i would love a big ole slice of something pumpkin right now

here we are: baseball season. ugh. double ugh. triple ughhhh. why can't someone just win this thing? sam is biting his nails, yelling at the screen and jumping up periodically when "his" team does something he likes and punching the air. punching the air? really? yes, really. it makes me laugh how he talks to the screen and the players, addressing them by their last names like they are old bros. i think i'd rather watch 24 hours of football followed by 24 hours of basketball only to be followed by 24 hours of tennis, but only if its the kind where they players grunt after every swing. THAT is how much i don't really care for baseball.

so here is what is on my mind, since it is not baseball...

i would love a big ole slice of pumpkin loaf from jacob meyers deli. pumpkin is my kryptonite. except for the pumpkin spice lattes at starbucks...they just aren't that good. i don't know what it is about pumpkin and cream cheese that just makes me want to throw caution to the wind and eat until i'm sick.

side note: the game is now tied and sam is doing his happy-i-just-can't-sit-for-one-minute-longer-dance. i wish i could record it for you. its quite entertaining.

back to pumpkin. i went to a moms-night-out last week and got to learn to decorate cupcakes for halloween with some of the girls i go to mops with. now if that last sentence didn't make much sense to you go do some google-ing.

cupcakes to me don't even need frosting, i just love cupcakes. one of the cupcakes was a pumpkin cupcake. oh.dear.lord.have.mercy. what they did was mix a box of regular vanilla cake mix with a can of pumpkin and a little all spice and voila! pumpkin cupcake goodness. i was in heaven and could have eaten 18 of them. i want to meet the genius behind that invention and shake her hand!

enough about pumpkin. lets talk about evelyn. maybe she should be a pumpkin for halloween! kidding.
evelyn is into ice these days. well, she has been for a bit. she LOVES her a good, cold piece of ice. she just can't get enough. she eats until it turns her mouth bright red and then begs for more.

"comgimmmetaste" that's for uncle dave

she is just so observant of things too. she obsesses over things on the floor, the grooves in between the wood slats, spots on the table...i can't help but wonder if this means anything about how she will be as she gets older.

we had our first big snow yesterday and i wanted to take her out in it but decided against it since the power went out and we were without everything including water for about 5 hours.

she is wearing a nighty that i wore 

 

 

she is just such a happy baby except for when her teeth are bothering her. she is army crawling, pulling herself up to a sitting position from being on her tummy and talking all the time. we just can't get enough of her!

don't cha just wanna pinch those cheekies?
we love our mo.