Pondering Ponteuf

Roll with it.

I tend to find that at this time of year our rhythm seems to go out of the window.What with the sugar highs of Halloween,crazy meal plans and trying to get christmas organized before the clock strikes twelve, rhythm just doesn't happen.I don't cope with change very well.Therapists in three states will second that:0) But for the sake of my munchkins,I am trying very hard to let things go.TRYING.VERY.HARD!!

So these days I give myself a list of three things.That is it.And at the top of that list I always put::Make bread.That way I always find time for it.I find this to be very calming.Even when an inquisitive toddler wants to see just how much flour he can blow across the kitchen or Griffin decides that throwing the dough up to the ceiling when Mummy dashes to the loo is much more fun than rolling boring balls!!

I thoroughly enjoy it.I had a trusty recipe that worked well for us. Remember change and me? Well one of my favorite bloggers wrote this post a while back and it sounded so yummy that I just had to try it.It only took me three weeks to do so!! Thanks Stephanie.<3

Anyway it has since been passed on to at least three neighbors who all declare it delicious and easy so if you haven't already tried it,do so:0)

The go very well with homemade chicken noodle soup .A sure thing for a clean bowl:0)

Fall prince

Yesterday was a fun day.

Firstly I dropped off Isabella and Griffin at school and wandered into town to splurge on a celebratory cup of coffee.This is a treat for both myself and Oliver who has a penchant for the black and white cookies.He takes after his father that one.It was beautiful morning and we jumped at the chance to collect some leaves along the way.These were for a mobile that we(read:: I) want to make.I figured that it was probably one of the last days to collect some dry fallen leaves.Yup,I was right,today we woke up to rain,rain,rain.

As we were collecting the leaves I remembered a post that I had seen about making crowns out of fallen leaves.I can't for the life of me remember who it was,sorry.I must streamline my blog reading,it gets quite out of control somedays!!

So I plopped myself down there and then and made his crown.I did get some funny looks from passers by but Oliver was enthralled and that is what I cared about.

Voila.

Just look at that dirty face.It wasn't even 9am.A sure sign that a good day was in store.

The cheeky elf was lots of fun yesterday.

Those wonderful pants that he has on were made by the lovely Carie over at Jack Sprat .Aren't they just darling.

I have been trying my hand at some new crafts this week and boy am I having fun.I will share some pics of my first attempts once the babes hand them over.

Cheerio

Now that's what I'm talking about

YES WE CAN!!!!

I am off to celebrate with a nice cuppa char,a box of kleenex and the above video on repeat!!

See you tomorrow:0)

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Self portrait Tuesday.

Watching,willing,hoping,praying.

You have a voice,be heard.

VOTE.TODAY.

I want candy.......

Well halloween has been and gone.Next up,Thanksgiving!Oh my,this time of year is such fun but it seems to go a mile a minute and come January 1st, we are left spinning in our spot wondering where on earth the past year went.This year I am determined to soak it all in more.Make it more enjoyable for everyone.(this means me and Papa too) I am sure that with this economic unrest we are not the only ones scaling it back,A.LOT.Though to be quite honest,I am glad.I don't want my babes growing up thinking that christmas = I want,I want,I want.I would like to bring the focus back to family,fun,a few treats,sharing and caring.More on that later in the month but for now here are some picture from our evening.

Waiting to go trick or treating.

Sneaky fingers.

Off to save the world from too much sugar!

Extremely bored of all Mummy's photo taking and trying hard (not that hard) not to show it!!

Do you know how many people called Oliver a cow!!! Dalmation my friends,dalmation!!

Stuffing his bag with leaves.

Isabella has the royal wave down pat!

Cheeky chops

I stayed at home and waited for the hoards of ghouls and goblins to come and empty the basket.Boy did they empty it!!

When Papa and the babes returned I gently reminded them of our friend the candy witch.The babes each choose twelve pieces of candy from their bags(one a month until the next sugar fest)and then they hang the bags on the door for the candy witch.The candy witch comes and takes the rest of the candy,she then flies around the world sprinkling it on the houses of the children who are less fortunate than ourselves.To thank my babes she leaves a little treat (this year it was a little dinosaur each for the boys and a playmobil person for Isabella and her collection) in their bags so that they don't come down to empty bags.Generally they are so engaged in playing with their new treat that the candy is a distant memory.It works for us:0)

I hope that you all had a fun and safe halloween.

~~~~~~~~~HAPPY NOVEMBER~~~~~~~~~~~