Flag Football

 Ethan making friends at his first practice. Go BaNanA SLuGs!

 Libby loves her Kitty. And her Binky.

 Hayden loves being a big brother, and playing with his 'lil sis.

 Shawn wanted to practice throwing a ball around with Hayden during Ethan's practice, but couldn't find a football. So the mean boys took an innocent little stuffed kitty from a certain little person.

Ethan and Hayden have both decided to do flag football this season. It is a first for both of them, but so far they are both loving it. I just love watching them interact with their friends, and figuring out a new game. They are both a little hesitant, and shy, but they don't let that stop them from trying new things, and that is what I love about them. They are so full of life that they just can't help but to have a good time doing everything...a good lesson for me. Libby is also loving all of this park time! She is the happiest when she is outside. Sometimes she wants to get on the field and play too! I think this will be a good season. Albeit a very busy one!

a banner party

I have some seriously talented friends. Just saying.
So we had a little crafty banner party this morning. I was quite impressed with everyone's crafty talent. Especially Jamie, she had hers done in a jiffy, she was a speedy crafter. The kids had us out numbered, and totally ran the party but everyone accomplished what they came for so it was OK. I had bags of snacks and mini water bottles ready to help entertain the kids. To bad Libby wasn't crazy about the idea of sharing them with the kids. Sorry!
I hope everyone was happy with the end product. I think they all turned out awesome.

Thanks for coming, I had a great time!

Family Bowling Night

Ethan and Hayden's PE teacher put together this fun family night for the school. She turned the gym into a bowling alley! It was a genius idea. It was fun to see all the families playing and laughing together and enjoying each others company. The pins were a hollow plastic, and we had foam bowling balls to knock them down. Each family had to reserve an alley for 30 minutes. During your families turn one member had to take a turn to stand next to the pins to reset them after each player. And there was scoring paper to keep track of the score. It was really well organized. If you are looking for a fun family fundraiser for your school you should definitely try this. It will be favorite for sure!

After the activity we found 3 huge cows hanging out in the parking lot! Crazy!

A Halloween Banner

As many of you already know I have a little obsession with all things banners. I love birthday banners, and pendant banners, and holiday banners. So I had to make a banner for Halloween. Yes, I had to. This banner is made with crepe paper (also an obsession, love the stuff) book pages from a magician book, and a cute Halloween font I got on Etsy (another huge obsession of mine, gosh I think I have a problem!) So I thought that if maybe you share this obsession with me, that you'd like a Halloween banner too? Well I am going to have a banner party where I will teach you how to make one like mine: Thursday, at my house. Let me know if you want to take part in the festivities, and I will set a place for you! If you want a banner but don't want to make it, I can make one for you instead!

Sick Kids

 

Hayden and Ethan both woke up sick last Thursday with the stomach flu. They both felt better on Friday, but still stayed home from school to rest up. Then Hayden woke up yesterday sick again, and he is still not feeling great. I must admit that I have enjoyed having them home with me. We have been mostly just relaxing watching cartoons, reading books and playing board games. I love having them to myself, and I think that even though they don't feel great they think its kind of a special thing to stay home on a school day.

I have been taking advantage of being home bound and finished my book wreath. I am pleased with the way it turned out, but it took FOREVER to complete. Why did I choose the big wreath form? I made this wreath following the tutorial on the Under the Table and Dreaming blog, you can find it here. I am also working on a Halloween banner. I am so excited to get out the Halloween decoration box this weekend. I love fall. I just wish it felt more like fall here. It is getting dark earlier, so I know cool weather is coming...in like a month or two.

Saturday Ethan, AKA my little babysitter, watched Libby for me while I attended our Super Saturday craft day at church. I was a little worried about him since I usually just have him watch her while she sleeps, but he did amazing. I came home to find him pushing Libbs around on the office chair, and he had made her bracelets and necklaces out of paper clips. She loved it, and wore them all day. It was such a joy to come home to happy faces, and giggling sounds. Libby adores Ethan, and will often even choose him over me! He can be more sympathetic to her fake cry, and insistent need to be held all day. It makes me so happy that they love each other so much. With a ten year age difference I worry about them staying this close forever, but honestly I think she will cherish these memories forever. I am so grateful for my Ethan, he is so wonderful. How did I get so lucky?

Poor kitty

This morning after I let Libby go outside with the boys to play, while they were doing one of their Saturday morning chores, I caught Ethan teaching Libby how to properly hold the kitty, poor Scampi! Usually Libby will just follow the cat around and try to pet it. But this is opening up a whole new can of worms. How long before the cat decides she doesn't like this new game of hers and retaliates? Oh not long, I am sure. But luckily this cat is very patient, she is used to playing house, and being manhandled!

This weekend I am trying to finish up a book wreath that I started forever ago, I hate projects hanging over my head. I need to finish this one before I can start the next several that I have planned. Oh well!

Have a HAPPY WEEKEND!

XOXO

The BEST Labor Day Weekend ever!

Amb and I crafted these matching cousins freezer paper shirts (inspiration from ashley ann photography, check out her blog, she is AMAZING).

Libby loved baby Analea, or maybe she just loved to bug her?

Last weekend we had the pleasure of having my sister Amberly and her little family visit us. And I must admit that it happened to be the best weekend ever. We were able to pack quite a bit into our short weekend. They helped me a TON with Hayden's b-day party, which was a hit just because of Amb's help. The boys were able to squeeze a wake boarding trip in, where Ethan learned to slalom ski, Amb and I actually got to do a little crafting (even if it did cost us our Sunday afternoon nap, but I think you'd agree totally worth it!) we even had our traditional late night (adults only) board game fun (Aaron is a board game buff, and always brings out new games for us to learn, and Monday we even got to go out to the lake. It was a perfect weekend. I wish we lived closer so we could have these amazing times more often, but I will take what I can get!

I love you guys! Thanks for coming!