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.
isaac
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. […]
s.p.i.r.i.t. spirit.
It was spirit day at ikes school yesterday (even though all the really fun activities were canceled due to weather). Anyhow, he wore all blue and white. Even his socks and underwear were blue, at his request. Also. My camera does not capture colors very well indoors.
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 […]
school photos.
last year, when i sent isaac off to school on picture day with a check for $39, i was a bit worried about what i would wind up with, since he was in a i-hate-having-my-picture-taken stage in his life. i was pleasantly surprised. fast forward to this year. isaac is in a i’m-not-really-sure-how-to-smile-on-command phase. and […]
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 […]
Class Star
Ike is the class star today. he gets special jobs, does a little show and tell and, well, I’m not really sure what else. But he was excited about it. And he insisted on wearing this shirt for his big day. 🙂 And he took that little robot toy on the floor next to him […]
soccer debut
it’s the moment i’ve waited for all my life. well, since my sports “career” ended. in 1999. ouch. isaac had his first soccer practice last night. it’s not even really practice. and they don’t actually play games. it’s really just a bunch of soccer fun with secret skill development worked in. he had a great […]