coast to coast

It's been a good day so far. Just cleaning the house and putting up handmade curtains in the kitchen (finally). They look adorable and totally inspire me to continue decorating the rest of the house. (Pictures to come soon. I promise.) I'm hoping to do some fun seasonal things tonight like dressing my daughter up as the cutest kitten known to mankind, baking a batch of awesome pumpkin spice cookies, carving the pumpkin on our porch, passing out candy and meeting our new neighbors, and toasting pumpkin seeds. All these things seem fitting for a day like today. Though Matt is dead set on going to the beach tonight. So not seasonal but totally relaxing for us all. We'll see who wins.

Update: I won. Well, sort of. We did stay home and enjoy the fall festivities, minus the pumpkin seeds, pumpkin carving, and cookie baking. Lofty expectations for one afternoon. Those events will have to wait for tomorrow. But that kitty? Oh, she had fun roaming the neighborhood at night with us and practicing saying very confidently "Trick or treat" all the way up to each and every doorstep only to say very quietly to each host, "Kitty be shy with people." Though she's not shy enough to keep from announcing it. Tricky cat.