Emmy and Mommy take on Barnes & Noble

I had the PLEASURE of taking Monday off because the live-in had the day off (we can no longer be accused of treating her unfairly!). Em and I had a girl's day at Barnes and Noble- treated ourselves to a snack in the cafe and then wrecked havoc on the train set. Best girls day everrrrrrr!!!

White Bean Chicken Chili

Yum.....thank you Paula Deen for your white bean chicken chili with almost a cup of butter (WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT CHILI HAD BUTTER IN IT?!). Naturally we had some cornbread dripping with butter on the side next to a cold Pumpkin ale. Finished it off with some of the just released Godiva chocolate "gems"......whoa.....feeling like a fat man in a little coat a bit.

Uh-oh! This was NOT on the bucket list!

Emily has found.....her voice. I don't mean her raspberry-blowing greetings to strangers, I don't mean her terradactyl scream at inopportune moments. No, yesterday Emily had her first full-fledged TEMPER TANTRUM! For some reason she finds the crate holding all of Taylor's goodies (i.e.: his smelly alternate collar, his highly dangerous prong collar, etc.) incredibly interesting. She insists on crawling around the house with his prong collar which means we are one delicate move away from her impaling herself. SO, yesterday, like usual, I took the collar away from her- said, "No ma'am" (because Southern charm has worked so well for me all these years) and tried to move her on to something else. Well......Em proceeded to throw herself dramatically on the floor and sob- perhaps she was channeling her best impression of Scarlett O'Hara to match my Southern admonition? Either way- I was horrified. I will try to get a good picture of this to go along with this description.

Emily the Sagittarius

Gratitude Jar = YUPS!

Our gratitude jar......(or fishbowl- too bad everything we own is in Grammy's basement, improvisation is key when you're living like a nomad).

Every day we'll add things we're grateful for....on Thanksgiving we'll go back and read them.

Andy says thank you, Pinterest! He is SUPER excited to get in touch with his feelings :)

Happy Halloween Monkey Style!

First we trick-or-treated at Heather and Wes'- THEY HAVE STAIRS THERE! Forget the candy! Emily spent her evening working it out! Then we went over to Meredith and Alex's for some amazing chili, playing with "big girls" Lilly and Cara, and kisses from Savannah :)