Friday, November 6, 2009

Carm’s Hats

While we were all in picture-taking-mode, I caught this cute one of the boys in both their blue winter hats my friend Carm made for them – THANKS CARM! They are adorable and fit perfectly!

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W&M

Our friends, Ned and Jeanette Turner, went out East on a trip and passed through ol’ Willy (aka Williamsburg... The College of William and Mary), our alma mater. They brought us back these adorable sweatshirts for the boys….

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Race car driver

Grandma bought Tate this totally great race car driver outfit for Halloween. He had a great time dressing up and fun with all his friends at school on Monday (late because of the school cancelation due to snow).

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I volunteered to take pictures of all the kids in their costumes at school. Below is a picture of Tate’s two teachers, Mrs. Vallence and Mrs. Caruso.

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Here is Tate and his special friend Sophie at school.

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Here is the whole class in there fun costumes.

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Fall Family Fun

Due to an unexpected gut bug (for Mommy), we had to forgo a planned evening with friends for fall festivities. Nevertheless, we still ended up having a fun-filled weekend with lots of great memories.

Chase just adores wearing this cozy hat my friend Carmen made for him a while back.

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Tate and Daddy built a train ramp that resulted in hours of fun.

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Daddy made a special blankie hat for Chase and he just thought it was a hoot with all our giggles.

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Tate went out for a snowy adventure with Gizmo.

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Tyler and Tate had fun making this really cool jack-o-lantern. With carbon paper, they first traced on the Thomas image. Tate cut out the eyes (I missed the actual cutting), then Daddy did the rest with a power tool for the details that were cut only half way through the flesh.

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We then baked the seeds (a little drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle of salt and 35 minutes in a 350 degree oven). They turned out yummy.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Weekend fun!

Grandmommy came in last Tuesday. We had a blast! Then on Saturday, Tyler and I left for Boulder for a night away while Grandmommy watched the boys until Sunday afternoon. THANK YOU GRANDMOMMY!!! It was very refreshing!

Here are some highlights from the visit (note: Grandmommy was in her house clothes much of the visit and requested no pictures)

Swim class on Friday:

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Movie night – Swiss Family Robinson

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Box races around the house…they had a ball! This is definitely one advantage of having hardwood floors.

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Grandmommy took a family photo – everyone is smiling!

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Sad news

I am a little sad today, not overly sad, just a little. First, my dear friend Julia tells me that she and Paul have decided to move back to Connecticut. Not right away, but sooner than later. A few months back they had decided to settle here and start a small homestead, but things have changed….and I am a little heart broken. Julia and I get along really well, eat the same (so can share stuff) AND our kids like each other and play well together. They go to our church and I was hoping our kids would kind of grow up together in all the youth programs, etc. OK, no more, I am about to cry.

Second piece of bad news, one of my chickens died. I went into add clean wood chips and there she was…I won’t go into details, but uggg….poor chicken. Now we just need to pray it was a fluke thing and not some chicken virus that will pass on to the rest.

On a happier note, Grandmommy is here for a visit! It has been busy, but restful too. Yesterday we just vegged. Tate and Grandmommy watched pretty much the entire Little House on the Prairie mini-series. Today was swim class, a drive-by of Tate’s school and a trip to Vitamin Cottage. Grandmommy is staying with the boys on her own Saturday night so Tyler and I can have a night away in Boulder! So more upbeat blogging soon….

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Fire Engine Birthday!

Tate has a healthy interest in anything trains, cars and trucks. So we went with a fire engine theme for his birthday party. One of our neighbors is a volunteer fire fighter. He generouslyIMG_4833 gave us a fun tour of one of the fire engines at the fire station about 5 minutes from our house. He brought some plastic fire fighter hats and let the kids climb into the engine and see all its buttons and gadgets, it was a good time!

Chase loved it! He kept pointing and hollering at the big, red trucks!

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Tate thought it was pretty cool too!

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Tate then wanted a picture with his brother in the drivers seat.

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Tyler and I made a fire engine cake. Since I didn’t want to use the artificial dyes, we had to go with yellow. It was a hit!

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Fun was had by all!