This Week

• We welcomed Fall and Winter all at once.
• We added more hand painted ornaments to our Halloween tree.
• Buby + Bleu collaborated nicely on several building block monstrosities.
• My Sweets went to the worst football game in the history of the NFL.
• Grandma DJ and Tom G. drove up Monday and watched the kids on Tuesday.

• I was reminded of how much I love Buby's school. It's the right fit.
• My Sweets + I went on a date. To the supermarket. Yup. It was so awesome.
• I brought down the hats, gloves and scarves.
• I began my obsession with Immaculate Baking Company.
• I made really good roasted whole chicken and spinach salads.

• We admired the vibrant mums on all the village porches.
• Grandma DJ made apple and pear sauce... with no added sugar or honey.
• My Sweets whipped up his world famous guacamole, twice.
• Buby woke up in the middle of the night, every night. He never does that.
• Bleu woke up in the middle of the night, every night. She always does that.

• My friend Allison left 3 issues of People on my windshield at school.
• I craved soup for the first time in a long time.
• I whispered "I love you" in the dark. My Sweets heard me in his sleep.
• Buby made me promise to read "135,000 books" to him tomorrow morning.
• Buby ran out of the bathroom with tissue trailing from his bare bum. He said, "Look at me, Mama... I made a Tigger tail!"

• We oohed and aahed at the first snowfall of the season.
• Buby laughed as Bleu threw her dinner on the floor. I corrected Bleu and then turned to Buby and asked, "Please don't laugh. It's not funny." He replied, "But I can't help it. I have to laugh when my brain tells me to laugh, Mama." That's when my brain told ME to laugh.
• Bleu showed off her balance and stamina at The Little Gym.
• We nature hiked, collected leaves, and stole rocks.
• Bleu grew 8 teeth. So far.

• I baked 24 cookies at 11 p.m. Just for me.
• We said goodbye ~ again ~ to Grandma DJ and Tom G.
• Buby turned to Bleu in the car on Wednesday, reached his hand out for hers, and sweetly asked, "Do you miss Grandma, Nola? Do you? Because I do."
• Bleu picked every kernel of corn out of her mixed veggies and left the rest.
• Buby shouted across the YMCA pool, "Hi Mama! Hi Nola! Look at me guys!"

• I thought how sad I'll be when he no longer calls me "Mama."
• Bleu wore her first pair of jeans. And wore them well.
• I bought 6 new Scholastic titles at the book fair.
• We returned 6 library books, held onto 2, and checked out 3 more.
• The kids accidentally discovered Taylor Swift. And now they are IN LOVE.

• I danced every T.S. song with my babies. Over and over and over.
• I cleaned the house. More to organize.
• I snuck a whole bag of candy corn and totally regretted it.
• I started Buby + Bleu's Halloween baskets {for which they'll gladly trade in their trick-or-treat bags on the 31st.}
• I helped a friend prep for her Blue Lily shoot next week.

• I dropped off an apple pie for a neighbor whose mother passed away.
• I washed, jarred and labeled our sea shells from FL and Cape Cod.
• I braved the attic to find Buby's 12-month boy bin for nephew Mason.
• I mourned another magazine. Cookie folded on Monday, joining Domino, Wondertime, Blueprint, House + Garden, Budget Living, CL Gardener, Mademoiselle, and dozens of others I've loved and lost over the years.
• I watched an entire movie with My Sweets after hours. Uninterrupted.

• I sold 5 raffle tickets for Buby's school fundraiser. 20 more to go.
• I talked to my mom every day, even if only for a minute.
• I heard many new real words in Bleu's mumbling.
• I used a million and one ways to show my lovelies that I love them.
• I hugged My Sweets like there is no tomorrow. Because you never know.