I know everyone has been there & done this but here are some pics of our fall canyon & pumpkin patch adventure.

I tried to get a good picture with the kids but have you ever tried to get a good photo of a 2 year old & a baby at the same time? Here are some outtakes.




Here are some relatively decent ones



And here are my still shots which I consider considerably easier to take



As for the pumpkin patch, we didn't really need a pumpkin but I thought it would be a fun Halloweeny thing to do with the kids. These are high voltage action shots as once again comes the impossibility of getting a 2 year old to hold still





This is what this one thought about the pumpkin patch


For those of you who think my spouse is not just an absolute angel here is a picture to prove he just might be

Or maybe it's the baby...

I just like the rest of these pics so you get to share in my likiness




I'm not really a fall lover as it just means bleak weather to me but I do love the oranginess of it all.

Random thought: Lately my #1 has been waking up in the morning & the first things she says is 'I'm soooo happy - I'm soooo happy'. That makes me happy.

The Early Morning Adventure

So I've been a little paranoid about the Swine Flu since I found out one of the girls I teach dance to contracted it. My pediatrician had told me it would be a good idea for all of us to get the flu shot since those under 6 months can't get it & they are high risk.
So when I found out they were doing a big blitz this Saturday on giving out flu shots at certain health departments I decided we probably needed to break down and go get it.
The clinics started at 7:00 on Saturday morning. That's right. That meant dragging ourselves out of our comfortable bed at the wee hour of a Saturday morn, packing up the kids and heading out.
We actually did not leave until about 7:30 and we weren't quite sure what we would find, but as we turned up the road it became abundantly clear what we were to expect.


That's right, about the longest line I've ever seen in my life. The cars were parked all the way down to Hunter High & the clinic was almost at the top of 47th. I'm not sure how long the line actually went as it eventually turned into a neighborhood, but I can tell you it was 1/2 way down 56th and that is with it wrapping around the building.
Well when we saw this we promptly drove past and headed to have breakfast at the Belgian Waffle as we knew there was no way we were going to stand in line, let alone even have a chance to get the shot.
Oh well...I guess I will just keep fetishly washing my hands.
By the way...Obama has officially declared the swine flu a national emergency. Hmmm...thanks Obama.

Remember when?

Does anyone remember when they were 2? I sure don't. I bet most of you don't. I was pondering this today and I came up with the only reason why this might be is because we were so horrible to our parents that we blocked it from our minds. At least I think that is the reason my number 1 child is going to go with when she's older...
I guess I will take a stinker now as long as she is good when she's older. Here's to crossing my fingers.

Super Cooper (The Pooper)

I figured since there are a few people from out of state that don't get to see Cooper much I would post some newer pictures of him, so here they are:

Projects

I've always seen these hair things & wondered how the grosgrain ribbon was curled, sooo I looked it up online and of all things you basically bake it on a wooden dowel!
Weird to say the least, but they are cute.


Here is what they look like in action:



If you are interested here are further details on how to make them:
-Buy a 1/4 diameter wooden dowel from Home Depot/Lowe's/etc...
-Cut it into 3rds so it will fit on a cookie sheet
-Wrap grosgrain ribbon around so there is no spaces showing on the dowel (can fasten to the dowel with wooden clothespins, or I even used tape which worked ok)
-Bake in oven at 275 degrees for 20 minutes
-Remove from dowels
-From there depending on how long you want the strands, cut up the curl so you have all even strands (I cut mine in thirds again)
-Line the strands up (I did a bundle of 10), take some elastric string (I found this at JoAnne's, didn't have much success at the other craft stores finding it) and wrap it around the middle and pull tight. This will make it all bundle together. Turn & wrap around to other side & double knot & cut string.
-Line a hair clip (which I get from Sally's) with ribbon & glue the curly part on.
Pretty easy!

The other project was a little forced on me. We did a humanitarian night for enrichment which I was in charge of but ended up having a baby instead.
A bunch of projects were left undone so I ended up finishing some of them.
The below are jumpers that you can get the material already cut out at the humanitarian center, you just have to sew them up, border the neck & arms and put embellishments on them if you want. It actually was pretty fun and it makes you think of those who are probably so thrilled to receive something like this and how spoiled we are that we can run to the store anytime and be picky about the clothing that makes us look 'best'.

The Challenge

"Warning...if you have not read the last Twilight book & don't want to know what happens, don't continue reading this"

So I was chatting with Aaron about my last post for some random reason yesterday, and the conversation continued into me telling him I couldn't wait for him to see the last Twilight move (because we all know he definatley isn't going to read the book).
Well our conversation continued into me just telling him the basic plot of the book and as I was rambling through how Jacob imprints on Bella's baby, how Bella's pregnancy is fast & the baby tries to claw itself out of her womb, which is why Edward finally turns her into a vampire, and how the baby ends up being this super growning freak of a baby, I'm thinking in my head "wow, this sounds even more cheesy when you try explaining it to someone".
Anyway his reaction was just as I imagined it to be. It was awesome.

So my challenge to you if you want a good laugh is find a guy in your life & tell him the plot line to the last Twilight book...Guaranteed it will be classic.

You Decide

So I'm not really into this as most but we were at Sam's Club the other day and I saw the new book cover to New Moon with the movie picture and anyone that doesn't think Jacob with cut hair is a ZILLION times better looking than Edward is crazy.

Robert Pattenson or whatever his name is, is so icky. The more pictures I look at of him the more icky I think he is.

The funny part is I saw the trailer for new moon and thought they casted a different Jacob from Twilight, but no they just cut his hair and he looks goooood.

So I know most people are all about the Edward but after seeing the movie I'm thinking some people might switch over. Plus Jacob is 10 times minus the drama that Edward is...even though it is mostly Bella that is the most whiny dramatic...Anyway I posted the pictures so you decide...Plus wouldn't you rather be with someone you warmed you up instead of made you cold?

Compulsion

Compulsion...I think this is what we may have to look forward to in the future.

If only I could focus that same directive into cleaning some toilets.

The first brownie batter lickin'....yummmmmmy....messsssyyyyy.


This is what happens when the sock drawer is left open:

Quite a fashion statement.

Isn't this picture so dainty...

Until you see it belongs to this:


Now don't judge me since my kid looks like a ragamuffin in all these pictures. However there is never a dull moment around here.

The Fiasco

So a while back the watch I bought for the husband when we first got married started falling apart. The numbers were falling off the face (go figure)...so we headed up to the Park City to go to the fossil outlet. He found a watch for around $30 that he liked and bought.

A couple of weeks later the face started condensing so back up to PC we headed to exchange it. The store no longer had the same type so we exchanged it for another watch that was about $50.

A couple of weeks later Aaron was at work, looked down at his watch and noticed that the face had completely cracked in half. Soooo again we headed up to PC to fix it. The store said they would send it in to the manufacturer and mail it back to us fixed.

A couple of weeks later we received a letter in the mail stating they did not have the part to fix the watch so they gave us a credit for $175 to the fossil website to order a new watch. We figured we came out ahead in the deal.

Aaron hopped on the website and ordered the following watch:







A couple of days later the watch arrived and here is what it looks like in real life:






not that big of a deal? Well here is what it looks like on my wrist:





If you can't tell it is HUGE!!! (the picture is not the greatest as I was trying to hold my camera far enuf away from my wrist but that didn't work so well.)

The website measures everything in metrics so he didn't realize how big of a watch he was ordering and it seriously weighs about 10 pounds. I didn't know they even made watches that big! It could double for a desk clock. Check out how stinkin big the buttons on the side are also!

Needless to say he is going to try and exchange it again but we had a good chuckle out of it.

Introducing...

Hello - I would like you to meet the newest member of our family, Cooper.
Mom is super glad he finally decided to get here and loves the fact that she can bend over, lay on her stomach, and such again!



Now that's a cute baby!

The Graduate

I figure I should boast a little about my husband graduating with his MBA.
After 2 years of the majority of his Friday nights & Saturday mornings taken up he will soon be free! (Even though he walked, his classes still run till mid June. Just two more weekends to go!)

It was actually pretty cool. When he got his gown & stuff in the mail we sat there and messed with his graduate hood trying to figure it out from the little pictures they gave us. Needless to say we couldn't figure it out very well, but come to find out we didn't need to because they actually have the professors do it for you as part of the ceremony which made it even cooler.

Here are some pics

The beginning of the walk


The Walk


Going into the graduation (a little like where's Waldo?)



The Hooding


Celebrations after the ceremony


How the hood is really supposed to look!

Congrats to the graduate and all the hard work over the past two years.

Love It!

As you can tell I lost my passion for blogging (wait...did I have a passion for it?), however I love when I see other people's blogs that their last update is even worse than mine...