This past summer, my hair got a little too blond...so I went back to my natural color...although it keeps fading and won't stay that dark...
After I dyed my hair, X and I grabbed the camera for some clowning around fun.
X was taking the pictures of me and asked me to make a silly and scary face combo---I gave it my best shot.
On September 15, my amazing sister, Maranda, gave birth to a beautiful little girl, Brynley Elizabeth. Brynley has an older brother, Jack, who is not thrilled about having a new baby in his home...but we know he'll warm up soon...how can one not fall in love with someone so absolutely cute.
Here are some cute pictures taken of the kids right before a school open house. X was sooo excited about starting kindergarten.
Here are cookies X and I made for her new teacher. We presented them at the open house the evening before the first day of school.
The X Factor has a new bed...well, two new beds. It is a bed with a trundle bed underneath. Perfect for our new tradition...a monthly mommy daughter sleepover. We have had two so far, but here are pictures from our first one. It has been a blast. However, the troll sheets, which came from the bed (the bed was a very generous present from her Nannie), have been banned. At the last sleep over as I was getting ready to make the bed, X-Factor said "Mommy, can you please find other sheets and never ever again use those troll ones...they scare me...they are creepy, naked, and hair just should never look like that!"
So now the sheets are plain white...nothing scary about that. :-)
At bedtime, X looked and me and earnestly asked: "Mommy, what is the future and how do I get there???"
Here are a few pictures of our new home. These were taken of the outside a few weeks after we moved in.
The X-Factor and I took turns taking pictures of our new neighborhood while on a walk a few weeks ago. The pix were taken in August...it is no longer short-sleeve weather here.
Our neighbor's home (mansion). I'm dying to see the inside.
I simply ADORE the blue house on the right.
I love, love, love the brick streets 
Ya'll...this last move has done me in...well not really but it has knocked my bloggy mojo completely out of whack. I have not been updating this blog and I have not been reading blogs...
What I have been doing instead is...
I'm not sure why my sister Maranda and I refer to each other as "Sister Sledge." It is something she started a few years ago and it stuck. Maranda is like that...funny and witty. She's also incredibly creative, a devoted mother and wife, and a sweet and loving person.
I am truly blessed to have known her for 31 years!
Happy birthday little Sister Sledge! I love you.
X-Factor was quite entertaining during our dinner conversation this evening. Mrs. N was telling her the story of how she and Dr. N first met. After describing their first encounter, she continued, "and then...." X-Factor then finished the sentence, "you went on a play date?" That's right little one, Mommy and Daddy went on a play date.
Later, Dr. N was complaining about the tomato sauce stains on her shirt. X-Factor countered, "I saw on TV, you can get this Kaboom, and you put some in the wash, and it comes out all white." Maybe you've been watching too much TV, little one. Hmmm? On second thought, have you considered a career as a pitchman?
