Halloween Decoration DIY

The girls LOVE decorating for any holiday.

And this year, they seem a little more open to a scary Halloween.

We decided to make some decorations that will last a lifetime,
that they can have in their own homes when they have children.

And of course used our natural talents to accomplish something fun and unique...

We picked out some creepy clothes, old dolls, and headed out to the historical (and creepy!) Pacetti gravesite here in Ponce Inlet for the first one. 

Madee doesn't want to play with that doll anymore. ::cure creepy evil laugh::

For pumpkin patch pictures, I requested they give me their best impression of a zombie.

Then I edited it for fun.

This one was just naturally creepy.

This was my favorite.
Just cuteness and fun!

Then Madelyn and I went rogue for some ghost shots...

I don't even know if we are done yet!
We have been having so much fun!

We will be framing these in blask filigree frames, except the best one,
which will be blown up for spotlighting!

Creepy family photos! FUN!

Biker Girls

 Little Easy Riders...

Have a great weekend!

Beach Beauties

 These kids are the firecrackers to my 4th of July.

I can't believe how fast their little lives are progressing.
The things they say.
Their beautiful hearts.
::sigh::

 

I love them.
This has been the summer that they became best friends.

 

They love each other so much.

Consider the other when she is absent.

Console each other.

Work things out.

I  love to watch them together.

I love being their mom.

Beach Bunnies

Cutest Little Tea Party

 

Christmas is Happening, People!

But here is a synopsis of other things that have happened right here, and I just haven't told you about it all yet.

Trick or Treating:

The girls got to do the rounds with their best friends.
There was a lot of giggling, running and candy eating involved.
Now they want to do this ALL THE TIME.


My favorite Halloween picture. That's my own parked car - do not be afraid, she was never in harm's way.

I told them to stay at the door with their treats bags extended until someone shut the door on them. Madee clearly took me seriously.

We went to the ZOO!
The Sanford zoo is tiny.
But there are a lot of keepers holding animals to pet along the way.

And lots of other random fun things to do.


Sophia's growly face.


Madee's "RAWR".

Listening to keepers talk about macaws.


The littlest feeding some yak looking things.


The cuteness we truck around town most of the time.

The races. Madee is clearly a rocket.


Girls do lunch!

And then there is ballet.
Madee loves ballet class.
And talking about ballet.
She works really hard at it.



The littles want to go to ballet class too.
But they have a good time raising a stink in the waiting area.


And we had our first horse ride.
They LOVED it.
Clearly.


And as always my little helpers are at the ready to help with any muffin making I might have going on.

Even if Eden's idea of helping is helping herself to spoonfuls of muffin mix.

We hope you guys have great holidays and we can't wait to share our holiday pictures with you!
Merry Christmas!
The Dervs

Christmas is Coming

And I haven't even started doing anything with our advent calendar yet.
Bah.
Must get on that today.

Anyway, here are the kids doing some painting.
They are quite little artists and love nothing more than cutting, coloring, and general masterpiece making. In fact, at school they can pretty much paint whenever they want to.
Just one more reason I love Inspirations Learning Center.

I have a lot of catching up to do on life. I have been pretty busy throwing myself into a new job that I am excited to talk more about, but it's gonna have to be later, because it's Wednesday and the kids are home from school, and they really want to go do stuff.

So don't wait any longer! Go see my little artistes!