Zombies

My dad introduced me to AMC's The Walking Dead when he was here a few weeks ago.  I watched the whole first season and everything available onDemand for the second season in a couple days.  Enthralled!  Emberly though, not so much.  Zombies are not her thing.  Though, "sparkle zombies" wouldn't be so scary.  I'm not sure what a "sparkle zombie" would be, but knowing Emberly, sequins and glitter are probably a big part of it.

Thanksgiving

This long weekend actually felt satisfyingly long to me.  Rare.
I'm immeasurably thankful for my wonderful, healthy family, genuine friends and amazing life!

Thanksgiving Fairy! (we weren't leaving the house so I did let her prance around in this all day LOL)

{i totally beat damon, and i totally took a picture for posterity}

Fan Fiction

Emberly's and my favorite cartoon to watch together is Adventure Time.  One of our favorite episodes is the one where the Ice King creates fan fiction, the land of "ah" where everything is the opposite.  Sweet Babies!

When Bubba ain't Happy...

Nobody's happy!  I don't know what, exactly, was up with Bauer this weekend, but he was a whiny mess.  He had a total of two expressions this weekend.  Bothered and pissed.  Maybe new teeth are on their way?
Even when I took him for some fresh air at the park, he just followed me around, whimpering.
The only thing that temporarily distracted him from his unidentified pain was a dog they met at the park.

Speaking of dogs, somebody has been letting their dog's business marinate in the green area.  We actually stepped in some of it during our action photos last week.  And we have the most dead patches in front of our home, despite being the only people on the block who don't have a dog!  Anyway, somebody got fed up enough to be a smart ass about it!

{those are only 3 of about 8 bagged poos and in case you can't read that, it says "Pick up after your dog, kids play here!"}

Creative Differences

Emberly is quite the fashionista and I firmly believe in letting her out of the house in some of her crazy outfits, as long as they're seasonally appropriate.
This morning she skipped snuggle time to put together this Christmas inspired gem.  Four year olds incorporate pattern mixing quite willingly!

While she did run several errands with me dressed in this, I'll admit I'm not brave enough to let her choose an outfit for our holiday pictures.  She did have veto power over something she did NOT want to wear (I was actually going to do red velvet skinnies and her leopard ballet flats, but she wanted to wear tights!), but I chose this for her pictures for our holiday card:

I'm pretty sure

That the fact that I thought this was a fun and hilarious way to spend an evening means I'm a nerd.  I'm okay with that.

Black Ninja

Emberly went through a phase where she was essentially invincible because she fancied herself a black ninja.  Behold.