I found Rocky this morning in Stella's bed with a stash of candy hidden under the covers. He'd already eaten a few. I can trust the older two with their bags of candy, but not Rocky.

He sneaks candy whenever I'm not looking. Jack and Stella are pretty responsible with it.

greatful friday

- sunshine
- being over the flu
- smell of beans cooking
- warm apple strusel muffins
- my husband
- our cats and dog

Happy Halloween

Last night we went to a fun Halloween party put on my our friend Trish. It was so much fun. Delicious food, fun games, and good friends. Happy Halloween to you.

Grateful Friday

- movies from the library. The kids stayed home from school today sick and it's nice to have movies that we normally don't have laying around.
- Halloween party tomorrow at Trish's house (if kids aren't still sick).
- My health, a little 8 yr old friend of ours just relapsed with her leukemia, I'm so grateful for health in my family.
- Whipped cream. yum!
- The Giants winning the first 2 games!!
- Kung Fu Panda
- Warm scarves and blankets.

I'm enjoying knitting lately. It's been cold in the morning around here in the house and it's nice to dig my hands into the yarn and start working. I'm a slow knitter, and despite having been a knitter for a couple of years now I still can't knit much beyond scarves. I know with a little help I'd be able to bust a hat or something out but I just haven't really tried yet. For now though I'm enjoying knitting my scarves for friends for Christmas gifts.

another girl

Here's another girl. She's wearing a mask for Halloween. :) I've been obsessing a little over these drawings, not sure why. I'm not a great drawer and there is lots of erasing involved. I'm having fun coming up with outfits for them though and little expressions for their faces. Maybe I'll start naming them. I started water coloring some of them, but I'm not sure I like them as much water colored.

This weekend my creative juices were flowing. I sketched some girls that I really liked and want to explore some more. I baked some and knitted. Over the last few months I have felt my creativeness sort of dulled but finally I feel it sneaking it's way back in in different ways. I'm happy about this.