We had the biggest laugh over this leaf

so we are out with friends on Friday night. As my friend  is eating she finds this big leaf with the stem still on it in her salad. WTF!! it is like a leaf that just fell out of a tree and landed in her plate.  A TREE IN CANADA!!

I am kind of liking this dress

but then maybe not

It was sudden and unexpected

Our pet pumpkin "charlie" died on Friday.  We came home to a really foul odor in the house and
couldn't find the source.  Upon further inspection the next morning we found that "charlie" was leaking some pretty stinky  yucky stuff from his underside. We couldn't save him. We were heartbroken.  Charlie just turned one and we loved him.
R.I.P

My girls are wearing color!

Okay,  not such a big deal for MO YADA but a huge big deal for ANOU. " French do not wear bright colors" ya know.  To think I almost sent those sweaters to the thrift store last week.

to go with my shoes of course!!

inner 5 year old

I have some type of obsession with all things glitter and sparkly. Doesn't matter what it is.  Every year about this time the sparkly stuff starts showing up on the shopping sites and blogs.  Every year I am determined to buy a pair of sparkly shoes, a sparkly top, a sparkly dress and the list goes on.  Why?? I dunno.  I have giant size feet and would probably feel really dumb wearing them out in public but here is the first item on my 2013 glitter/sparkle wish list. 

T.G.I.F

Friday morning of a short work week.  hopefully the hours at work will fly by and it will be 5 o'clock in a blink of an eye.   I am sitting at my table early this morning getting my Zen on.  I have the entire house to myself, even the dog is gone.  Can I get an Amen!

Saturday night we attended fort Lauderdales' fat village artwalk.  The Artists in the art district open galleries for the public from 7-9pm.  We like to go out and walk the scene.  Food trucks, music, art, people watching.  I can't say that I "get" all of the artwork presented but it is interesting to say the least.  I did bring home a pair of Buddha earrings .

speaking of tea...

Anou brought me many great gifts from france. One of my favorites --Kusmi Tea.  I had heard about this brand of tea but never tried it.  I have a collection of the Russian Samplers. It is very good and when I am done I can do something crafty with the tins.  double yay!

Tea time

We had the pleasure of attending a lovely tea party hosted by my dear friend fran.   I drank my weight in tea. thank you for including the girls, it was a great experience for them.

welcome to the family

We have two new additions to our family.  Yada- hails from Thailand and Anou from France.  They will be with us for the 2013-14 school year.   We look forward to sharing our lives with them.