BEAUTIFUL NOVEMBER!!

I just have to note, that although it may be November by the calendar, it is August by the thermometer!!! Wow! what gorgeous weather. The Weather Network tells me it is a lovely 20 degrees outside of my Christmasy-decorated home!!! Why am i not out there?????? Because i am crazy! no, actually because there are babies sleeping for nap time... ooooh i want to be outside! Soon... soon soon soon.

Okay, the above cute picture is Julia practicing her Teddy Bear For Christmas dance for the Christmas Open House that her dance school puts on at the local theater. Should be.... interesting. hahaha and CUTE. Anyway, Sam is SO INTO copying his sis (and anyone) that he grabbed a teddy and tried to follow along!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA. IT WAS SO CUTE!
TODAY WAS PANCAKE DAY! and oooh we had fun. Dave made THE BEST pancakes ever (they tasted like Christmas) and we had all sorts of toppings. Then Carla and Kathryn and Karli and Mark joined us for a lovely pj party!! (thanks to the folks that brought fun little extras!! it was awesome to have you join us!! we will do this again soon)
Sorry for the underwear in this shot, oops!! The pancake party turned into a story party soon after the food was gone.... so nice to have aunti's and adopted aunti's and such!

Some of our Christmas decore.... we set everything up on the first day of november, so delightful! i ABSOLUTELY love the lights. there is something about dimly lit rooms and star lights and candle lights..... the atmosphere becomes so calm and cheery.... aaaaaawwwwh. i love it.
glass vase full of totally homemade 'potporri' (spell??). i dried oranges, apples, cranberries, added some pinecones and long-wood-like seeds from a tree in town and an old bead strand... so pretty. :)