fall fest weekend

Happy Halloween!

My Hannah is so indecisive.

I can't relate to that at all.

(kidding)

;)

Joey, enjoying the ride.

Cotton candy!

I like to describe it as "magical clouds of sugar that melt in your mouth".

Elizabeth, with her scarecrow face paint.

(and me, with my dancing candy corn.)

This was one of the best days for a hammock.

The weekend was so fun. :)

The weather was great (if a little windy) for Fall fest... both times!

The Holy Family festival was very well done, with a ferris wheel and everything.
They really went the whole nine yards.
I can't wait to go again next year!

Hopefully I'll be able to get more pictures of Lakeside Baptist's fall festival.
It was also very well done, and included Trunk or Treat.
(people decorate the trunks of their cars as stations for handing out candy. It's like Trick or Treating, but more organized... and with cars.)

The weekend was also filled with my dear friend, Elizabeth.

I will miss her sorely when she moves back to Alabama.

<3

On another note, I am quite proud of myself for mailing both a package and a letter today.

I write letters and thank you notes quite often, but consistently forget to send them.

Mornings are not my thing.

Speaking of mornings, I found the perfect recipe for breakfast this week!

(assuming I can find time to make it, that is.)

How delicious does Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cake sound?

And even better....

it's vegan.

The great thing is that supposedly you can't even tell how good it is for you!

I can't wait to try it.

Have a fantastic Halloween!
I'll post pictures of my costume later on.
:)

xoxo,
Danielle

Tea party :)

Hello :)

So it's taken me a while to get them onto my laptop, but I have photos from my birthday! :)

My aunt let me use her house as the setting for my tea party. 

Everything was perfect.

(we mixed and matched tea sets to put a little bit of quirk into it. Also: yes, we had fig newtons. I'm weirdly obsessed with them.)

(Melanie and her lovely crayon art -- doesn't she look gorgeous?)

(Stephanie and I! She's so awesome.) :)

The tea party was absolutely wonderful, and I couldn't have asked for a more fabulous 17th.

~ in other news...~

School has fit right back into my routine as though it never left. 

Pre-Calculus is probably my hardest subject.

But then, math was never my strongpoint.

English, however, shouldn't be difficult to pass.

We're reading The Great Gatsby next semester. 

:D

I read it as a Freshman, but didn't really pay attention.

This time I'm super excited to read it, and will probably ace all of the quizzes. 

(fingers crossed!)

I seem to be very easily distracted lately. 

For example, I decided to take pictures yesterday for no apparent reason.

As you can see: totally random and without point.

But as they say: c'est la vie. 

I hope your weekend (and Monday) was fantastic.

xoxo,

Danielle

thoughts, Tristan, and toddlers

Hey :)

It's been a crazy week! 

This is my thought process:

Yesterday was fun!

I got 5 hours of community service hours through decorating (not a bad way to earn hours), and then picked up Tristan to hang out all day. 

There's no limit to the things you can do in a Super Target with lots of time to kill.

My sister and I stayed at Tristan's house for his great uncle's birthday party...

we didn't know his name until we sang Happy Birthday.

Also, apparently it's awesomely normal to sing Happy Birthday both in English and in Spanish when you belong to a family of Puerto Ricans.

It was cool.

:)

Earlier this week, I went to the Myraun's house to watch the kids for a bit.

They're so flippin' cute.

I'm pretty sure that the only time Hannah puts her feet on the table is when I'm there.

I don't technically encourage it, but it is pretty funny.

We ate pizza.

Phase 1...

... and Phase 2.

This is how Joey likes to blow on/lick his pizza.

Like I said:

 so flippin' cute.

I get to go back to their house today! :)

The weekend should be fantastic.

(Friday just so happens to be my birthday.)

However, since today is Wednesday (and not Friday), I'd better do my laundry.

Actually, Wednesday has nothing to do with it.

Mostly it's the issue of not having any clothes clean. 

xoxo,

Danielle

It just so happens to be Monday.

Bonjour, mon chéries.

Today has been above average, mostly due to the fact that my J.Crew 'style guide' arrived!

(Of course, that was in the later part of the day, so the first half was still only average.)

My weekend, however, was absolutely crazy!

First there was the fantastic performance of Beauty and the Beast, and then two birthday parties.

By the way, I have pictures from B&B!

I was weirdly obsessed with the flower box outside of Belle's house.

Abbie! :)

The performance was amazing. Quite honestly, I expected it to be two hours of something I'd already seen a dozen times, but it was so much more! The cast was perfect, and Courtney was perfect as Belle.

And now I leave you with the captured image of perfection.

(This is pretty much how I spent the last portion of my day)

Oh, and updating the blog of course. :)

I'm afraid that's all the blogging time I have at the moment.
If anything exciting happens(or if I just want to talk about my blessed life), I'll be sure to keep you updated. :)

xoxo,
Danielle

P.S., prom is coming up.

Happy early birthday!

Caleb's party was today! :) 

Duck cake! Caleb ate half the head. It was so good! Confetti cake is, in my opinion, the best kind next to chocolate.

C was so preoccupied with Mom's cup of water that Aunt Becky had to open his presents for him! Babies are distracted by anything, really.

Happy birthday, one year old. (in 3 days, that is)

Love you, CayCay.

Happy weekend!

xoxo,

Danielle