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patterson farms, volume 3.
on saturday, we made our annual(ish) trek to patterson farms for some fun pumpkin-y, autumn-y, outdoors-y activities. i posted about 100 picture in picasa. here’s five. click on any to be taken away to my picasa site… patterson farms and if you’re interested, last year’s pics are here. and our first trip is here.
matching robot shirts

my friend bridgette made these super cute shirts for my lid kids. i’m very excited.
chairs

a few weeks ago, i scored these two chairs for $5 each at a childrens consignment sale. i took isaac to lowes to pick out paint colors. he decided on lime green for his and blue for anna. (with a bit of guidance from me). then, i got to work. between coats. in their final […]
dixie classic fair time.

on wednesday, we joined up with derek’s family and headed to the dixie classic fair. here’s how it went down… loaded into the stroller and ready to make the journey to the gate… isaac was a bit unsure about the rides at first, but i finally convinced him to ride the motorcycles wiht his cousins. […]
linus 2.0 and making my kids like the things i like.

first, some background info: isaac had a favorite blanket. we never left home without it. he couldn’t sleep without it. we worried about what would ever happen if it were misplaced. we scoured the internet for backup blankets. we asked my gramma, who bought it for him in the first place, if she could rustle […]
some thriftery

i’m pretty excited about a number of recent thrift store/consignment sale finds. bear with me. or is it bare? whatever. i scored this bumblebee (minus a hand) at a consignment sale for $2. ike was thrilled. it makes noises and sings the transformers theme song. i knew the missing hand wouldn’t be an issue since […]
dragon girl

There’s no way I could wait until Halloween to unveil annas costume. I picked it up this morning at a consignment sale for $3!