Fall Fever

We had a little something running through the house this past week that left me down for the count. A pounding headache, fever, and nausea......not fun. What was the old saying..."an apple a day keeps the doctor away" I am not buying that one......cause you know we had our fill of apples around here:)

Since I was feeling a little under the weather, We pretty much cleared the calendar this weekend and stayed put. Nick was at his Dad's which worked out well for him....he was able to avoid the germs. I didn't want to miss his soccer game though, so I did go to the game to catch him in action. They had a tough game....they were down so many kids due to illness, that they all had to play the entire game with no breaks. They were short one player, so the other team agreed to take a player off the field to make things fair. Wouldn't you know it.....Nick's team won the game. It is the first win they have had all year....last spring included. I was so glad that I didn't miss it.....the boys were really excited! Of course, I left the camera at home.....that is rarity.

Since I was already up and out and feeling a little better, I was getting the itch to do a little fall decorating.....yeah, this is the other fever I was talking about:) I stopped by the local greenhouse to buy a couple of things for the front porch. We will go to the pumpkin patch in the next week or two so the kids can pick out pumpkins to carve, but I always go to this particular greenhouse to buy their "Cotton Candy{white}Pumpkins"....they are my absolute FAVORITE....and if you don't get them early, you are usually out of luck. As you can see in the picture, I added a little black and white polkadot grosgrain ribbon to pretty up the pumpkins and my urns{There is an identical urn on the other side of the porch}.


Someone had her own ideas for the "baby pumpkins"....that is what she calls them.


She snatched the little pumpkins and gourds and ran out back on the deck to play with them......she lined them up over and over again. Something she does with everything...remeber THIS POST.


Soon she discoverd the "baby pumpkins" made good balls.....they rolled easily:)


"Roll it back to me Mommy"


Needless to say....these "baby pumpkins" never made it to the front porch. She carried them around with her all weekend. Saturday night she wanted to take them to bed with her. We made a deal and she agreed to leave them on her nightstand........but when she woke up Sunday morning, I found her sitting in bed holding them. She is so excited for Halloween......I can only imagine Christmas this year!!