Meredith Carson... Across the Pond and Back Again...

When we lived overseas, I missed Thanksgiving ever so much .  Even though we always celebrated  the weekend before or after with turkey and most of the trimmings, I found myself downright depressed and annoyed when I had to wake up early in the morning on Thursday and Friday and hustle my little darlings off to school.  Thanksgiving weekend is definitely one of the best weekends of the year in my opinion. We spend the weekend cooking, eating, watching silly family movies, eating, pulling out a few Christmas decorations, reading, playing games, eating a bit more, and beginning to dream about the next time we will bake pumpkin pie.  The Carsons do not "do" Black Friday.  We hunker down, cuddle up, wear cozy clothes and mismatched socks, and savor the fact that we are NOT fighting crowds or being trampled by somebody's Granny who's determined to get her mitts on the last vibrating "personal massager" sale priced on aisle 4.  You'r...

Holy Cow!  Did y'all know it was November?!  We all survived the fall rituals of pumpkin selecting, pumpkin carving, pumpkin soup eating, pumpkin costume wearing, trick-or-treating, and the most dramatic rose ceremony yet (also known as last week's presidential election).  October, for us, has been a wonderfully busy blur.  We have all managed to get to our lessons and practices, get to school on time (most days), and still participate in all of the essential seasonal activities.  My writing has suffered, but my kids are happy, and I am pleased to report that I seem to be keeping my usual seasonal depression at bay with the help of some low dose pharmaceuticals.  Can I get a whoop whoop? So... for my friend Sonia across the pond, here is a review of our October in pictures.... We picked a peck of impeccable pumpkins at Grandma's Pumpkin Patch. That kid struggling in the background with the 40 pound pumpkin also belongs to me. ...