Ever since I went to Disneyland last week and saw all of their Halloween decorations I have been in the Halloween mood. So I pull out the big box of Halloween items from the garage and started to decorate. P is at an age where she wants to help and was eager to help my hanging up skeletons and tape and stick items all over the house. I bought some new decorations at Target to spruce up the old that we had. For this week's playdate with our neighbor, Julia we decided to do some baking. Or rather, I decided. I love baking and decorating so I baked up some cupcakes and had them ready along with mini decorating stations for the girls to do after school. It was a big success and a lot of fun!
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of ...
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