I omitted the walnuts because (a) I’ve never been a nut in your cookies kind of girl and (b) J is allergic. But, besides that I stuck straight to the recipe and they were perfect.

Oh! And I baked them for 11 1/2 minutes instead of the 10 minutes they suggest. But that may vary depending on each persons oven. I found they are best when you take them out just when they’re slightly golden brown on the edges.

Crispy/crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Just how I like my cookies. Divine.

Recipe here.

Ultimate comfort food,… Especially on another rainy day like today.

Yum.

Add in some homemade blueberry muffins, fresh out of the oven, and it’s complete.

Blueberry muffin recipe here.

I cut out a few triangles, wrote/cut out the word “thanks” onto some leftover felt, glued them onto my triangles, and then strung them along some embroidery thread.

The bunting totally doesn’t match my wreath,…but I think it was a sweet quick fix before the Christmas decorations take over our home! And it’s pretty cute.

Just a little “thanks”…to enjoy (and remind me!) every time I walk through our front door.

I love her,…simply love her .

Our family L to R: Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, Vidia (Ruby wanted me to be her,..one of Tinkerbell’s fairy friends), and Peter Pan.

Ruby’s facial expressions and movements are just too much for me!

She’s such a little cutie.

We started at a friend from church’s house that lives a few blocks away from us and met up with a group of our friends and their kids. It was so sweet to see all the kids dressed up and I loved watching Ruby this year as she was so excited to be part of things!

Ruby and Elliot with the crew at our friends house.

Ruby with two of her best buddies,…K (ballerina) and A (tooth fairy).

Ruby walked around, mainly, with one of her older, big kid friends. As Ruby and A were walking, I overheard this conversation,… A: “Ruby, when you walk up to someones house and they say you can take some candy, you only take ONE piece. But, if they give you candy, they always give you more candy. That’s when it’s good. You get more candy that way”. Lessons on trick or treating,…

Ruby with A. Pure excitement and glee…so sweet…

A great Halloween with family and friends!

Can you STAND the cuteness?! I couldn’t…I know they’re my kids, but oh my goodness, they were ridiculously adorable! I seriously couldn’t handle it!

Ruby was so sweet this year,… she is the queen of dress-ups so a holiday that centered around dressing up was a dream come true for her! We went back and forth,…first she wanted to be Tinkerbell, then she’d switch to Aurora, then Ariel,…even after seeing Elliot’s Peter Pan costume, she then said she wanted to be Peter Pan! It was pretty sweet,…we decided on Tinkerbell (because really…is she not the sweetest little Tinkerbell you have ever seen?!). It truly was the perfect character for her. And I do believe little Elliot was a sweet little fit for Peter Pan!

After we decided on Tinkerbell and Peter Pan, I came across Make it and Love it’s website. Umm,…has anyone else heard of this girls website?! I must have been in the dark, but it is awesome! A ton of easy and free tutorials on practically anything you’d ever want to sew! And Ashley had just happened to have made Tinkerbell and Peter Pan costume’s for her kids a couple of years ago. Convenient, no?!

The tutorials were definitely easy to follow and understand,…a perfect starter for me, since I’m still new to sewing.

What a sweet little Halloween it was for us though,…more pictures of Ruby and Elliot to follow…

We made a fashionable pirate patch for thee lady!

It was put together with felt zebra print, a pink elastic band, and our trusty hot glue gun.

Such a fun little craft to add to her dress-up collection.

A true pirate princess,…that still loves that thumb!