winter boden loves

so it's a good thing i'm pregnant and can't get any of this
(except for maybe the shoes).
but i may have to get #10 anyway. oh how i love that dress.

1. knitted black dress (with black bows), $148
2. parsley skirt, $98
3. silk cascade skirt, $128
4. spotty wool scarf, $45
5. mary janes, $148
6. velvet applique skirt, $98
7. portobello jacket, $108
8. sixties knitted dress, $108
9. snappy wool jacket, $198
10. silk pinspot dress, $198 -- my absolute favorite.
    
11. favourite scoop neck, $58

(not pictured, but also love: long denim skirt, $78 and denim non-mini, $58)

i'm grateful for...

since i'm posting every day in november and i don't always have something to say every day, i thought maybe since this month is focused on gratitude, i could share what i'm grateful for on those days that i'm not sure what else to say.

so i've been thinking and thinking and thinking today, but it's not coming easy. clearly, it's 3:44 and i still haven't blogged, so i must not be a very grateful person. part of it is...

...noah has had 3 accidents today, despite dire consequences.

...the dry cleaning wasn't ready.

...i spent three hours transferring normal clothes for maternity clothes. maternity clothes are the worst.

...i've had a headache for 2 straight days that just keeps getting worse.

...i'm so tired i feel like i might fall asleep at any moment.

...i threw up AGAIN. i'm beginning to think that my pregnancy sickness is lasting all 9 months.

...isaac's friend came over to play and he refused to play with her. poor friend was bored out of her mind and i was nothing but mad at isaac, so i made him do his homework. which he was happy to do. go figure.

...noah lost isaac's new toy. it's in the house somewhere, but i'm at a total loss. i've looked everywhere.

but.

i just had a bowl of ice cream...

isaac earned a pizza in his book it reading program...

the boys are laughing and playing while i type...

i have clothes to wear...

i got to talk to my friends dana and tori for a little while outside in the glorious 60* fall weather...

and i am officially done whining (for now).

so much to be grateful for.

(my boys enjoying story time together at isaac's kindergarten halloween party)

....aaaaannnnd back to the whining.
the laughing and playing together while i type?
flooding the kitchen. literally.
an inch of water in there.
somebody's going to die.

it was a somewhat dark and spooky halloween night...

the moon was full...


the children were dressed in their finest...

when they happened upon a spooooooky house.


they tiptoed around the corner to see the source of the eerie fog, unsure of what they would find.

they timidly approached the stairs, only to need rescuing from dad.


oh no! where have they gone?


at last, they emerge victorious, buckets full of candy, and spirits high that they conquered the spooky house that night.

happy halloween!



oh, and here's noah at our church trunk-or-treat:

that's right. refused to wear a costume. they gave him candy anyway, i guess because he's cute.

did you know that november is national blog posting month? not as ambitious as writing a novel in a month, but still ambitious. to celebrate, i will be posting something every day. "but you already do!" you all protest. not true. i don't always post on the weekends, especially lately. and i have to add: i REALLY hate committing myself to stuff like this, so if i fail, please don't buzz droopy drippy** me.



thank you.




**for an explanation of buzz droopy drippy, you will have to read this.

happy halloween


from our creepy, skeleton-face baby.

. : something i love : .

dinosaur sandwich cutter.
it just makes grilled cheese sandwiches better,
don't you think?
my kids do, that's for sure.

and only $1!

have you heard?

design mom is giving away over $1000 to trifle shoppe.
this would totally set me up for baby girl.
go enter here! hurry!