Hello there, dear friends...
Happy Halloween to those of you celebrating today! I'm super excited for tonight! I've told you this before, but I'm not big on Halloween in and of itself, however, we see Halloween as a great chance to be a blessing to our neighbors......a chance to fill up little ones' candy buckets with treats......a chance to chat with moms and dads that happen by. And this year, more than any other in recent history, we've got the perfect opportunity to really interact with our neighbors because we happen to have the cutest puppy in the 'hood, who has become quite popular around these parts! Haha. Windsor "knows" lots of our neighbors now and whether he knows them or not, he's alllllways willing to lovingly lick a hand or sniff a shoe or stand not-quite-still while you pet him and give him some lovin'! He's a very social little boy, that puppy of ours, and so we're excited to dress him up in his basketball player costume (which, admittedly may only stay on him long enough to snap some pictures), and take him outside with the giant candy bowl, where we'll sit outside this year and let him be a part of all the action. Usually, we'd stay inside and let the kiddies ring the doorbell and say "trick-or-treat", but this year since the weather's so nice, we've decided to sit outside and let him watch as the kids parade around the neighborhood, from house to house. He looooooves to sit and watch people's comings and goings. Kind of cracks me up, how long he can sit and just watch the neighbors. So tonight, he'll be in hog heaven, getting to not only watch lots of people walking around, but also getting to interact with so many as they come to our house. Should be a fun, fun night for Win, the puppy! And that, my friends, means that it'll be a very fun night for Dawn, the mama! :)
Bart fixed his famous chili last night, for the first time this season, in preparation for tonight. We'll have chili for dinner -- it's our tradition -- we usually have chili on Halloween. Fixing it last night, means that tonight we can just be outside for awhile with Win tonight and not have to worry about "making" dinner once we come in. Plus, let's face it, chili's usually better the second day anyway, right? :)
So all of these pictures I'm sharing with you today, are of our neighbors' tree. I LOVE this tree. As in, it's currently my favorite tree in the neighborhood. And how blessed are we, that we get to go outside and look at it every single day? (or 14 times a day, depending on how many times we have to take Windsor out!) :)
This tree is spectacular right now -- the orange leaves in all their glory, are practically glowing. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it seems to me that the trees around here that usually turn red in the fall, didn't get quite as bright red as they usually do. But the oranges? Ohhhhh, the oranges. They're magnificent! Truly. And this tree is the most magnificent of them all. I hope we see those particular neighbors tonight so that I can tell them how much I love their tree and how happy I am to live next door.
Seriously......just look at that color!
And when you stand underneath and shoot up thru the leaves??? Magic.
I hope that whatever you're doing tonight, you stay safe and you have fun with your family! I certainly plan to have a great evening with my little family.
I'll pop back in as soon as I can (maybe even tonight) with pictures of Win the basketball player and Bart the referee! Haha! Can't wait.
I'll also be back late tonight with my Senior Design Team post for Papertrey. I hope you'll join me!
Much love, Dearies....
OH, almost forgot...... in case you didn't see it, there are tons of Studio Calico goodies on sale for 25% off at Two Peas today!! Happy shopping!
