so, this is what the playroom looks like.
and you can’t miss it when you walk in the front door…sort of a welcome to anyone who happens to stop by. …and while i have quite exhausted myself on the justifications i offer to those who walk in the front door to, say, pick up pictures, drop off groceries, offer help, etc., the whole ‘modified bedrest’ is starting to sound like a big fat excuse to be lazy. so, i’m thinking rather a nice painted sign on the wall that says something like…this is our life. we like it. deal with it.
instead of cleaning, we nest and nuzzle. and bake.
today, she learned how to say “cheesecake,” or as she interprets, keycay.
and it has since been said, oh a trillion times.
mini cheesecakes: the recipe is easy, the results divine. and because they’re little, they look quite precious arranged on a cake platter for any party. and if you’re not having a party, maybe make them when your house is a mess, your husband’s gone, you’ve watched far too many episodes of gilmore girls, and you have nothing better to do.
they’re my mama’s recipe…and you can make them too.
and i know halloween is two months away and counting, but we look forward to it big time. not just the costumes but the way our neighborhood becomes sorta like knott’s landing…but instead of murder, drug smuggling and criminal investigations, it’s neighbors passing hot cider and endless trails of kids circling happy luminaire-lit streets. but the costume part is a major deal for me…perhaps because the old church i went to for awhile when i was little had us thinking halloween was bad and dressing up would surely send us to the depths of hell…so all that pent-up creativity and a few years of costume-less halloweens has snowballed me into costume frenzy, and having a kid makes it even better.
with all that said…sneeky peeky on the girl’s costume this year…
i’ve been dying for stride rite saddle shoes for her forever…just for everyday…and when we found them on e-bay for $12 ($45 brand new!), we figured we’d kill two birds with one stone and knock ’em out for halloween too. of course, there’s more…but you just have to wait ’till halloween for that. oh, how i love october (ah ha ha ha…that’s count dracula’s laugh).
and speakin’ of halloween…want cards of your little honey in their rockin’ costume to pass out to family and friends? want to pass some autumn wishes on with your little all fall-ed up in browns and golds? now’s your time…fall minishoots this september! book now…or forever hold your peace!
there’ll be cider and donuts and haybales…oh my!
more fall-y pictures to come…the weather was not cooperating for what i had in mind. my poor little girl who has to do all my advertising (but tell me the tam-tam hat and the toggle-button sweater aren’t to die for?)
p.s. i officially feel like we are on a deserted island what with the house being so quiet for four days now and trying to refrain from going out and overdoing it. i now speak fluent baby. and dog.
and the song…get it? september? for the mini shoot? feeling oh-so-literal tonight. do you think gettin’ up and dancin’ to this song in my pajamas lies somewhere in the lines of ‘modified bedrest’? what if i only shake it a little bit? that’s the modified part.
…more love a’comin. ~k
Anonymous says
Glad to see someone else has a “played” in playroom. My guest wouldn’t expect anything less at our house. But hey we are livin’ it and rockin’ out to some awesome times. And many memories made.
Heidi says
i want a fall shoot!!! love the saddle shoes…yummy.
mini-cheesecakes are so pretty…maybe i’ll make ’em.
get this…today my brain decided to skip fall and halloween and go straight to christmas…yes, i sung, “have yourself a merry little christmas,” like 25 times tonight.
the sneaky peek…divine.
xoxo
Heidi says
the playrooms not so bad…atleast it gets used;)…and i’m glad your not picking it up. go to bed!!!
Poppa says
Tidy rooms quietly whisper, “They’re gone.” Someday, you will have everything in order, everything in its place…and you will wait by the phone for their calls. Enjoy the mess. Savor the chaos. These are the best times of your life! Love the glimpse of Halloweeen…can’t wait for “The Reveal!” The Fall Shoot sounds delicious…I would fall for that little autumn sprits any day!
April says
i’ve so got a playroom pic to rival yours. watch your e-mail inbox, and you might just get to see it! i don’t have a little bean to protect at the moment, so that excuse is out the door for me. but, hey, that’s what playrooms are for…
play!
i love poppa’s comment. i have to remind myself of that once in awhile.
Tisha says
the hat and sweater are much too cute and fallish! can’t wait for her halloween reveal!
as for the playroom, why bother to clean it up cuz she’ll just mess it up in another couple hours anyway. besides that’s a lot of bending. i say bending is not modified bed rest. when i bend too much i get huge braxton hicks contractions.
oh and now i want cheesecake.
dig this chick says
I want a fall mini shoot. But I am not quite ready for fall yet….it has been crazy cold and rainy here…like high of 65, lows on 40s and rainy with no forest fires and greenish hills…so weird. I want *a bit* more heat. Lainey is so effing cute in her fall garb. And, in addition to the froggy rain boots, they now share another pair of shoes too. My ma bought m those same moccasins.
It must be so hard to be taking it easy but I am happy you are finding the joy in what could be crazy-making. Good on ya. I expect nothing less!
Melissa says
Your Poppa is so right! My husband and I always remind each other that this time with the littles is so fleeting (especially when there is mess involved. right now there are too many small bits of playdough all over our floors to clean up. whatever).
And somehow we skipped ahead to Christmas with said husband playing Mahalia Christmas songs last night.
But Fall is my favorite season! Lainey is so darling in those fall clothes!
Brit Girl says
Friend (if I may be so bold), we have a matching playroom over here and I’m not even on bedrest, modified or otherwise! Also, I shall now be referring to the new season as ‘fall’ – it just sounds so much cooler than the clunky ‘autumn’!
Malu says
I just loved the messy playroom,
sometimes it is good to enjoy the messy places and by the way home is the place for messy…!! Time passes so fast …so enjoy every messy second!!!!
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Anna Ruth says
I want to go make cheesecake now and I don’t even like them. The new picture makes me feel cozy.
Kathya says
Kelle,
I am about to try your recipe for the cheesecake. i am an all organic, homemade, no sugar type of mom but those cheesecakes look amazing and small enough for the little to not eat way too much too.
Or maybe the craving is pregnancy?? i doubt it though.
I will try today by naptime.
My girls will be delighted since we don’t eat sweets around here. i just cant believe i went to the store with just the purpose of buying 2 packages of cream cheese. *blush*
Ohhh… the cravings!