Respect the Turkey

I'd been thinking about doing this post tonight and then I saw this over on Baby Rabies. It is basically EXACTLY what I was thinking!

What happened to Thanksgiving!?!?!

Don't get me wrong, I LOOOOOOVE me some Christmas. The music, the glitter, the colors, and those fabu red cups from Starbucks.

But I also REALLY love pumpkins, Orange, November, Fall, & Thanksgiving! I mean seriously, now that I have kids, time goes by SOOOOO fast. This is a very special time of year and I want to savor EVERY moment, EVERY holiday.

So while I have been busy making and buying Christmas gifts since September, I refuse to BUY anything Christmasy or decorate my home Christmasy until AFTER Thanksgiving!

Now who's with me?
PS there is ONE good thing about stores basically skipping over Thanksgiving - the FALL CLEARANCES! There is SO much fall/Thanksgiving stuff out there at 70-80% off! Love it! :)

I Heart Pumpkins

I think it might be a sickness. I've been to THREE pumpkin patches this month, and almost everytime I go to the grocery store I pick up more! I can't help it :)

At the beginning of October, the kids and I took an impromptu trip to the beach with my parents and lil sister - which I still have yet to blog about! One of the things we did on that trip was visit the Avila Barn. I seriously thought I had died and gone to heaven! Except for the stinky animal smell haha. There were SOOOOOOO many gorgeous pumpkins! I even had pumpkin ice cream! Oh heaven I tell you!

Last week I chaperoned my lil sis' field trip to Murray Family Farms and brought the kids along with me. It was warm but fun and again - we got pumpkins!!!!!

Then last weekend I took the kids to Banducci Farms Pumpkin Patch with the sole intent on getting gorgeous fall photos of my monsters. They were fairly cooperative and I'm excited to add these to our family calendar gifts.

I need to add a picture here of ALLLLL the pumpkins I have. I think there are like 10 of em total! I'll do that in a bit :)

Seriously?

Why is it 99 degrees out today?!?!? Fall wherefore out thou? I just put up my Halloween decorations yesterday, doesn't that count for something??? :(

Hello Mr Fall!!!

Anywho, I know it's not official yet, and this is Bakersfield for crying out loud. But it is really starting to look and feel like fall around here and not just at Starbucks or the Hershey's kisses factory!!!! The swimming suits are packed away till next year, the beach towels have transformed back into bath towels (am I the only one that does that?), I actually wore a long sleeve shirt yesterday (granted, it was thing and I rolled up the sleeves but still!!!!), and I am dying to get out my fall decor!! My mommy brought me this lil guy a few weeks ago and he is in much need of accesories! :) That will hopefully happen next weekend depending on my homework load.

My Plate Overfloweth

I have so much to do between now and then end of this year! As I start listing it all in my head it is kind of overwhelming! It's all stuff that I signed up for of my own accord. I know I'm going to enjoy and look forward to it all, but still, OY! So here's my list - that may grow, but probably won't decrease, over the next few months - in addition to the normal household chores and the things entailed in raising a family:

• I'm taking an online course in Child Development through our local community college.
• Baby Shower gift for Julie
• Volunteering at least once a week in each of my kids' classes.
• Raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Walk
• Walking the walk down in San Diego (October 26th)
• Volunteering for Little Feet Repeats
• Gathering, washing, tagging, & dropping off my items for LFR
• Family Trip to Disneyland
• Halloween festivities - pumpkin patch, etc.
• Making our family Christmas cards
• Creating & purchasing Christmas presents for family & friends
• Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner/my mom's birthday/Julie's due date
• Family portraits
• Producing our family calendars
• Hosting a cookie recipe exchange & recipe mini album crop
• Baking for family & friends
• CHRISTMAS!

Dying to try these!

They also have a new Caramel Apple flavor too!!! MMMM

Oh Happy Day!

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES ARE IN AT STARBUCKS!!!!!