Having girls, we have a pretty strict insect removal policy in the house “by any means necessary”, but the one exception is the lovely ladybug. Those can stay! For the last couple of days, we have a visitor flying around in our house and I like that it reminds me of the summer and I love discovering it, minding its own business just fluttering about in the strangest places.

It is true. I have Hannah Montana on my iPod and because I do, I think it is only fair that the girls have some of my music on their respective iPod’s. I love when I catch them singing away, and this week I had to laugh at Jordyn singing, loud a proud the chorus of a great Simon And Garfunkel track from 1970. I laughed, but I am sure I might change my mood if she ever asks the question “what does making love in the afternoon mean?”

I love the fall in a picture post card kind of way. Not a big fan of what is to come, weather wise and certainly not after the lack luster summer we had with respect to temperature but I do love the beautiful colours of autumn. Perhaps it is the brightness of the bark, offset with the shades of gold and orange but I think the mighty birch tree is the prettiest of them all at this time of year.