October 1st?!

I can't believe that it is October already. I love summer, but I also enjoy the changing of the seasons. It is certainly starting to feel like fall. The weather is getting cooler, the days shorter, and we have pumpkins growing in the backyard. Am I really that domesticated? No, they are growing from the seeds I pitched over the deck last fall! Makayla loves to go look at them daily...is it that, or does she really like going back there to play in the rocks?! :)

Updates in our life:
Seth continues to work in the craft room and watch football.

Makayla is getting over an ear infection. She is a little chatterbox. Her new favorite phrase is, "whasat?" Translation: What's that? She loves to read books and explore everything. Her new favorite songs/games are Ring Around the Rosie and Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes. Her renditions are the BEST! I've been trying to video tape her more lately...she's hard to keep up with! She will be 14 months old on the 9th. Wow! Here's a picture of her this morning.

As for me, I'm just staying busy in the roles of teacher and mom. I also love being a wife, but boy have my homemaker skills been slacking since school started (okay, I know someone will laugh...do I really have any homemaker skills?!). I have enjoyed a little "me time" lately. A friend of mine and I went to D.C. last Saturday to the National Book Festival. We were able to meet the author Jan Brett, and have her sign one of her books. I got her latest Gingerbread Friends for Makayla for Christmas. Another sign of my dorkiness...I had to take a picture of her signing Makayla's book.



I also finished my last cake decorating course. I decided not to sign up for the next course...maybe in the spring. Here is my final...a tiered cake.



I'm looking forward to some family time as I skip school on Friday. I've decided to take a personal day to be with Seth and Makayla. Weather permitting, we will take Makayla to the pumpkin patch...I know who needs to visit a pumpkin patch when we have one of our own? Just remember...I am the one harvesting them. My black thumb haunts me!

Happy Fall!