Little Letters

Dear Friday, I'm so glad you're here.  It's Fall break for Olive and both kids are finally feeling better after a week of yuck.  Stay away germs!  Love, Whitney

Dear Holiday Hand Print Art,
I just cannot quit you.  My kids are getting old enough to really be able to stamp and participate.  The holidays are just so much fun with them.  I think these pumpkin prints may just be some of my favorites we've done.  They're so proud of their cute little hand prints and I know I'll get a little teary eyed as I pull them out year after year remembering how little they once were.

Dear Neighbors,
Thank you for not thinking I was weird when I asked to have some of your white birch tree logs from the tree you cut down.  And thank you for delivering them to my house.  My ideas for fireplace decor have come true for free.  Hooray!

Dear Halloween Art,
We had a blast making monster faces this week.  I drew out some mouths with fangs and my kids LOVED making monsters.  Easy, free fun for one of our days at home.

Dear Apple Cinnamon Rolls,
You were just as delicious as we imagined.  And the fact that you were from a can is amazing.  Thank you Meijer for making these delicious Fall treats.

Dear Laura Mercier Eye Basics Primer,
You are a game changer!  I ordered you with some Sephora points I'd racked up and I cannot believe how well my eye make up stays ALL day.  I put on one swipe for each eye lid, add my shadow and highlighter and my eye make up looks the exact same when I take it off at night.  You are amazing!!  This stuff also keeps your lids looking very matte under your make up and keeps you lids from every looking oily.  It works wonders.  PS If you guys haven't tried it you should ASAP.

Dear Cute Cousins,
My kids are so excited to see you all next weekend.  Can't wait for family pictures and Mimi's birthday :)

Dear Game Day Saturdays,
Thanks for being so much fun!  My family loves to put on our Notre Dame gear, eat some delicious game day food and cheer for the Irish.  It's been a fun season so far so let's keep it up!

Dear Fletcher,
I'm glad you can't talk in sentences yet.  Please keep quiet about all the fun things we do together while Olive is at school.  Cookies while we shop is your current favorite.

Dear Church of the Small Things,
This was my first time reading a Melanie Shankle book after hearing lots of praise for her work.  The title and fun cover sucked me in and I had really high hopes for learning about lots of little things to do that would add up to a great life.  However, I found the book to be disappointing.  It was a quick read, but there weren't many points of the book that stand out to me.  She glosses over stepping out of your comfort zone, opening your eyes to the people you encounter every day and being a good friend.  There were tons of real life stories, real life moments and things that made you laugh.  I was just missing the meat of the book.  Shankle seems like a fun and funny mom.  I would have liked for her to go into more details about all the little things you could do in life to help others, connect with people and build a great life for your family.  The last half of book was more on topic and had some good take aways on focusing on the small, every day moments of your life.  I just wish there would have been more of a connection to the title earlier in the book.  Overall, I wouldn't recommend reading this book.
*I was gifted this book in exchange for an honest review of it.

Dear Friends,
Here are my blog posts from this week just in case you missed any.  Those mini bundt cakes were AMAZING so definitely check out that recipe from Wednesday.  I have plans to make them again for the second time in a week.

Monday: Pumpkin Traditions
Tuesday: Halloween at Home
Wednesday: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Banana Bundt Cakes

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