This week we are going to make our halloween pumpkins.  Some friends (uhh hmmm… Amber and Sean) are going to pick up our pumpkin carving tradition with us.  The first year they were in Kentucky we carved together and at the time I think we each only had ONE child ( I think… maybe I was pregnant with Ross…)!!!  This year should be interesting with 6 between us (and one more on the way… the other Amber… not me LOL)  I am still trying to decide if I want carved ones for the front of our house or painted.

Last year I did THESE:

directions at Good Houskeeping.com

This year I am wanting polka dots… I am still on the polka dot kick and I love PAINT.  If I am going to put the effort into a pumpkin I am thinking a FOAM pumpkin is the way to go that way I can use it AGAIN next year!  I did a door arrangement last year and I still love it.  Thus its on my door again this year!  It was so easy to just get that sucker out of a box and hang it that I think I could get used to this!

I LOVE these:

Jennifer over at Half Full Martini Makes these!!!  I mean really could they be any cuter?

This is more elegant:

This arrangement comes from Holly at Holly Mathis Interiors

I am smitten with the white pumpkins and black dots!

OR how about these pumpkin house numbers??  O… my… word… I wish I had a big huge house with columns (not really… I am perfectly happy with our house… we have made it our own now!)… imagine these stacked on a big southern wrap-around porch? Or my mom’s maybe?! (hey mom!!!!!!!!………..)

From Sunset

But THESE I love the most!  They are of COURSE Martha Stewart! I have decided that I am a closet Martha Stewart.  I am too busy to be as organized as put together as her but I aspire!  LOL I still have to thank Ali, my domestic diva friend! She awakened the sleeping giant in me last year with her Cookie Exchange!

I couldn’t find these on her website any more.  I actually found the pic on Mrs. Delightful’s blog.

I just LOVE the way they glow and are so warm.  Makes me smile There is something so elegant yet homey. Its just PERFECT!

I have also been saving Ky’s formula cans to make these:

Idea from Woman’s Day.com

I usually like “fall” decor that way I can leave it up until my Christmas stuff goes up.  I think these are “fallish” enough without being “Halloween” to keep out until Thanksgiving.  I am so excited!  Now if only Owen’s trip to the pumpkin patch would hurry!  Actually we will be buying $3 Pumpkins at Meijer or somewhere because I am SURE they will be outrageous at the Pumpkin patch but I cannot wait to get some pics.  I need to take the kids pics for fall / Christmas cards *yes I am already planning* / Christmas gifts.  Hopefully they will cooperate.

As a PS… and a Kyleigh update: we will see her urologist SOON.  She has had an infection brewing and we have manage to scathe it off for a few weeks now but alas we failed this weekend and the infection took over.  Now we get to do the whole culture, blood, etc.  Considering the kid is getting DAILY antibiotics straight into her bladder I have NO idea how she gets infections!  I am worried that she is building a resistance to the abx.  I will try not to worry until we talk to Alam.

PPS.. Dr. Alam informed us last time we were there that we were one of his FAVORITE patients!  HAH!  Nice.  Considering the fact that Shumyle and I have nearly gone to blows (not really just some heated debates!) my mouth nearly dropped on the floor.  I am sure he is just fond of my kid (not me!) ROFL.  Its always nice to know that someone is taking extra special care of your child.  Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.  (Until I have to unleash the mama bear on him again… maybe I won’t have to…)  I think its really just because he is convinced that I KNOW everyone.  There are so many patients of his that run in our same circle its funny.  He always seems astonished that so many of his patients “talk”… hah… you have NO idea buddy!

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