I just asked Little to put dead batteries in the charger while I put the ready ones in her Leapad and as she walked out of the room she said, “I’m going to ask Dad to do it because I am not 38 yet.” Now that’s reasoning I never thought to use.

Two weekends ago Bubba had a birthday party in a part of town that is about twenty minutes away. We were a little late leaving the house because little people were dawdling and once I got into the van I realized I had NO gas. Once we were on our way, with a full tank, Bubba started announcing the time to me like this. . .”Mom, the clock says 9:58. We are going to be late. How far is AbraKIDabra? The clock says 9:59.” Then came the kicker, “Could you find me a new mom who can get me to birthday parties on time?” I replied, “I’ll start looking.”

Just yesterday I was talking to a friend and lost track of time. I scooted down the hall to pick up Bubba and told him we would have to walk FAST because we still had to pick up Little and get to the doctor. Then I added, absentmindedly, “Mommy messed up. Again. Seems I do that quite a bit.” I hear a monotone, “yeah.” Nice. I added, “Guess it’s a good way for me to remember how much I need Jesus everyday.”

There was no Castle last night. Honey is teaching a class on Monday nights and I just couldn’t watch it without him. You may have heard my internal cries as the minutes passed and a friend even wrote to tell me she was watching. Do not write and tell me what happened and do NOT call my house tonight – I have a double date with Honey and Nathan Fillion.

What’s happening at your house?

Bubba lost his other front tooth just in time for school pictures.  It seems storybook perfect to have a snaggle-tooth little boy getting his first grade photo taken.  I love it!!!

It’s the Autumnal Equinox.  I would not have known that term if I didn’t live in the house with a seven year old who is completely taken with calendars and remembers dates as if they were popular radio tunes.  It’s also my sister-in-law’s birthday (Happy Bday, Brooke!) which I would remember because people are my thing. . . not dates and times.

Anyway, it’s the Autumnal Equinox.  The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night.” Today is the day where there is exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness at the equator.  See, “because Earth doesn’t orbit upright, but is instead tilted on its axis by 23-and-a-half degrees, Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres trade places in receiving the sun’s light and warmth most directly. We have an equinox twice a year – spring and fall – when the tilt of the Earth’s axis and Earth’s orbit around the sun combine in such a way that the axis is inclined neither away from nor toward the sun.”(earthsky.org)

That’s all fancy talk for “it’s the first day of Fall, Ya’ll!”

That meant a visit to my “I Like Autumn” Pinterest board to see what would be up next on  my to do list.  (I try to keep things real and DO the stuff I pin or the site seems more like a temptress than a tool.) One of the things I found was this Fall Fun board.  Look familiar? It worked so well for us this summer, I thought it would be fun to have a fall list too.  I couldn’t get the printable to download because my computer administrator (Honey) has security set in such a fashion that the site was blocked, SO I figured I would just make my own!!!

You have to print them both as 12×18 prints and then put them in a 12×36 frame (found at Michael’s and VERY affordable with weekly coupons).  Then you can just write on the glass with a sharpie and wash it off later with Windex and a rag!

You can download your own copies if you would like!! The first half is here and the bottom is here.  I hope you enjoy! Happy AED! (Autumnal Equinox Day)