leaves

My Mom's favorite pictures to take of us kids were during the Fall, in leaves . She has some of them in frames up at the lake with our little heads sticking out and then I know she did the same with Aydan. She loved the Fall so much and I'm becoming more and more like her or now I'm paying attention and realizing why I do certain things and who I have learned them from.

This weekend was finally a relaxing Fall weekend at home. Weather was beautiful today-I admired the changing trees and all of the people jogging, shopping and walking around Hyde Park Square. Elle and I of course headed up to the market today, one more weekend left and it's gone for the Winter, while Ted set up her funky new highchair (thank you, Erin.. well and Tori Spelling..). This market is one of the main reasons why I love living in this area. Sometimes all I buy is a latte and like today, homemade cookies from this really yummy bakery, but I basically go to walk around and look at all of the fun stuff. It's like the "place to be" on Sundays. Well, in Hyde Park anyway. Last night we spent several hours at our neighbors house watching football and drinking pumpkin ale. Elle Bell enjoyed Trey's new bouncer they had just set up. Apparently she wanted to break it in for him.......Friday evening we took our chances and took Elle to a nice Japanese restaurant with another couple. We weren't sure how this would go...but every 5 minutes I would break out a new toy or "thing" to occupy her. She did very well. I was even able to finish my food and entire glass of wine. But by 8:15, you could tell she was getting tired and luckily we live only a few minutes away, we still managed to put her down only a few minutes past her bedtime. See, you can still have a social life with babies. You just go home a little earlier.....

Traveling to Portland, Oregon for the week........another long flight and more time away from my Family. Looking forward to Halloween next weekend, one of Mom's most favorite days- my childhood neighborhood was the place for the ultimate trick-or-treating and we had the corner house and got the most trick or treaters..... Wish we had some family here visiting to see Elle bell as a little "piggy" but we are planning on hosting a little get together so we can get pics with the kids and take them around the neighborhood and have some food, drinks and of course candy . Elle's first Halloween! I wish you were here Mom and Dad.