgraded from awesome to exhausting with an unlimited supply of boogie-sucks, 2am coughing-crying fits and a lot of help from chamomile tea and Vicks babyrub…thankfully, Zion is on the mend and Jerry and I seem to be keeping the "ickie-sickies" at bay.  We finished our week with good news (still building suspense here peeps), a pumpkin carving and today, as I post this, our first snow of the season, which is already piling up over an inch.

 My handsomey handsome

 I am obsessed with burgers

 Got Milk?

Fall in "the Heights"

 Bundled up sick baby

 Cookies make everything better

 Smiles for daddy

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Coffee

 Sleeping - record amounts

 Hubs looking sharp at work

 More pigtails…I can't resist

Jerry's first ever pumpkin carving

 Success! Pretty good for a first time!

 First snow of the season! In October…in NYC!

Funny faces with Daddy

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Sick Days

Zion picked up a nasty cold virus and has been feeling quite down in the dumps for the past several days. I just want my happy little girl back.  Instead this is what every day has looked like this week:

And Elmo has been her constant companion through it all.  My poor baby, get well soon, please!


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Wordless Wednesday & Paper Mama Photo Challenge

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Chronic. Sleep. Deprivation.

I'm staring at this page, willing to write, yet my brain is running on reserve power.  Therefore, I'm throwing in the towel and hoping to resume after a good nights rest.

Here is what we have been up to:

I finished my fall yarn wreath and quite satisfied with the results.  :)

I cut out cardboard letters, Z-I-O-N, to finally make a sign for Zion's door, planning on using yarn for this as well.  I've yet to actually wrap a single letter, or figure out how I want to finish it.

I'm knitting again…and lately wondering if I have post-partum-arthritis, I had no idea that this actually exists, but my joints have not been the same since I had Zion, and I am starting to wonder if I should get them checked out.  (Stay tuned for more on my current knitting projects.)

Baking, baking and more baking.  I just did a dozen or so each: M&M Sugar Cookies & Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Zion is great at stirring, and quite territorial about it as well.  Future baking plans…definitely want to do more cupcakes, for starters these and then definitely these as well!

FAIL notice…remember this post here?  Yeah, well, I totally nailed the starter, but I couldn't find a good/easy enough recipe to start out with…and so, well, the starter went right into the trash.  Boo!

While I'm admitting FAILures, I might as well update you on this journey here.  Yeah, remember that running thing I was talking about?  I haven't. Not even once. Ran. Double boo!

I'm blessed to be working my tail feathers off to coordinate sending Christmas care packages to the MacDella Cooper Foundation Academy in Liberia, Africa…if you are interested in participating…send me an email.  60 boys and girls, orphaned by violent civil war will be receiving backpacks filled with goodies to ring in the holiday.

The winds of change are blowing in our family, if that sounds vague, it is intentional, and you'll have to stay tuned for details.  Don't you love cliffhangers?

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