Needles and Pens

My youngest daughter, Emily, is turning fourteen next weekend, and it was decided that what she really wanted for her birthday was to have her room redecorated... again. This time she's promised me that she'll love it for at least the next four years -- when she can move out and redecorate her own house every month if she likes. LoL At any rate, here's the "before" picture, mid-furniture-shuffle, showing the blue and green with baby jungle animals from not so long ago (sigh): Emily is a musician through and through, a singer, guitarist and songwriter, so the new theme is MUSIC in black and white. With Thanksgiving coming up, we wanted to get the painting done early, so this weekend we painted the walls satin white. Quite a change from all the color in there before! And one thing she's always wanted in her room is a wall mural, so we took an idea from some prints in the school's music room and decided on a musician silhouette. Yesterday, while Emily was gon...

I know, I know. I’ve been downright delinquent in the upkeep of my blog for the past month and then some. It’s high time I posted an update, right? (Thanks for the reminder, Angela!) I have a whole list of excuses for my delinquency, but when it comes right down to it, the reason I haven’t been posting is because of this... ...and this... ...and this... ...and this... ...and this... ...and this... ...and this... I mean, seriously, can you blame me?? ;o)

... which really deserved a post all its own. I had every intention of sharing pictures that day, but again, couldn't drag myself off to the computer, what with Aaron's "First Halloween" happening and all. Sheesh. ;o) Anyway, he was dressed for the occasion, right down to his bright orange onesies: And he was a "Toadally Amazing" 'lil toad (it said so, on his bum): Uncle Tim went for the "Super Mario" look: And they were both totally psyched for trick-or-treat: Trick-or-treat, they did: We had a blissfully warm Halloween, for Minnesota, and even little Aaron went door-to-door. He had a great time, too -- though he won't be eating candy bars any time soon. ;o)