Welcome November!
Typically this is one of my favorite months of the year. Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday, the fun and anticipation of the holidays has officially begun, my first baby was born this month, we got engaged in November... there are just a lot of fun, happy feelings for this month. This year is going to be different, for sure. Thanksgiving won't look the same as we're not sure what we're doing or how we're celebrating yet. What are your plans for Thanksgiving this year?
But even so, I refuse to let the craziness of 2020 steal joy away from one of the happiest and most magical months. We will still find ways to make it fun and special.
In that spirit, I wanted to pop in to see how your Halloween was! We had such a fun day. We ate some fun Halloween-themed meals, carved our jack-o-lantern, took a family walk, and the girls helped me bag up candy for trick-or-treaters. After our traditional mummy dog dinner, we headed out with our three princesses for some trick-or-treating fun. I was so happy, relieved, and impressed with how our neighborhood handled it! Tons of creative ways to hand out candy to the kids, including decorated tables, creepy costumes, even haunted yards. The girls got to walk around for about half the time with their neighbor/friend and then we parted ways, dropped the baby and pup back off at the house, and continued on in the darkness for more candy!
Hoping no matter how you celebrated, you had a nice weekend and hopefully scored some full-sized candy bars along the way. ;)
Rewinding a bit, last weekend Steve and I got to embark on our first date night in almost 9 months! His parents came over for a visit and offered to hang out with the girls while we went and grabbed dinner on the patio at a nearby restaurant, picked up some Starbucks, and even voted (talk about an efficient date night!). It felt so good to have some time together and a real adult conversation (of course we mostly talked about the girls, haha).
What else? We recently got our yearly family photos taken. Families with small kids, this was a GAME CHANGER: the mini session! It was 15 minutes long, which was the perfect amount of time for kids (and pets... and husbands... ha). The full hour is great for capturing a ton of different pictures, but if you just need an update and something for a holiday card, I highly recommend the mini session. You know what else was a game changer? Getting matching dresses (H&M for the win as usual) for our two big girls. I know photographers tell you not to match -- and I am in complete agreement for the most part! -- but if you have 3 kids, I feel like matching two of them and changing it up with the third makes things so much easier.
Sara McCaffrey Photography
Lastly, thank you for your warm welcome for our Max (a little intro and more details about our new pup can be found in this post)! He's doing wonderfully. We finally heard him bark which we feel like is a good sign he's warming up and feels like this is his home too. He is such a good boy and we all love him very much already.
It felt good to catch up! I hope all is healthy and well your way, and that you have a great week. xo
Your family photo turned out great! We used to use mini sessions for our family photos too when our boys were younger and they were perfect. We always got plenty of great shots and I actually liked that there were less of them for me to have pick from.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Joanne! Exactly - I couldn't agree more! Hope you're having a great fall. :)
DeleteMax is adorable! I love your family photos. They turned out beautifully! We always try to do a mini session too! Yay for your first date night in 9 months. It is sooo needed!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! He's fitting in so well so far, such a sweet boy. I'm SUCH a fan of the mini session - makes so much sense! Date night was amazing. I hope it can happen again before another 9 months passes by, haha
DeleteI am so glad that you guys were able to get out and enjoy a date night - much deserved and needed! Love the family photo! xo, Biana BlovedBoston
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Biana! It's amazing what a couple of hours away and alone does for the soul ;) xoxo
DeleteYou guys look amazing! Such a beautiful family pic. I'm really glad you got to have your date night.
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So sweet, thank you! The date night was sooo nice. Hope your week is going well! xo
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