I was excited to be the featured writer for Behind the Moment this month! Did anyone read it? Ha!  Hopefully I was able to share some helpful tips to anyone doing the 365 project who has not been as keeping up with it as well as they’d hoped or to someone who is planning to start it soon.

I also had another post on The Affordable Mouse this week that I hope everyone will check out. It’s been a busy week for me on the internet. I’m staying busy writing and I absolutely love it.

Aside from writing, I’ve also been staying busy by having lots of fun with my family as summer winds down. I published my Summer wrap-up post yesterday and can’t believe how much we crammed into this summer that has flown by WAY too fast.

Now I’m linking up with Mindi, Sarah, and Stephanie for week 36 of Catch the Moment 365.  Am I the only one who is subtracting whatever week we are on from 52 every week now, and cringing because I can’t believe the number of weeks between now and Christmas is in the teens!? GAG.

246/365: September 3rd. S’mores ice cream with a chopped up Reese cup on top. Because it was 10pm and no picture had been taken yet. And because, damn, that was good.  I wish I had a big fat bowl of it again right now. 

247/365: September 4th. Just doing a little topless artwork while Mom cooks dinner.

248/365: September 5th. Speaking of S’mores… Camping at Jellystone Mammoth Cave in Kentucky with my family.

249/365: September 6th. My sister and her adorable family. LOVE & miss them so much.

250/365: September 7th. Unfortunately Theo woke up Sunday not feeling well so we cut our trip short and headed home early. I took Dexter to the park while Theo rested. Dexter looooved exploring. And the 1:1 time with mommy.

251/365: September 8th. YAY! After a day of resting at home with Dad, Theo was feeling all better. Some fresh air and dinner outside was nice.

252/365: September 9th. Proudly wearing their Jellystone/Yogi & Friends shirts that we tie-dyed at the campground to school Tuesday. They are a little brighter and more colorful in person, I promise. Although they did fade/blend some when I washed them. I’d never tie-dyed anything before but now I’m obsessed with trying again!

So that was our week in a nutshell. Besides Theo getting sick, it was a good one. My favorite pictures this week are 249 (my sister and her family at Jellystone) & 250 (Dexter exploring the park). Which one(s) do you like best, hmm?

xo,

~C~

We went to a concert, visited with Ryan’s family, and worked hard in the yard over Labor Day weekend. All in all, it was a good mix of being home and getting out on the town. Time with friends, time with family. No complaints from this gal!

Linking up my week 35 of Catch the Moment 365 with Mindi from Simply Stavish, Stephanie from Behind the Camera and Dreaming, and Sarah from Nurse Loves Farmer.

239/365: August 27th – I got the boys some sleeping bags for an upcoming camping trip and they had fun testing them out in the living room.

240/365: August 28th – We took the boys to a local cupcake shop to reward Dexter for an accident-free week after struggling with adjusting to pre-school. They were proud of their “big bellies” after eating their treats. 

241/365: August 29th – Feeding the ducks and fish some bread after pick-up from the babysitter.

242/365: August 30th – Tailgating with our good friends before the fantastic, wonderful, fabulous, oh-so-fun Luke Bryan concert.

243/365: August 31st – We woke up Sunday morning and Ryan mowed while I de-weeded part of the jungle that has taken over our front beds.  The summer has been pretty mild and wet – usually by this point in the summer the grass is dead and weeds aren’t much of an issue.  As you can see, a month of ignoring the weeds didn’t really work this year. It started pouring rain so we called it a day and went to Ryan’s parents for most of the day Sunday and spent the night.

244/365: September 1st – Labor Day.  We left Ryan’s parents around 11am and got back to work at home.  After more weeding, digging up a dead bush, and ripping out very stubborn ivy, I could barely walk the next day. Our house, from the front anyway, looks a million times better. Now we just have to stay on top of it and keep working on getting rid of that ivy. Who ever thought that crap was a good idea???

245/365: September 2nd – Our long weekend came to an end as we transitioned back to normal life. Preschool, work, dinner, baths, and bedtime stories.  I feel like I repeat “not right now” too many times when they ask for attention because I’m “busy” cooking, cleaning, working, or otherwise occupied with day to day necessary tasks.  I really treasure story time and bedtime (even when it drives me crazy) because that’s at least 1 hour when they have our nonstop, undivided attention.  I love that we reconnect as a family at the end of every day.

Shoot, I know I shouldn’t like my own pictures this much and I feel like a broken record saying I can’t decide which I like best, but I can’t help it. Every picture means something to me. I love my silly boys at the cupcake shop (240), the concert (242) and both before and after progress shots of our landscaping (243-44). Oh right, and the bedtime one (245). So yeah – like I said… I suck at this.

Since I’m biased, you tell me. Which picture(s) do YOU like best?

xo,

~C~