So Productive:)

I am experiencing unprecedented levels of productivity this week!  Last night, I made 4 receiving blankets and a bag for my knitting and mended Pnut's tights that have holes in the toes that she just won't give up.  Tonight I mended a teddy bear and two pairs of pants and prepared our Christmas child boxes.  It is really nice to have these projects done, and I have a few more to complete before I run out of steam!  It is all about self control.  Making my self get up off the couch and do something.  That kind of self control.

To add to the busyness of our week, the exhaust fan in our furnace went back.  Yesterday the furnace turned on (for some unknown reason) and I thought the house was going to blow up.  It made a very horrible noise.  Thankfully, Joel knows someone from work who came over and checked it out and is ordering a piece for us.  He is going to help Joel install it and it shouldn't cost too much, not nearly as much as having a repair man in would.  I am so thankful that Joel knows so many helpful people and that the weather is so nice so that we don't need our heat!  I'm praying that it stays warm until the part comes in!

All of this work has made me tired so I'm off to bed:)

Fall Decorating

Today I made the girls walk downtown, which takes about 20 minutes either way.  They are always very enthusiastic on the way in and very tired on the way back.  We went to some shops and the Creative Reuse, where I got two pairs of circular knitting needles for 50 cents each (a steal!).  On the way back, they picked up some really cool leaves so I thought we would hang them in our window for some fall atmosphere!

The girls were very excited about it. 

Joel invited a friend from work and his fiancee over for supper so I did a super-cleanup of the table today. 

I filled my little candle holder with cinnamon sticks, which fascinated Pnut.  She wanted to eat one.  That would have been a surprise to her! 

Tomorrow Pnut has a birthday party at 12 so Pilly is going to work with Joel because we need to take a friend over too.  We have something going on every single day this week!  I'm not used to our weeks being this busy!  It should be a fun week, though!

Slow Week

This has been a slow week for me as far as thinking of things to post.  I'm not doing a good job remembering to take pictures.  Maybe if I jazz things up with color people won't notice.  What do you think?  We had a pretty nice day today.  It rained so we just stayed inside, but we got out a puzzle that makes a car map and drove matchbox cars on it.  LB even was driving his little wooden car.  And then removing puzzle pieces and sitting on our cars, but the girls thought he was hilarious.  I'm trying to just savor theses moments while they are little!

So now I'm going to bed!  Have a great weekend and hopefully I'll think of better things to post next week!

Cooking Club-PW Style

It was my turn for cooking club today, and I was really pleased with the things I made.  We had Corn and Cheese Chowder, Chicken Melts, Peach Crisp with Maple Cream Sauce, and Blackberry Tea.  The soup and dessert were both Pioneer Woman recipes so I am just linking them instead of retyping!  The dessert was really delicious!  The maple cream sauce is really the magical touch!  I did cut the amount of peppers in half in the soup, and I was glad, but I am not a huge pepper fan.  I also didn't include the onions because I don't like onion in my soup! 

Chicken melts are really easy.  I made chicken salad out of some chicken tenders I cooked last night just with mayo and then made grilled cheese with chicken salad in between the two layers of cheese.  It is a very filling sandwich.  I love the warm chicken salad.

The girls were upstairs playing with Kate, who is just a little bit younger than Pilly, and they were laying in the hallway with all of the doors shut so that it was dark.  They had their blankets and Jackie said they said "did you see that shooting star?"  How cute are they!

Playing in the Sunshine!

Today couldn't have been any more beautiful so I did what any sane person who doesn't want to be driven nuts by their children would do...we went to the playground:

LB wore his sneakers that are too big for him, and he didn't fall down too much.  His feet just grow too fast and he doesn't walk around outside that much for me to buy him a new pair, unless of course I find them at Goodwill!  He also went down the little slide with the girls a few times and seemed to enjoy it.  The girls certainly did! 

The girls chased a squirrel around a tree.  There really isn't that much difference between bringing them and the dog!

Gorgeous!

They were all enjoying the tunnel quite a bit, mostly because LB was in there for the first time.  May giggles emanated from this area!

Someone wouldn't stick his face up to the hole:P

Just a beautiful, fun day that we all enjoyed.  Quite nice with winter coming up.

On Friday night, we got a new gift!  My sister had our new nephew and he is quite darling!

He is already extremely well-loved!  We are all very excited about him:)

Wordless Wednesday-Hammy McHamsterson

What is this?

I'm pretty sure I didn't sanction this activity:

I'm not a fan of snow ever but especially not in October. 

It came down heavy like this all day until about 9:30.  And it is still melting.  At least if it had to snow, it could have the grace to melt the next day.

On the weekends, Joel sometimes makes lunch for the girls, and is it any wonder?

This is a monster eating some fish.

And here is a cutie with his weapon of choice, a golf club.  Thank heavens it is only plastic!