Friday Favorite

It's November already! Can anyone else believe this? I hate to admit that I'm one of those 'loves everything about Christmas and shamefully forgets about Thanksgiving' people. I'm not sure why, because I'm a big lover of food. I have my traditions with Thanksgiving as well, like watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in pajamas, accompanied by a hot cup of coffee. But Christmas? Nothing beats it.
Here I am talking about Thanksgiving and Christmas as Halloween was just yesterday.
Here are some highlights:

as embarrassing as this is, you have to appreciate the childhood homemade costumes

homemade costumes now

i finally had the chance to carve a pumpkin!