Celebrating Fall Traditions

This weekend, my husband and kids carved their pumpkins. I usually stay out of the process. My only job is roasting the seeds after they are done. It is their tradition and something that I think my husband looks forward to each year. My daughter made a cute kitten (whose stem tail you can't see in this photo) and my son displayed his sense of humor with his pumpking under attack. I did help a little with his pumpkin's "accessory" by getting him some cardboard and foil.

I love yearly traditions with the kids. I hope that they are things that they will remember and later celebrate with their own families!

Celebrating Slowly

Things have been moving too quickly lately. I have decided that, now that I am all caught up on orders, I am declaring today to be a "Take It Slow" day. We will collect acorns (if the rain slows). We will splash in puddles. We will bake banana bread and enjoy the way the house smells. We will knock out the homework and then play some board games together. We will spend a little quality time with the DVR.

I hope that your day, fast or slow, is a beautiful one.

Celebrating Family Time

We worked on this new canvas as a family. It was inspired by a piece we saw when we were out shopping at World Market (I did not note the author's name and it is not on their website, my apologies!!). We put our own little spin on it and incorporated our handwriting. We each wrote two "be" statements and it is a piece I will definitely treasure. It is hanging in the kids' Bonus Room.

I am looking forward to making some other canvases, but I need to find some wall space to use to hang them! I may have to start decorating my neighbor's homes.

Celebrating Summer Fun

We made a list of all of the fun things we would like to do this summer. While I was working in the garage yesterday, the kids pulled out the new bucket of chalk Dad picked up the other day. We haven't found ours yet. I gave them things to draw and they tried not to look at the other one's interpretation as they made their own. They had a lot of fun. Dad had to try to guess what the category was each time later. (He slightly offended our son when he thought his cheeseburger was a hat.) We were happy to check off "draw on the driveway" and will likely mark that one off many more times!