No Excuses - We're as Pleased as Pumpkins

Well hello strangers! I would love to be writing with some great excuse as to why I've disappeared from the blog. Funny thing is, I don't really have one. We are busy these days, but just as busy as the rest of you - full of commitments, soaking up the gorgeous fall weather, and doing silly things like taking endless "self-portraits" on our phone while waiting for the school carpool. Case in point:

 

Yep, if you know me a tiny bit, you know it is nothing short of a miracle that we would be ready for school with enough time to play before our ride arrived on Friday. I'm not exactly sure how that happened, but little Miss and I did manage to enjoy the "found time" with lots of giggles on the kitchen floor.

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Just to prove we haven't been lazy pumpkins around here, here are a few shots of our front-porch fall decor {dated September 29th and October 6th, by the way... I do have my act together, though I haven't stopped long enough to share}.

I spotted this in a late-summer Williams-Sonoma and dog-eared it as a potentially fun craft project for LE. 

 

 

 

 

I've written before and I'll say it again, I'm not really a particularly crafty person. I do much better at "borrowing" ideas and engaging Nana Boo's services to recreate. But in this case, we did pretty good. For about $30, we had fun creating the $99 Williams-Sonoma version.

October issue of Southern Living inspired us to metallic-paint a few pumpkins. Confession, I wasn't the nicest with LE when working on this project {painting polka dots out of permanent, acrylic paints may be a bit much for a three year-old, or a 31 year-old for that matter}. Nonetheless, the finished project was pretty cute... until bottom pumpkin rotted.

A few days later during a shopping excursion at a local boutique, LE pointed out that we needed to "paint the stems" like they did in the store. So much for not creating a perfectionist.

The process of getting the fall decor down from the attic was like Christmas morning for this little one.

 

 

I do have step-by-step photos of the pumpkin wreath creation project, but let's face it, I'll never turn this into a crafting blog, so who really cares? The project took two trips to Michael's, a trip to Hobby Lobby and lots of Goo-Gone to remove sticky spray adhesive from our fingers. Yes, it was a success in the end, but buying the wreath may have been an easier route.

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Upcoming week is busy, so I may or may not be back with more excuses for non-posting. Someone turns "old" {as his sweet daughter pointed out}; he takes the 3rd section of the CPA Exam {chuga-choo.. I think I can, I think I can... we're almost there!}; we have Pumpkin Patch Pictures with Terri Smith for a great cause; an abundance of Halloween gatherings; a Nana jet-setting off to Beantown}....whew, it will be another full one!

Happy Fall, Ya'll!