In the Midst of Autumn

We had Ingrid, Maya, and Olivia over on Thursday. It was so fun to have everyone over to our place. I can’t wait to to it again. The weather is pretty mild still, so we had a chance to take a few turns on the tire swing. :)

Kelly came over for a while on Saturday afternoon, while my mom got her hair did, so we decided it was a good time to carve the pumpkins we have. James missed out, he was out watching the football game, but I figured my mom wouldn’t be doing any pumpkins with Kelly this year, and I figured she would like it. It was FREEZING. For some reason I thought it would be Ok to do it on the porch. But my hands were frozen stiff. Kelly did most of the work.

Ben loves Halloween. It has taken a lot of reassuring that the ghosts and zombies you see all over aren’t real, just pretend like any other stuffed anima we have at home. We’ve done a lot of pinching and poking of zombies just so he’s sure. Now he’s really into it.

We took him outside last night, and lit candles in the pumpkins. He thought it was pretty cool, then we took a walk outside in the dark. He calls night time “good night” and he thought it was pretty cool to be outside at night.

Today we went to Allie’s Halloween Party. Ben was so excited to get dressed up in his cowboy costume. So excited that when it was time to take a nap he just layed there and said “Halloween Party! Halloween Party!”… so nap didn’t happen… until we got in the car of course. We drove around a little so he got about 20 minutes, then he was good to go and ready to PARRTAAAYY!

Kristen did such a good job with Allie’s party. They have a great backyard with all kinds of fun stuff. Ben had a GREAT time.

  

There was even a giant pumpkin.

 

And balloons!

 

And jello jigglers!

And a pinata!

Ingrid was a little freaked out by all the Halloween stuff. She’s still cute when she’s freaking out though.

We had beautiful weather, and a great time. Thanks for throwing a great party Kristen! It was SO much fun :) !

Good Weekend!

We did a lot this weekend, and it was a really good one. It has been a good feeling to have a lot going on and lots to do.

Saturday my sister Raquel had a Halloween party with a hayride with all of her 8th grade friends over. We went over before any of the 8th graders arrived. {OH yah}

My dad had a big garden this year and grew a bunch of pumpkins. Ben picked out a TINY pumpkin. It’s the cutest pumpkin ever.

 

My dad bought Ben this new winter coat. It’s really cute, really warm, and super soft. Thanks Dad! :)

 

After the short stop at my Dad’s, we went to Red Robin and got some take out and pigged out on the living room floor when we got home.

Today we went to Jenny’s Farm Market in Dexter. They have a wide variety of things to pet, ride, climb, and eat. It was a lot of fun. We all took a hay ride and it was Soooo much fun.

And of course we had some hot cider and donuts.

We still had time to swing on the tire swing

 

And check out our pumpkins.

Happy Birthday Benny! New House! New Stuff! Lots going on!

So these pictures are backwards. So just go with it. LOL.

 

This is today! My Dad and Raquel stopped by so my dad could take a look at our furnace. I’m glad that he did so now I know that it’s ok to run. We’ve been FREEZING!

While they were here we played on the tire swing. Ben went on the right way this time. I was so nervous, but he did really good and held on reallllly tight. 

 

These are pictures of my messy house so Leah can see what it looks like…

 
Our bedroom

 

Ben’s room  - with his new bookshelf I painted with chalkboard paint!!

 

Kitchen

 

Bathroom – how exciting..

Living Room

Dining Room – new

Office – huge mess. Waiting for the shelves to go up so I can organize the rest of the crap that goes in there! Ben got a new little desk from my mom, and I painted his magnet board with chalkboard paint. I hung those up today. It’s Ben’s office area. It’s super cute.

Here’s a close up of Ben’s chalkboard bookcase.

 

Ben’s new desk

 

Ben’s birthday banner. I also made some stuffed monsters but I didn’t get any pictures. :( All that hard work and no pictures to remember them.

Here are a couple things we put up so far. We put up these bars to hang utensils on. They’re super cute. I love Ikea. I also put one over the sink, to hang the bottle brush and scrubbers on.

 

Our bathroom is completely empty. They didn’t even put a shower curtain rod up. So far we’ve done that, and hung up a towel rack

 

And a toilet paper holder. :)

 

Now back to Ben’s birthday! Backwards style.

My Dad, Irma, and Raquel, bought Ben a wagon. It’s awesome. And they also put up a tire swing in our front yard. It’s SO fun.

Amber made Ben this AWESOME monster birthday crown! He wouldn’t wear it until he was preoccupied with cake, so he finally wore it. He wears it every now and then. It’s SO cute. She’s so creative.

 

Here’s' a picture of Ingrid stealing a bite of Ben’s cake. LOL!

And here I am mid-HAPPY birthday! LOL!

 

The cake.