Friday, October 31, 2014

Two out of Three

Yesterday (the day before halloween) I took a few pics of the kids in their costumes in hopes of taking some of the pressure off getting good photos the day of... except I couldn't find Sam's and the time I spent looking for it meant I lost that last bit of sun at the end of the day that makes pictures magical. wamp wamp. Nonetheless, here's a preview of what Will and Elana will look like tonight for our neighborhood Halloween celebration:







Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Colin's 31st Birthday

This past weekend we celebrated Colin's birthday. The weekend before that we took a trip to see the Perkins, who graciously kept the kids for an entire Saturday while I took Colin on a surprise getaway to Asheville, NC (Biltmore, massage, dinner at a brewery)!

Anyways, on his actual birthday I made french toast (per Colin's request) and he opened his oversized present. For years I've been eyeing the Star Wars LED Death Star Wall Art from Pottery Barn Kids. I knew Colin would enjoy having it. It's way cooler than any "kid" stuff. ;) This was the year!




Despite the fact this cake looks like it's for Halloween, it's actually Colin's requested yellow cake with chocolate frosting from a can, and because I insist on having some kind of decoration, this year he chose Reeses Pieces.











31 candles later...










Colin spent the day creating built-in shelves for our media closet:


Here's the end result:



And the Death Star in his office:



Monday, October 20, 2014

Pumpkins

Instead of doing a full blown pumpkin farm experience, this year we opted for the easy pop-up pumpkin patch that takes all of 5-7 minutes to enjoy. We've had a pretty busy October so while I'm a little disappointed, I'm not really. ;)







After the kids chose their pumpkins we went home and they drew the face they wanted carved...






Here's a "before" shot of the pumpkins. I carved them that night but didn't get around to photographing until the next day.



Will was still napping when Elana and Sam were playing outside the next day...