What do you mean there’s only two months and five days until Christmas?

Ha! Here are my favorites from the week!

1. The pants headed my way from JCrew.

2. My current hair routine.

3. The important book.

4. Weekend catch phrase.

5. Lovely illustrations.

6. The Greek meatballs the boys declared their current favorite.

7. Tinkerbell lounge shoes.

8. S’mores bars for weekend snacking.

9. Travel green. Island green, please. Keep me out of the mountains!

10. Pork wontons for football Saturday.

11. Craft jar organization.

12. Spiderweb sticks.

13. Ruffles + a button down.

It’s Fri-yay!

Here are my favorites from the week!

1. Feeling fall.

2. The golden snitch!

3. Sisters first.

4. Updated room with some of J’s favorite colors and theme.

5. This guy stole my “go to your room point” after getting tackled.

6. Lip stain for fall fresh.

7. Outfit done and done.

8. Book list for A.

9. Weeknight risotto.

10. Animal print booties to contrast fall neutrals.

11. Fresh and glowy.

12. Weekend wear with the best slides.

J making a careful choice of what to use his Target gift card on after getting his flu shot.

It’s finally Fall temps here, so I already have my eye on the perfect winter jacket.

The sheet pan chicken I’m cooking next week, and the skillet chicken Parmesan I made this week.

Styling a floral midi dress here and here

I reference this book when discussing the walls of my work building. I feel like I need to read it again as an adult to see if I’m indeed accurate with my comparison.

I laughed so much over these Game of Thrones memes.

Prepping our yard for Fall, and it feels like Fall! This week, anyway.

These tahini cookies would be a great way to use tahini, besides making hummus.

And finally, A asked at dinner why he needed to learn cursive, and like magic I found an article.

This week has been ultra busy, which is why I’m just now sitting down on Saturday and blogging. The boys had a great first week of school and we are officially back in Scouts, sports, and school work! Let the new year begin!

If you have extra patience on your hands, make tortillas.

Visiting Oahu with kids, outside of Waikiki.

If you want to know stress…help out with kindergarten lunch.

Thinking about making this confetti cake with the boys for my birthday.

I have a slight obsession with costume design, so I’ve been reading through the rhetoric purpose of outfits from Game of Thrones.

Crispy eggplant sounds like a perfect meal to me!

Picking the right yoga pants.

A cute globe for decor.

An inviting study set-up.

Well….gross.

And finally, J and I are going to be joining B and A on Cub Scout camp outs this year. I’m already planning and have this hoodie & these leggings on my list. Because yes, I’m a girly girl who thinks of camping according to outfits.

Getting in one of our summer goals: sleepover!

Picking the perfect paint brush.

Experiencing all of the extremes of California.

A Star Wars hotel…sign every dude in my family up.

Don’t believe Michelle Tanner from season 2 of Full House. Dirt is good!

A week of outfits.

Creating the perfect brow. Did you know that your eyebrows regrow every three months? Indeed.

A beautiful, modern, light filled house.

And finally, finding inspiration from Paris. So classic!

All lined up after a day of model rocket creating, swimming, and playing outside watching the start of the newest Minecraft: Story Mode. The best of summer!

Simple, girly, and somewhat sporty summer outfit.

Books about wonder to read with the boys.

Such fancy pasta!

A bench to put on my next summer to do list.

How I love sunflowers.

Effortlessly adding woven wall art.

A panda array of solar power. Both mathematical, ecological, and adorable.

The reason why our Grandparents are just “resting their eyes” in the afternoon.

Inspiration arrives when…

And finally, why constraints are important in creating a narrative, definitely using these ideas as an activity in my speech class!

Oh to swing with abandon!

Styling out a future patio that’s more than just a concrete slab.

A kitchen filled with lovely plants and light.

Great tips for backpacking with kids, I’m going to need this in the fall for Cub Scouts!

And with that backpacking, some camp food ideas.

Chex Mix all dressed up for the Fourth of July.

A three part system for organizing kids clothes, love this idea for changing seasons.

The history of Pho. The boys will love learning about this because someone made Pho on their current favorite reality show, The Next Food Network Star.

Figuring out how to organize Legos…I’m sorry this is hilarious. Just put those things in the biggest bin you can find and dream on, my friends.

Playground equipment at night in Japan. Awesome? Creepy? I can’t decide.

And finally, summer hats!

Party of five.

The Woman in White is a vintage classic that I’ve added to my reading list.

A panzenella summer salad of grilled peppers and torn mozzarella.

A book of summer memories. I’m getting started on this!

Put a label on it.

A mud cloth American flag, such a lovely idea for The Fourth of July.

Stylish pieces to move you through all of summer.

The home edit is the Instagram I can’t stop scrolling through.

Chocolate chip rosemary scones to make with our new fresh herbs!

Croissants taste better in France. Science says so!

A little s’mores popcorn for all of our summer binge watching. Currently the boys are catching up on Star Wars Rebels and B and I are watching House of Cards & The Chef’s Table on Netflix.

And finally, a dramatic sleeve once, twice. I feel a fall trend emerging!