Fall.
The perfect season.
Cool, crisp mornings. Breezy afternoons.
You can smell it in the air.
Leaves are starting to change.
And I cannot wait to wear my new fall goodies!
I love fall afternoons. The weather is perfect to take Sean outside to play. And, the mommies on the block turn it into cocktail hour. Vodka tonic, anyone?
Just in time to ring in the new season, I finished Karen’s quilt. The colors scream October wedding.
I hope she likes it!
Gotta run. The baby is up!
A few weeks ago Karen surprised Rick for his 60th birthday with a weekend at the fabulous Ritz Carlton Reynolds Plantation.
Good food
great drinks
dancing
singing
fun with the family
(don’t we look like we are having fun?)
and much debauchery!
Okay, not that much debauchery.
In honor of the blessed event, I made Rick an autograph quilt.
This is my favorite block. Efrosini, aka Max, is Greek, and she so appropriately signed the quilt.
Cool, huh?
We just returned from a week long trip to Washington, D.C to visit Grand Dad Rick and KK. We enjoyed our trip and were happy to spend Rick’s 60th with him. Sean really had a blast. Peek-a-boo in the garden gate was among his favorite activities with GrandDad Rick.
Are they cute or what?
In addition to playing in the garden Sean and Rick had a good time chasing each other around the center of the house.
Gotcha!!!
Rick was a champ at dinner too. Sean is at an age where he won’t sit still. We did dinner out most nights, and it was tough. Someone was with Sean, or chasing Sean, around the restaurant or sidewalk outside our dining locale. There were many pick me up’s then put me down’s along with the occasional grunt, scream or shriek. We learned that it is not fun to dine with a toddler and cooking in is our modus operindi until he can once again sit still. He’d much rather run around and play with doors instead of eat.
Eating is for wimps. Until KK played “I’m gonna eat all your applesauce!” with Sean. He found this quite silly and fun. And, lucky for us, he also ate his applesauce. Funny how that works!
A trip to DC, well, anywhere really, is not a trip for Michael Murphy without a visit to a local museum. I was grateful not to have to join in this vacation tradition this year. Generally speaking I enjoy visiting museums, but all boats and planes look mostly the same to me, so I don’t get the fascination. Mike thinks all quilts look the same. I think all planes look the same. Guess we’re even!
Michael, Sean and Rick spent one afternoon at the Air and Space Museum. It looks like a pretty cool building, and there were many, many planes for the boys to see.
The Murphy boys had a good time, but I was happier to visit my favorite shops at Tyson’s Corner instead of looking at planes. Banana Republic and Nordstrom are my idea of shopping heaven! Top it off the following day with a trip to G Street Fabrics and a cup o’ joe and my vacation couldn’t get any better!
Our trip home wasn’t complete without making a stop in Richmond to see Laura and Jeremy.
Not pictured: Jeremy
The stop was brief, but enjoyable. Laura and Jeremy grilled supper, then took us to Cold Stone for dessert. YUMMY!
An eight hour drive home was too much for Sean. At the NC/SC welcome center, Sean started to melt down. He wanted to stretch his legs, and we were happy to oblige for a half hour, then it was time to go. Sean thought it was all fun and games that Daddy was chasing him around and playing with him until he realized that Michael was coming to get him to put him in the car.
Uh-oh!
Lady was glad to see us. I was glad to see the house, and a good night’s sleep in my own bed was delish!
