A Night with Bob

I had planned on having an elegantly written piece today on the wonder of seeing Bob Dylan live, but the only thing coming to me is:

Oh my gosh, it was so amazing, 

my face hurts from smiling so much, 

Oh MY Gosh.....

Which honestly could go on and on. But I will spare you all. It was really a fantastic show. He played some of my personal favorites, which was especially nice. Hands down though, the best moment had to be singing along with him to "Like a Rolling Stone". It was one of those nights you'll never forget.

It was super hard to get any pictures because of where we were standing and my being relatively short. But here is one that you can some what make out the stage.

Of course I had the Mr. buy me the concert poster. Which is getting framed and going to find a place on my bedroom wall.

Now it's back to buisness for me.

Until next time.....

~Kayte

Dreams Fulfilled

Most people go through life with a list, be that mental or actually written down, of the things they dream of doing in their life. One of the reasons I'm pretty MIA on bloging this weekend is because one of my dreams is becoming a reality.

Tonight!!!

I'm finally getting to see my all time favorite musician live. I don't think I could even convey how much this means to me. Dylan's music has been a life long companion for me and seeing him live has been a dream since childhood.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is. - Bob Dylan

 I will be back tomorrow to let you guys know how amazing it was and whether or not I got teary eyed :)

Kayte

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  A la SouleMama, Head on over and join in the comments, there are so many great moments.

 Until next time.....

Kayte

stART

This week saw us starting some Thanksgiving themed books and crafts. We've been reading,

"Thanksgiving on Thursday" by Mary Pope Osborne, from the Magic Tree House series. 

It's a chapter book so each day we've read a few. Since this story got us thinking and talking about the things we are thankful for I decided that we should make a thankful centerpiece for our craft.

I grabbed one of the less attractive pumpkins I had laying around and began craving like I would for a jack o lantern. I also added a P for our last name.

Once it was all cleaned out I took some flower foam and cut it down to fit into the pumpkin.

Now that the grown up part was done the kids gathered some fall foliage to decorate our pumpkin with.

We just added until it looked full enough. Using the foam to hold the sticks into place.

Then we painted some wooden skewers brown so they would match our fall colors.

I helped them attach some dried leaves onto the sticks when they were dry.

Then the kids wrote out a couple of things they were thankful for. Then we cut it out and pasted our thankful lists onto the dried leaves.

Our thankful leaves were added to the bouquet. Which we're now enjoying on the dining room table.

The things the kids decided to write were quite interesting. Jael was thankful for her home and family. Ezra was thankful for being born, it was too cute when he said that, art and school. Mateos was thankful for his first mother and fruit snacks. I'm planning on having them add more thankful leaves as we get closer to Thanksgiving.

Until next time.....

Kayte

I've also linked up to Read.Explore.Learn
& abc and 123 Show and Tell

Dedicated to fun

When I finally kicked my but into gear this morning things turned out quite nicely. I've been kind of upset with myself for not having many extra activities planned for this week. But with the upheaval that travels brings I've decided to give us all a pass for the week. So after doing "Power School" (which is what I call cramming as much into two hours as possible) we dedicated the rest of the day to fun.

Brownie Cupcakes

Megamind 

*Which was super awesome. I think I loved it even more than the kids*

A funny side note is that Jael lost a tooth in the middle of the movie.

Then we spent a leisurely time browsing for books.

And we finished the night with a spot of paper dolls.

Then it was grown up dinner time.

Until next time.....

Kayte

Right Now

There is school, activities, and maybe even a fun outing planned for today but Right Now all I want to do is stay here.

Inspired by the Making Life. Check it out, it's very good.

Until later ;)

Kayte

Mondays are for procrastinating....... apparently.

Tomorrow the kids and I are heading back out to PA to hold down the family homestead while both my parents are away traveling. So while my mother is off to Scotland and my father is traveling for buisness the task of caring for Bella and TJ (the horses) fall to my youngest sister and me. 

We all love spending time out there, but the amount of stuff I need to pack for four days of schooling away from home is ridiculous. So today has seen me running around a little crazy. There were also certain things that needed done that called for my full attention.

The first thing being the hair of the littlest one. Which if you parent a child of a different ethnicity can be a big deal. Untangling that mass of curls can take a while so we have a little routine set up that makes it more enjoyable for both of us.

Here he is modeling how it turned out.

 I also had to take lots of self portraits to make the Mr. a card to remember me by while I'm gone ;)

I admit, I may have gotten a bit carried away at this part. But here is what I ended up with.

I also learned a very valuable lesson today. While your upstairs in the bathroom taking self indulgent pictures of yourself, don't forget that you left Bravo on the TV downstairs. Because your kids might just watch The Rachel Zoe show and decide you need a makeover. I kid you not. When I went into my room I found the "fabulous" outfit they set out for me to wear.

Ah well, it's back to packing for me now. I've gotta nip this procrastinating in the bud.

Until next time.....

~Kayte