Aren't they precious?

Here are my grandchildren that were here in Georgia for Halloween,

and my son Chris' best friends baby boy Travis. 

Travis and I get along great, because he likes 'ball ball' (football) and will sit and watch it like a grown up!

Left to right: Monkey, Pink Samurai, Lion, Lalaloopsy, and Elmo

The Pink Samurai and Lalaloopsy came from Wholesale Costume Club

Today I made Chris Monster cupcakes for his birthday, not to mention the meatloaf he's been wanting since he's been home! 
I got the idea from Kristen over at Our Crazy Bunch

I think mine turned out pretty good, and I had a great helper too.

BTW, Carter, Rosie and Ninja, the cupcakes are ready!

Hope y'all had a safe and Happy Halloween.

Can you believe that it's November already?

Happy Birthday

To my own lil Pumpkin, Chris!

I know, he's 26, and doesn't appreciate being called my lil Pumpkin, at least not publicly.

I love you son, more than you will ever know.

Actually, maybe you do know, since you have those two precious boys!

Happy Birthday!

Grandbaby boys & Blue Heron

Yesterday, we (Mayumi, Masa, Shin & I) went to see my Mom.

We noticed a beautiful blue heron on her dock.  The heron is to the right, the fake one on the left.

And here is the proud 'Ma' with Shin:

And pictures of Shin and Masa:

Masa was not studying me, he was watching Elmo.

Don't come between the boy and Elmo!

Grandbabies

What our house has been filled with this weekend!

 

Fall is here

Actually, according to the calendar, it has been here since September 21.

In South Georgia though, it does not begin to show it's true colors until much later in the year.

Say, late November, early December and sometimes later than that.

Our temperatures are getting cooler, 75 degrees in the mid afternoon, which I know, by some standards that is

positively sweltering.  If it was not for the rain that we've had the past few days

it would be in the high 80's by now.  It has even dipped into the 40's in the early morning!

I know, right?

Here are some pictures of our confused trees and plants.

The first changed leaves of the fall.

My roses are still blooming and my camellia bush thinks it's much colder than it is.

Happy Fall Y'all!

GEAUX TIGERS

For those of you who do not know, I LOVE football.

Mostly, I love the SEC and LSU Tigers.

Yes, I'm a Georgia girl, and I know it's like heresy here to be anything other than a 

Georgia, GA Tech, FSU or FL Gator fan.

I throw the FL teams in because we are practically on the FL border.

But I am an LSU fan.

You might could have told from the wreath I made for my front door.

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 Or this wreath that I made for my sister in law, who does live in Louisiana

Today, I got around to showing my team spirit elsewhere in the yard.

My garden flag and mailbox cover.

 

Alas, on this last trip to Louisiana we did not take the time to stop on the way home in Baton Rouge so that I could find a replacement for my blow up Mike the Tiger.

Oh well, another trip....or I could order it online.  HMMMMM

GEAUX TIGERS

BEAT THEM

GATORS!

Wholesale Costume Club Review

Can you believe that it's October already?  Where has this year gone to?

HALLOWEEN 

  is just around the corner!

If you are looking for a great selection of costumes for Halloween at a great price, then you need to check out

Wholesale Costume Club 

They have great costumes at excellent prices.

The best part is that you have the option to join the club for a nominal $5.00 a year fee.

This fee is not automatically renewed at the end of each year, which I really like.

Also, depending on the costume you purchase, you could earn your $5.00 back with your very first order.

The shipping costs are very reasonable, $4.99 for standard US ground and $6.99 for expedited US ground.

The shipping is the same amount no matter the size of your order and they offer same day shipping for orders placed before 3pm EST. 

  Wholesale Costume Club 

carries a wide range of sizes from infant to adult, and they also carry up to size 4X for men and women.

Hello Kitty is always a popular costume with girls and isn't this costume adorable?

Hello Kitty Costume 

If you order this costume and choose to join the club, you would save $4.00.

 There really are tons more to choose from, and even at this late date they are still in stock.

As for boys, they have all the super hero costumes.  Right now I know The Green Lantern and Captain America are big for boys.  They have different options for either of these super heroes.

Check out this Captain America

costume.

I received this adorable Pretty Witch Child 

costume to review.

I received it within 4 days, which was fast considering I was expecting it in 7 to 10 days!

I chose this costume for my granddaughter Rosie who is 7.

I ordered a medium and it looked large for her.

Now Rosie is petite in height, ok, let's face it, she is short!  She got my genes for height, poor child.

The costume fit her except for the length, it was too long for her, so if your child is short for her age, then count on having to hem it. The costumes run true to size otherwise.

Here is what the costume looked like straight out of the box:

 Here are some of the details up close.

The spiders on the black overlay of the skirt:

 

 The bodice:

 The costume laid out:

 The construction of the costume was done well.  It will hold up for Halloween and afterwards for dress up play.  The photo from the website is a true representation of what the costume will look like when you receive it. Your child will be very happy with their costume. 

 I definitely recommend Wholesale Costume Club

and am planning on ordering several more costumes for my other grandchildren and maybe even myself.

*I was provided this above product for review. I was not asked for a good review just an honest one. All opinions are 100% mine. 

Louisiana

Here we come.

Kenneth, myself, Kujo and

Anika and Maiyah.

Should be an interesting trip.

This might make it or break it for me as a "Gramma"! LOL

I'm sure that everything will be fine.

Good thing Kenneth is driving.

Wait, maybe I should drive and let him deal when they get cranky.

haha

Naw, it'll be fine.  Really.

Do I sound convinced?

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday

Two of my co-workers.

You can see by the photos why I LOVE THEM!

They make crazy days crazier and by that I mean SO MUCH FUN!

I have other co workers that I love just as much, but haven't caught them in action yet!

Hope yall have a wonderful Wednesday!

I won!

Mary over at It's a Sunkissed Life had her first giveaway recently.

I won a great package of pot holders, a trivet, coasters, and a dishtowel.

Since she lives in Hawaii, she decided to have the gift set reflect Hawaii.

Here it is:

It has a map of the islands printed on all the items and the trivet is a lovely hibiscus!

Go check her out, It's a Sunkissed Life her blog will make you

positively long for the island life!

Thanks again Mary!

Fall wreaths

I posted pictures of the yarn wreath recently, but was not happy with the felt flowers.

It was a 21" wreath and I thought that I did not have enough flowers on the wreath, and was not happy with the way they turned out.  So back to the store I went for some different colors of felt.  Once I figured out that 

I was rolling the felt the opposite way I should have been the flowers turned out more, well more flowery looking!  So here is the new and improved yarn wreath.

My next project was inspired by a wreath that I saw on Pinterest.

I started with the letters and a banner that I found at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

Then I spray painted them purple.

I added gold glitter stick on letters to the banner.

The banner went on one side of the wreath, the football on the other.

The letters and a bow out of gold and purple ribbon completed the wreath.

Sorry about the last picture, it was fixing to storm so it was getting dark outside and the flash on the camera was working perfectly. 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A Funny Thing Happened

On the way to the forum....

OK, not really the forum, more like the shower.

I pulled my t-shirt off, forgetting that my glasses were perched up on my head, 

not on my nose where they should be, and pulled the glasses off with my t-shirt.

Yep, onto the floor.

A carpeted floor mind you.

Here is what they looked like when I picked them up.

Oh yeah!

I've been needing new glasses for a while.  Even though they are bifocals, I was having to take them off or

shove them on top of my head to be able to read.  I just kept putting it off. I mean it was so bad that my 

glasses stayed on the desk more than on my face at work.  

My co-workers made fun of me. 

But forget the bifocal part.  My left eye is -4.75!  I know that's horrible. 

Actually, it's better, it used to be -5.25, but I digress.

I can't see to drive.  Well, I could but it would not be safe for anyone really.  I have prescription sunglasses.  But at night, well it'd be bad!

And this happened after 5 yesterday. 
I was freaking, wondering if I would be able to get in to see anyone today.

I had heard about a place in the town near me that will have your glasses ready in an hour and they took our insurance. So I called this morning.  AND they got me in, this morning.  I had just enough time to get dressed and get to the appointment.  Not only that my glasses were ready in two hours!

Sorry about the fuzziness of the pic, don't know if you can tell but my eyes are still way dilated.  Blah.

Hope you have a great weekend!