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Gosh. The weekend is upon us yet again and this one will be slightly busier for me. I will be at the USC tailgating event on Saturday (anyone coming?) and then it is my grandma’s 85th birthday party in the evening and sometime between all the busyness we will be doing some readying for Halloween. I just know this weekend is going to fly by, but at the end of it, begins my birthday week… yay!!!

Learned and links…

– Soul’s says, “I love you”, but it is more like “I you you”.

– True is way too shy and it shows on her official kindergarten picture. I can’t wait to share it!

– I left the house with all 4 girls by myself twice this week for doctor appointments and the key is to leave early to give myself lots of time to buckle and unbuckle all of them in. If I am not rushing, then I am not stressed.

– Had my 6 week check up and I can start working out again. P90x and Turbo Fire, I have really missed you.

– This song really makes me wanna dance and sing it super loud to Ben. Thanks baby sister for blogging it! I have feeling it will be this weekend’s theme song or maybe the coming week for that matter.

What’s your theme song going to be this weekend?

p.s. last week’s giveaway winners will be announced this sunday along with some new giveaways!

How I would so love to freeze these moments that are passing by much too quickly for my taste. I had my 6 week post-partum visit yesterday and I can hardly believe that it has been 6 weeks since our lives had more of a glow. Days are brighter, albeit stressful and I feel crazy half the time, but still definitely brighter.

Often in the middle of the night, while feeding Glow, I just stare at her and wonder where time has gone. I think about the middle of the nights awake I spent with True, Brave, and even Soul and am just baffled at how easily that time has escaped me. It makes me hug Glow just a little closer and wish it would all just freeze. Also, it makes me feel really bad for all those time I have failed as a mother. Trust me, I fail daily.

I stare at Glow and I see her little legs slightly chubbier than it was 6 weeks ago and her teeny hands a little more robust than it was 6 weeks ago. I adore her and just revel at her tiny-ness trying to memorize it all in my mind because I know soon enough she will be running everywhere with her sisters and her little teeny self won’t be so teeny anymore. Or maybe she will still be teeny cause all my children are, but then she will have that sass. The sass that will get her into trouble and get me into a big hissy fit. That sass.

For now though, I am memorizing her face, her little hands and feet, and most especially her scent. Oh that baby scent is absolute bliss! My heart is just in love with her, with all my girls actually, even if the big girls drive me nuts most of the time, my heart is definitely in love with them too.

We are ready for some spooky celebrating! We have little ghosts on the mantle, our little boo sign, and I made little masks to disguise our little lambs. Festive enough, yet still sweet enough. Oh! And we have a little spider hanging out in the corner.

I think we are officially ready for Halloween, especially since all the costumes are done! Yay! I was kinda stressing about those, but no need to anymore as they are done, folded, and waiting for Monday. Now, I move on to the rest of the things that need to get done this week, like cleaning the mess I made while sewing.

Anyone in L.A. free this Saturday? I will be attending a tailgating event hosted by GLAD® and eco-friendly celebrity mom, Ali Larter at USC between 2-5 pm. It will be a vintage inspired tailgate and there will be lots of fun family activities and food. Also, I will be interviewing Ali Larter to get her recycling tips on how to be an eco-friendly mom. Anyone else curious about anything or have any questions you might want me to ask Ali Larter? She was on the show Heroes, which Ben and I liked a lot in its first couple seasons. I must admit I am a bit nervous as I have never interviewed anyone before, so let’s just hope I don’t fall flat on my face. Well, if you got any questions for her or any tips for me, do share! And if you plan to go, let me know!

p.s. misha lulu is having an awesome sale of her pretty items over at mini social. see here.

I made Mr. Gnome on this little skirt so long ago, but it continues to be a favorite of hers and I was happy to hear her exclaim that as she was getting ready for school. And let me tell you, True may be shy, like super shy, but this little girl of mine tends to be a know-it-all. She really is. Good thing she is cute when she is being her know-it-all self.

Pumpkin patches. Who doesn’t love them?! They are so pretty with all the orange and green. We go every year and each year it is quite special. Though, the girls seemed to be more intrigued by the little parking lot patch just around the corner from our house, so we will have to bring them by sometime this week. I did make them that promise, so we better be sure to keep it. I think that big jumper house is what has them enticed.

Elsie had this DIY wool poncho and once I saw it it, I knew I had to make a teeny version. Of course I wasn’t going to go out and buy wool just for it, so I chopped away at one of my old vintage wool skirts and turned it into a cute little poncho just for Soulie.