punkins

we woke up yesterday to a cold rainy mess outside. it was delightful! Bate's nut farm was on the list of things to do since i have a rather hard time picking out pumpkins each year in beach weather. we had to take advantage of a perfect fall day.

we also decided riding ponies was a good idea. when i say we, i mean Emmerson and i. Greg wasnt keen on forking over the $10 for just minutes of joy, and Hud didn't really know what he was in for. but boy oh boy, that girl of mine is a lover of ponies and i thought Hudson would love it too. thought, being the key word there...clearly i don't know my sweet boy all that well because he was miserable the entire ride. i'm pretty sure he was traumatized from that experience. The ride got cut short when the rain caused some flooding in the ring and the ponies started jumping over the puddles with littles strapped on their backs.

above we have a perfect example of the serious contrast of personality between our two littles. these two are so completely different and i love that about them.

we topped our day off by painting pumpkins and snuggling by the fire. perfection.

costumes

I don't know about you, but i was perhaps overly joyed when i checked the weather forecast this morning.

feast your eyes on wednesday fellow residence of san diego!!!! you better believe we will be heading straight for the punkin patch!! Halloween is quickly approaching and halloween costumes are often topic of discussion in our home. Emmerson is stubbornly set on being a princess this year. which princess? undetermined. it changes every week. this week? Ariel. we have a Disneyland trip planned for later this month and she will have free range in the princess store. regardless of what she chooses, it will be nearly impossible to top last year's ensemble...

she really truly made the best mini Taylor Swift  ever. ever ever.
As for the wee fellow? His UPS man costume should arrive on our doorstep tomorrow.

Ah! this time of year gets me giddy. I can't get enough!

long live the nielsens.

okay, so i could have just held off for a few more weeks and made it an entire year without a word from this Nielsen blog of ours, but i got the itch to type and so it begins again. you're welcome. i must say, it feels somewhat awkward after so much time has passed. a one year recap could take some time. so i wont bother. Here we are back in the fall months which just so happen to be my very favorite in what seems like any place but here, where it is now hotter than july and all i really truly want is to wear sweaters and boots and drink hot chocolate. wahhh. damn this perfect sunshiney weather all year 'round. i need my seasons.

 the littles got bigger...

Emmerson turns four (!!!!!!!)  this month and Hudson is one and a half. where have my babies gone? they are awfully precious little humans. i love them so bad and consider myself mighty lucky, indeed.

my sweet loving deliciously good looking hunk of husband works hard and keeps me laughing on the daily. Our kids have so much of his weirdness that our home is rarely boring.

as for me, I still love christmas, sweets and all things Taylor swift. obviously.