So, just as the snow began to fall for our Halloween Eve snowstorm, my gift arrived in the mail.
IMPECABLE TIMING!!! I had mentioned how I wanted a good recipe for hot chocolate mix, and my secret sister gave me a BIG tub full of homemade mix! I have been drinking at least a cup of this a day for the last few weeks and it is delicous! She even gave me some mini marshamllows to mix in! YUMMMMM... I have shared with the kids... a little.
IMPECABLE TIMING!!! I had mentioned how I wanted a good recipe for hot chocolate mix, and my secret sister gave me a BIG tub full of homemade mix! I have been drinking at least a cup of this a day for the last few weeks and it is delicous! She even gave me some mini marshamllows to mix in! YUMMMMM... I have shared with the kids... a little.She also crocheted a set of booties for my new nephew (aren't they sweet little things?) and that timing was great, too, because we had our little Baby Showerish get together the next day. Last, but not least, she made this cute little crocheted pumpkin. He looked adorable perched on my windowsill and I know he will be a special part of my fall decorating every year!
I was not sure what to make for Christi, but at the very moment I recieved my package, I was busy working on her gift. Since she is from Pittsburgh and seems to like the Steelers and baking, I made her an apron in Steelers colors!
It is reversible with a pleated ruffle edge along the bottom.
With some of the scraps I made a potholder, too.
I wanted to make more, but the whole scrappy crazy-quit piecing thing is harder than it looks, so I gave up.
It is reversible with a pleated ruffle edge along the bottom. With some of the scraps I made a potholder, too. I wanted to make more, but the whole scrappy crazy-quit piecing thing is harder than it looks, so I gave up. If you are looking for some crocheted items, you can find her shop HERE! Thank you, Christi!!!
I liked getting to make some new stuff to include.
And I embellished it a little, too.
This week I also finished a snowman I cut out last year.
I am really liking these berries!
But, for the most part, it is just lots of snowman ornaments!
They even eat (some of) the apples, too!
Eating donuts off of a string (after the apples so they get something healthy first) is always good for some laughs.
Breaking the pinata is usually the main event. This year, it looked pretty redneckish cause I didn't feel like painting it, reinforced the weak spots with duct tape, and used baler twine to make a web to hold it up. But it works just the same.
For a new game this year, we had a relay race (boys vs. girls).
The balloons had candy in them and the kids had to pop them without using their hands or feet.
Then, we all bundled up and went for a hayride-
kinda' neat when just our family can fill a whole wagon!
It was Grace's first hayride. :) 
The weather was beautiful again and the kids had a blast! Kinda' makes you want to never grow up...
:)
My talented baby sister made a cake, which we polka-dotted with m&m's
and a diaper bear (I never saw one of these before! Too cute!!!)
Of course there were some balloons, too.
We had a lot of laughs and even though we'd had a snowstorm the day before, the weather was beautiful!
It was a heavy, stick-to-everything kind of snow.
It was a little wierd having a mix of fall and winter this way.
It looked so beautiful, though, with so many fall leaves underneath- a pretty contrast!
When it melted off the trees, it made them stand out even more.
