Since I last posted...

Quite a bit has happened in the last week.

If I had to nail down the most significant event, it might be the Club Scion shotgun-seat karaoke introduction by Anonymous to Sir Mix-A-Lot's sleeper hit, "Buttermilk Biscuits." This masterpiece contains intellectual poetic depth such as:

"Now buttermilk biscuits, here we go
sift the flour, roll the dough...
...You eat 'em in the morn', you eat 'em at night
Kentucky Fried Chicken makes the suckers just right"

My life was touched. But if buttermilk biscuits is slang for something obscene and you're offended right now, I apologize. My private Christian school education was terrific but didn't cover all the bases.

In all sincerity, Anonymous also introduced me to Abbi Walker. I've become addicted to blaring her during the day and Madeline approves.

Moving on.

The real highlight of my week was this:

Yup, my first game in the new stadium and WE WON! It was an amazing game to attend with my friend Elaine. I brought my camera to take tons of pictures, discovered it didn't have batteries, resorted to taking one picture with my phone, came home and then discovered they were in the bag the entire time. Go figure.

Fall has officially arrived in our home after making and consuming pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes and thebesteverautumncandyandnutmixture (it's official title). And butternut squash soup is coming up this week.

Apparently, I only accept a new season once I've sampled the menu it has to offer.

My brother's birthday was last week so I wanted Madeline to make him a card and take pictures of the card-making to send to him. While I miss my baby, I love toddler activities like this.

beautifying the card

beautiful smile (I think it's actually getting better)

I think I'll title the following series, "Proof that it really is too much to ask a child to hold a sign and smile at the same time."