Autumn in the Arboretum

Today, we went to the Dallas Arboretum. I think I love it the most in the fall! 

This is the new children's garden addition. It is really amazing!

The girls did a science lab in their education center. Did you eat nails for breakfast? The separated the iron out of Total Cereal.

This kaleidoscope was beautiful!

They learned about energy in the energy playground

Off in the distance you can see the house Theo is going to buy me for Christmas... if he wins the lottery.

The minnows loved the cheerios,

but not enough to let Lizzy catch them.

The koi fish also loved the Cheerios and even let Lizzy pet them. They were slimy.

 No trip to the arboretum is complete without playing in the water.

I loved these pretty upright elephant ears. I want to find some for our yard next summer.

Halloween Costumes and new door

ZombieAngel?  FrankenFlapperButterfly? We're not sure what she was but she had lots of fun at the PTA fall festival!

Friday, we got our new door installed. The old one was falling apart due to dry rot. I love the additional light in the foyer. 

Halloween 2014 Decor

Halloween Decorations 2014

This is what we have so far. We are doing a party again for the girls so if I have time, maybe we can add some more decor. 

Craft Room and Women of Faith

This weekend was the balloon festival. Theo and the girls were home watching for them, but they only flew over the house once and they didn't get any pictures. I think they were going the wrong direction to fly over our house. 

I was at Women of Faith with friends and had a wonderful time! We were totally spoiled by our friend and mentor who gifts us this experience every year. We loved sitting in a suite at the arena, and were pampered at the W hotel. The messages were very inspirational. One of my recent favorite songs is Hello my name is, and Matthew West was there performing it! We all had a great time. 

Then today, since I needed something to do to procrastinate doing my homework, I organized our craft room. At Staples, I had found these track desks. They were originally $250 on clearance for only $20! I grabbed two. They were a pain in the butt to put in but I think they look great! Now I just need to padlock the door so it stays tidy. The gravity is thick in there and all of our crap just whooshes in!