It’s Beginning to Look a lot like …Fall!

Yep, it’s Fall in the Masterson house.  I love to decorate and Fall is one of my favorite times of year!  Fall starts off a busy 3 months for us, October, November, and December.  And I think everyone is the same way, right?  We have the carnivals and Halloween parties and then we move on to Thanksgiving.  Some of us start shopping for Christmas in November.  And then there’s December, the busiest time of year for us.  Decorating, shopping, cooking, parties, etc.  Well, like I said, its a busy 3 months for us. 

But I start decorating for Fall in September!  Yep, I love it!  The earlier the better!  By September, I am sick of the heat, and ready for some cooler weather.  Oh, and don’t forget college football! 

So, to celebrate Fall, I make the IT Guy get out all of the fall and Halloween decorations. 

I start with the Halloween village.  We use to start putting the Halloween village up at the end of August because it takes us a couple of days to get it completely set up with the trees, moss, and leaves.  So, I put it up early to enjoy it for a month or so.  What?  I like my Halloween village, ok?  Gimme a break!  It’s not like I put my Christmas tree up in August!!!  Not that I haven’t thought about it but I haven’t!

So here’s the Halloween Village in the beginning stages of setting it up: 

As you can see, it’s a process!  And Miss Emma loves to help!

This is the broken down Manor, and the ghost flying around on the inside!  OOOH!  Spooky!  Not really.

This is the fun house and the costume shop!  And the pretty barn on the left!

This is what the finished project looks like.  The trees and the fences are up.  The hedges edge the houses.  And a few leaves sprinkled around! 

I love all the little people on their way to trick or treat!  

  

 

All finished!!!

So, we’re ready for Halloween in this house!  But I still have some other things that I have done to decorate my house for Fall.  More on that later!

I heart Etsy

It’s true, I love it!  I find all sorts of cute stuff.  From scrapbooking to clothes, and everything in between.

Etsy is an online store where people sell their handmade items.  I mostly look at the girls clothes, and scrapbooking supplies.  And trust me, I found some great stuff.  Some stuff can be expensive but most of it is really quite affordable.  Like this:

Cute eh?  Yeah it’s all handmade.  Well, I mean the pants and shirt weren’t made by the lady but the ruffles on the bottom and the appliqué flower with her name embroidered are and the little touches of ribbon were made by her.  And to top it off she had a black and white polka dot bow to match!  Uh hello?  Total cuteness! 

You know what the first thing out of Emma’s mouth was?  Those look like the pants off of Mamma Mia!  I couldn’t believe it!  I was hoping to get “Mamma I love it”.  But oh no, I got “Mamma that looks like the pants in the Mamma Mia movie”!

When I took her to school, every teacher almost had a heart attack.  Some even asked if they could have them so they could wear them!  Of course, Miss Thing was enjoying the attention, and was showing off! She loves clothes and shoes as much as her mother!

But wait that’s not the only outfit I bought!  I bought this cute little outfit by another vendor.  I love Amy Butler fabric and this was made out of one of her gorgeous patterns.  Loved that too.  But these pants are called Samurai pants.  Too precious!  And of course Emma looks darling!

So, now I am addicted to surfing sites on Etsy!  This has been a favorite past time for me for the last couple of weeks.  But with so many cute clothes to choose from, is it any wonder? 

So, I think the IT Guy is going to have to put a limit on what I can buy and when I can buy because I have no self control!  None!  Whatsoever! 

I know this is what you really want

Yeah, I know the reason that most of you read my blog is to look at pictures of Emma….that’s ok. Because I won’t be posting too many pictures of myself!  I hate pictures of myself!  And really, who likes pictures of themselves anyway?  So don’t get all holier than thou and berate me for not posting pictures of myself, because it ain’t gonna happen!  No matter how much you gripe at me!

Ok, moving on!  Emma lost her first tooth!  Yay!  I mean at least for her it is!  The tooth fairy totally out did herself.  I mean $2!  Wow, I was lucky to get $1.  I mean, by the time I was in first grade, I had most of my permanent teeth!  I looked like a freak in Kindergarten.  So, the tooth fairy was out a little money that year!  I don’t hold it against her! 

We didn’t even know her tooth was loose, but apparently Emma didn’t either because when it came out, she looked totally freaked out!  She was holding her tooth in one hand and a cookie in the other!  She had this bewildered look on her face, like how did this tooth get into my hand?

Yeah there’s that fake smile that I love so dearly.  Hours upon hours I see this smile when trying to get her to pose for me, and usually this is the smile that I get.  Geez!

Here’s something else we’ve been doing a lot here lately:

Yes Emma is playing soccer.  And I can’t wait for the season to be over.  Seriously, I don’t like it.  Now I played soccer when I was little and Robert played too, but oh my goodness, this is so boring.  Emma told Robert the other day that she like T-Ball better than soccer, and secretly I was glad.  She was an awesome T-Ball player, but not so much with soccer.  Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she has no direction from her coach, or the fact that he doesn’t teach them any of the basic skills that they need to play.  But regardless, I can’t wait for the soccer season to be over with. 

But she looks cute in her uniform, though, doesn’t she?

She looks really intent and very focused.  Too bad she was thinking about going to the bathroom, instead of what was going on in the game!