autumn

I know I've already shared on Facebook the magnum opus that is the Halloween costumes that I made, but I need to plunk it down here for blog posterity.

It's been busy around here.

Last week, I finally got the GRE off my plate. Phew!

We got haircuts.

Enjoying crepes. M calls them Pancakes.

Three things making me happy today:

1. Or rather making Marlowe happy. "Marlowe make apple pie!"

Thanks, Melissa and Doug.

Today dawns cool and crisp. A true fall morning. The sun dazzling through just-turning trees.

Cartoons watched, lunch packed, and off to soccer we go. Ellis starting to get it. One boy on his team drives that ball into the goal with such intensity. I'm just happy when Ellis kicks the ball in the right direction. E runs around the field the whole time with a giant grin on his face.

Hooray October!!!

My favorite month in my favorite season!!!!! The month of mums, pumpkins, spices, crisp air, and apple pie. As Marlowe kept informing me this morning, dragging a bag of apples around saying "Want make apple pie!!" (this child isn't even 2 1/2 yet)

Hooray the last day of September!!! And blustery, rainy day at that.

Sent Ellis to school on the bus, so we didn't have to walk in the windy rain. Marlowe and I went to Trader Joe's, which turned out to be a huge undertaking, since I hadn't been really grocery shopping in two weeks (and I'm on the one week plan, bc of all our fresh veggies). And I got some things for Grammy's house, and some things for a woman in our church who recently had surgery--she just lives a couple blocks away.

I'm officially a fan of September. After a sizzling summer, September is coming in as a soothing balm.

Ellis had off the last two days of his first week of school for Rosh Hashanah. So on Thursday we enjoyed a crazy trip to the zoo where met up with the family of one of his school mates, which was total last minute Facebook kind of meetup, and great fun for the kids. And on Friday I took the boys for a little hike in Fairmount Park.

I have to admit, I don't go bounding into Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. I love fall. It's hard to let go.

So November is supposed to be National Blog Writing Month, because you know we all have extra time to blog with the holidays coming up. But I've been wanting to blog more. And since the baby is napping and I'm waiting for the Advil to kick the headache, I don't feel like cleaning at the moment, so you get a blog entry.