december, part 2! (without littles)

A Sunday with CJ at his new downtown apartment!

On the rooftop of his new place... I wanted to get a selfie with Pegasas in the background... and you can barely see it, haha.

It's been so chilly which is JUST SO DARN LOVELY.

Existenial Puppy is very important to me (and requires video since a photo just doesn't capture the turtleneck well, haha)

R stumbled upon a mashed potato recipe with BLUE CHEESE AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND HOW DID I MARRY THIS GUY?! 

Me, a professional wine drinker. ;)

The picture I used for my gift, haha (I'm sure I posted this before but worth repeating, obvs.)

HILARY VISIT, EEEE! We picked her and Zach up from the airport and 10pm on Friday and they spent the night. It was... just the best. :)

Some of my recent make-up acquisitions thanks to my bonus gift card and HILARY BEING AN ANGEL. 

Making dinner for Hilary, Zach + Betsy and James who came to pick them up!

Very artistic, obvs.

Why document buttered bread? WHY NOT.

Our gingerbread hoose! I had a wild hair to pick one up on the way to the airport, considering the last time we made a gingerbread train was 10 freaking years ago, what the heck. :)

Lobster mac n' cheese, cauliflower and toasty breads!

I like this one because James looks annoyed at me taking all the pictures, haha.

The honestly reminds me of a Renaissance painting, hahaha.

Getting ready for Debbie and Aaron's party after the Collins Crew left... whew!

ASHLEE WAS HERE.

Not pictured:

- Shopping for my own Christmas gifts this year (jammie upgrades and gorgeous green coat, thanks to Hilary's suggestion, all from J. Crew) because some Christmases you just have to make things easy and exciting and that's ok. 

- Going to see The Shape of Water on a TUESDAY, WHAT IS (kid-free) LIFE

- Watching Broad City, Tiffany Haddish and Michelle Wolfe with Hilary while we lounge and make our gingie-bread hoose :)

- In a true 2017 role-refersal... all the boys (Zach, Richard and James) in the kitchen with R cooking while the ladies (me, Hilary and Betsy) watch "I Will Never Be Your Woman" in the living room, teehee

- Learning I need to plan ahead on what I would like to do when the kids aren't here for more than a weekend because changes like that are weird!

And after the cut is a million more pictures of Hilary and I because I never get to see her or be in pictures with her and we looked adorable in all of them so I WANNA KEEP THEM FOREVER. :) 

double-date night!

Cocktails, fancy eats, talking & laughing until 2 in the morning... WE LOVE THESE BOYS. 

A violet libation. :)

R's tried/true party trick - pulling off any pair of glasses.

THIS STUFF IS RIDICULOUS.

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violet chachki with ceej!

So this took a while to get on the blog! ;) It's a bit of an understatement to say that I (and Meghan!) are really into drag and RuPaul's Drag Race. We. Love. It. LOOOVE. 

This summer, good ole Instagram informed me that the incredible Violet Chachki (!) would be coming to Dallas (!!) with Alyssa Edwards (!!!). A little too good of a deal for me to pass up! I texted CJ furiously to see if he would be down, and next thing I knew we were at Brick with friends (like Kent!)! ;D

The show was fantaaastic, and CJ and I fell in love with a performer we'd never seen before, Toni Andrews. That. chick. was. awesome. (See a video of her dancing to Madonna below - GIRL CAN GET IT.) Meghan was consistently annoyed as I texted her pictures and videos the whole night (girl was so close to being able to go, but wasn't 18 just yet!) - but what are good step-mother's for? ;)

MY GIRLS.

A couple of videos below. The first one is a compilation of all the videos I took throughout the evening (snippets big and little), followed by Violet's beautiful grande finale and an INCREDIBLE dance by Toni Andrews. FUN FUN FUN. :D

bits and pieces

Date night look: for Torchy's and "Guardians of the Galaxy!"

A little pre-birthday party for Ceej! We ate some killer home-made fish tacos and then went to see "The Dark Side of the Rainbow," which is "The Wizard of Oz" with Pink Floyd music over it. ;) We left half-way through (you get the idea after so long!) but it was a great excuse to try absinthe for the first time (and while I didn't get hungover per se, it sure did throw off my swagger for the rest of the weekend!).

Two handsome boys after our movie... in front of a quinceanera store! Who can resist?

Our sweet neighbors brought us baked goods one evening this week -- homemade madeleines! They were so wonderful ("French," "butter," and "cookies" all in the same description!). Meghan made cream cheese blueberry muffins and rice-crispy treats to repay the favor, and I think this is the start of a beautiful baking trade. ;)

At one point this afternoon, Sadie and R3 came running frantically into our bedroom saying "Ms. Kylie! You have to see this! We made the biggest bubbles ever!" ;P They really were, which warranted a small video... Sadie's obviously still working on her really erratic "hosting" skills (her joke at the end is "I made you a pie!" "Oh boy, what flavor!" "Pie flavor!"), and I promise R3 has boxers on underneath that big t-shirt! 

So, I got a lot of blogging done today. All in a day's work!