Little man sleeping

I love to go take a peek at my little ones while they are sleeping. It is one of the sweetest moments and helps me remember what little angels they really are. I checked on Morgan this morning while I was getting Kendle ready for school and he was still completely out, which is rare, he's usually my alarm clock around 6:30 in the morning. He looked so peaceful and content that I had to get my camera and take a picture-

He really is my little sweetheart, I can't believe what a happy baby he is. I'll need pictures like these to look back on when he's 13 and won't clean his room or mow the lawn.

Letting it all go, and picking it back up.

Sometimes I start to feel kind of dowdy. Mundane. Boring. Sloppy. Blah. Kind of like I'm lettin it all go. When you are a stay at home mom, there are days when you can barely get out of the house into the free world to make some sort of human contact, so why bother doing your hair or wearing something cute? My uniform consists of jeans, t-shirt with a zip-up hoodie over it sometimes, tennis shoes and pony tail. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? It gets to the point sometimes where I only style my hair and wear makeup once or twice a week. I always swore I would never be one of those moms who let themselves go and wore "mom" jeans. I asked Riley the other day, "Do these jeans look like mom jeans?" He gave them the once over and said no they didn't, (lucky for him). I could say that when I was younger there was probably a little vanity there, I never went anywhere without looking put together. Now I can honestly say that most of the time I just don't care. Why is that I wonder?

And I have to just mention, I think there is a huge clothing market missing out there for the in-betweener's. You don't want to look like you're trying to be 16, but you don't want to wear what your mother is wearing (No offense mom, you look great). Case in point, I love American Eagle, but every time I go in their store I feel like they look at me like, "Lady you and your stroller are bringing our coolness factor way down".

What brought this whole blog post on though, was that this morning when I picked up Kendle from morning kindergarten, I saw something really sad. I won't tell you what the person was wearing, but it made me feel bad for them. As I got in the car to head home I thought about myself and what my feel-good ratio is these days. So I'm trying hard to remember that it's important to take care of myself and feel good about doing it. My biggest excuse is that I don't have enough time anymore, but I'm working on that. It's not vanity or being selfish, it's taking pride in yourself and who you are. We are hardworking moms and we're worth it.

Thank Goodness it's Friday

Remember the old days when TGIF used to mean a big bowl of popcorn and this:

















Then in high school and college it meant hanging out with your girlfriends or going on a date with a cute guy.

I love getting out and having a real date with Riley, but after a crazy stressful week, I just want to stay home and do this:

And that's exactly what we're doing tonight. Sometimes there's nothing better than a date night where you can wear comfy sweats and eat fatty food. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere. It must be October.

Today is the day that I unpacked my fall decorations. I love doing this and look forward to it.

Kendle loves to help me and place some decorations in her room as well. I remember when I was a child, we would beg my mom to get out the holiday decorations and make the house look festive. This year I have a lot of pumpkins placed around my home. It might be a bit overkill, but I love them.

Can you tell that I love black?

Now, I'm officially in the mood for the season. Did anyone count how many pumpkins there were?