Sunday, October 31, 2010

A Little Bit of Fall

If you know me, you know I love to decorate. Scratch that. I love to REdecorate. Which is exactly why decorating for every single season appeals to me, I have to undo and redo every couple of months. Here a some of my recent fall touches.

This is a topiary that I made. I was inspired by my favorite "scralebrity" when she made a similar topiary using lemons and limes for spring. I desperately (dramatic much?) wanted to copy it but couldn't find the right materials. Spring and summer came and went and when fall hit, I found little pumpkins and the dream was reborn.



I started with mini pumpkins and stuff "filler," a styrofoam ball and a $2 candle holder I found at Value Village.


Commence the hot glueing.


It took a long time. A couple of weeks actually to finish it. I had to go back to the store TWICE for more pumpkins because I severely underestimated the amount needed. It turned out pretty happy in the end though.



My dining room table.


The bathroom.


I just love this plastic pumpkin. I don't know why. I just do.


The living room. I love my $10 red star from Fred Meyer garden section!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Fall Carnival

Last night our school hosted their annual Fall Carnival for the kids. Darrin usually has to work the event with one of his sports teams and this year was no exception. We spent the day making caramel apples and cotton candy and helped set up his booths for the carnival. Later, I went home with the kids to get dressed up and we went back to PLAY!

I have to admit, that I really despise this sort of thing. I'm not a fan of trying to manage my three kids in a big crowd. But I rallied and managed to last about an hour and a half. The kids were awesome so that helped. Love those nuggets.

The following are unlabeled photos from the evening. If it looks like Jake isn't having any fun in any picture, it's only because he knows when he's getting his picture taken and puts on his grouchy face just for me.

Jake was dressed as Jengo Fett (Star Wars of course) without the helmet because like I needed another think to hold while he played games.

Jordan was a cowgirl. Oh excuse me, a cowgirl PRINCESS.

Josh was Buzz Lightyear, complete with swirly beard drawn on with eyeliner.













Happy Halloween!!

YIPPEE SKIPPEE!

It's been a huge week. HUGE!

Not only are both Jake and Jordan on the Honor Roll at school (straight A's!!!) but Darrin has finally, officially, completely and utterly finished college.

After five long, torturous years of night school, five endless years of four hour classes two, sometimes three nights a week, five exhausting years of papers, exams, assignments and lectures, it's finally over. DONE.

Congrats to my sweet Hubbabubba! You make me so proud!

And congrats to my sweet little bubbas too. You also make me so proud!


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Kid Quotes

I've been trying for 3 days to post a couple of videos that just won't load. I'm going to take a break from that frustration today and post a couple funnies instead. These were both recently posted as my Facebook statuses but, for obvious reasons, needed to be recorded in a slightly more permanent fashion.

My baby (Josh) is drawing me a picture and just told me, "it is so awesome, when you see it you are gonna burp your mind out."

Last night I told my son (Jake) he couldn't stay up late because it makes him grumpy in the morning. This morning he told me I should have gone to bed earlier last night. Then I tripped him.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Baptism video

I completely forgot that we had taken video of Jake's baptism. Make sure to pause the blog music before starting the video.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

All About Doobie

I'm finally getting around to posting Joshy's "all about Doobie" post. Now that he is four, FOUR, this is what he's up to.

It's just Josh and me at home now that Jordy's in school and Josh and I are pals. Every time the kids and Daddy leave for school we turn to each other and yell, "It's Mommy and Doobie day!" Then we dance and smooch.

For breakfast Doobie likes 2 Eggo waffles with syrup (pronounced sherp), or cereal wis milk. His favorite cereals include Chocolate Balls (cocoa puffs) or Frosted Milliweeds (mini wheats). I will call them milliweeds forever and so will he if I have anything to say about it.

He can write his name (with a backwards J), and he loves to color. He is the best four year old colorer on the planet. No, it's true.

Unfortunately for me, he's getting obsessed with Star Wars by association. If I can't sufficiently distract him during the day with other activities, I end up playing Star Wars. EVERY DAY.

He has a toy GloWorm that he calls, Baby Named Jesus. That's it's name. Baby named Jesus. "Mom, can you help me find my baby that is Baby Named Jesus?"

Finally, FINALLY Doobie is potty trained. It was the most horrible time of our lives. Poo everywhere. But we've finally come out the other side (PUN!) and now there are no more diapers in our house. WOOT!

Doobie is an awesome shopping partner because he never complains. He just rides in the cart and carries on hilarious conversation. Usually with me, but sometimes with his zipper.

He recently told me that he likes to crunch his boogers.

He loves water, cabbage salad, seafood and broccoli. He'd be the healthiest kid ever if I'd stop feeding him McDonald's cheeseburgers three times a week.

Doobie loves to watch Scooby Doo, Dora the Explorer and any cartoon movie that is really long. Which, incidentally, works out great for me on those days when I want to sit around and read or do nothing. I mean clean my house...yeah, that's what I mean.

He is my most snuggly, cuddly, affectionate baby and I adore his hugs and smooches. I hope he never grows out of it like his older brother did.