I wasn’t going to take the kids to the Oakland House this year, but Nathan wanted to go… It is super close to our church, so we all headed in the car to go, even with Grandma along! We always seem to get there right after they start a puppet show, so we have to… >> View Post
Archives for 2011
Lowes Build and Grow – Caboose (Train Series)
Lowes is having a 3 week series where the kids get to make a caboose, coal car and pull back engine! Today they worked on the caboose. They did a really good job. It had stickers to decorate it like a Christmas caboose or a regular caboose. This patch will be fun to sew on,… >> View Post
Elf is really on a shelf!
Elf decided he wanted to really be on a shelf today. Except, he sat his little bum into a shot glass that was in the curio cabinet. Hee! Doesn’t he look suspicious in here? Yes, I kept the topper to Autumn’s 1st birthday cake! Elfie also left the kids some nice candy ornaments on the… >> View Post
Gingerbread House Fun
The second day that Elfie arrived, he decided to bring the children a gingerbread house. Both of them were really excited, Autumn called it a ‘Baby Doll House’ and Nathan was wondering why we didn’t get a gingerbread train like last year. However, he really enjoyed making the house tonight, and even said it was… >> View Post
Elfie is back!
Much to Nathan’s delight (Autumn still hasn’t figured it all out), Elfie is back at our house! I plopped him next to my favorite December calendar from England this morning. I was getting ready in the master bathroom, and I heard an excited hoot and hollering coming from the family room. Somehow Nathan had snuck… >> View Post
2011 Year in Review
Here is my 2011 Year in Review:January– Kids and I started living in the house by ourselves– My Mom bought a new dog, Annie (or however you spell it) that Autumn adores to this day– We finally finished our Patty Cakes by painting them (2 years later!) February– Nathan went sledding for the first time… >> View Post
Thanksgiving at Jeff and Tracy’s
Today we celebrated Thanksgiving with my brother and his wife. Here is Jeff in front of all of his fixings. Yum! Nathan wins breaking the wish bone After dinner, Nathan desperately needed some batteries for his firetruck. However, we all thought it needed 9V batteries because it showed a picture of them on the backside…. >> View Post
Christmas Tree
I got my Christmas tree up yesterday, but FIRST I did some Black Friday shopping (of course!). I probably won’t be able to put any gifts under it until the day of Christmas, since Autumn cannot be trusted! Just some more of my Christmas decorations
What I am thankful for…
This won’t be as pretty as some of the other blog posts with all of the pictures… but, I wanted to list some things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. I am thankful for Nathan and Autumn. They have added so much love, laughter and little adventures to my life that I cannot imagine it… >> View Post
Gardenland Express on Thanksgiving
Before lunch, I decided to take Nathan to the Gardenland Express at the Missouri Botanical Gardens since it was open at 9am on Thanksgiving. Nathan looks forward to this every year, because he loves electric trains! We even got a really good family portrait! This was unusual because both kids are smiling at once! How… >> View Post
Eye Sore
Do you have an eye sore in your house? This is mine. Nathan’s wagon piled high with every kind of car, train or plane imaginable. I have this on my list of items to somehow organize in the home. Not sure how. But, its not very functional right now, because if you pull one car… >> View Post
Autumn’s 3!
Last night my little baby went to sleep for the last time as a two year old. She had her precious little binky in her mouth, the last part of her being a baby still. Binky goes away after Thanksgiving, and as much as I hate the binky, it still makes me sad that its… >> View Post