Busy Birthday week

Ryan celebrated his birthday last Tuesday (the 17th), and I had a busy time getting ready for it. I was running around cleaning the house, making the cake, a crown, a birthday sign, wrapping presents, and making sure the kids were happy and entertained. It was a busy day, but I had a fun time getting it all together. Ryan went to work then came home and was crowned king then opened his presents.

Afterwards, Ryan and I went out for dinner-without the kids-that was nice! I took him to Bonefish grill, and he loved it. I don't like fish so he never gets to eat it...I thought it would be ok for him to have something he loved for his birthday. I got a delicious steak. It was a wonderful place to eat, and I would definitely go back. The whole place didn't reek of fish so I didn't mind it at all! We returned home and had cake and ice cream with the kids then put them to bed, and we watched a movie. I think he had a pretty good birthday this year. (please pardon the blurriness of the photos. I apparently had a hard time taking pictures that day)

On another note, Carson slipped down the stairs yesterday, and broke his fall with a side table. His lip didn't take the beating too well. It was bleeding pretty good so I look him to the doctor. She prescribed popsicles. As you can imagine, Carson was thrilled! She also suggested he drink out of straws-another thing Carson loves to do anyway. The nurse gave Carson a coupon for a free frosty, and another one for a free kids meal at Applebee's. I guess it was worth the $20 co-pay! He is doing just fine today, but I can't help but laugh everytime I look at him. Here are some photos from this morning.

I laughed so hard when I looked at this picture I took...he makes such funny faces all day long.

Lastly, here is AC project #8. I'm late again getting it posted up here. I made one on Thursday to take to a "project exchange" activity thing we had at church. (You make something, bring it, then switch with people). I forgot to take a photo of the sign I made so I just whipped one up for me today and here is the result. I'm glad I decided to make one for me cause I really wanted one...although I don't want it to snow.

Fall Flowers

I have been wanting to make some cute hair clips for Halli and I for a while, and I finally got the chance to do it this week. I got a few colors of material from JoAnn's and made these. You can't really tell from the pictures but they are black, white, and deep purple. AC #7

I want to make some more, but this is all I got around to this time around. I'll definitely be making more for Halli. I got the idea for this from one of my new favorite sites Pepperblossom Decor definitely go check it out.

It was a busy week for me and the kids-running around almost everyday doing errands. It was just a bunch of little things we needed to do, but it kept us really busy. Tuesday is Ryan's birthday so I have been trying to prepare for that and figure out what I want to do for him. Hopefully it will be a fun (as fun as it can be for a weekday) day for him!

Creative Corner

So...we have a basement. Our house is a split level so there are 3 levels to it, and then a basement. We spend all our time on the 3 levels. The basement has 4 "rooms". A utility room where the furnace, hot water heater, and whatever else in in there are. There is a small office I guess you could call it-it has no windows, and it is probably only 7' x 7' or so...we use it for our food storage area/tornado shelter :). The third "room" is unfinished and was used by the previous owners as a work shop area. Ryan is going to start work on it this winter and turn it into a "man cave" He's got some sweet ideas for it so I'm excited...as long as I'm allowed in! It is a pretty big room though and will make a nice bedroom if it is not being used as a man cave. The last room in there is MINE. A requirement when we were looking for houses was that it have at least 4 rooms so I could have somewhere to set up my scrapbook/craft room. So I have turned a dreary basement bedroom into a place I can go to do my projects and be alone. I just finished it tonight and am excited to show my transformation. Here is my AC project #6!

I don't know why it looks like the hallways is a different color. I didn't do any painting out there. It is really that ugly yellow color...I wish it were white.

Pepperblossom decor

One of my new favorite blogs is doing a giveaway...go check it out! Here is the link.

"Ocpus" and Batman"

We had a fun Halloween this year. This post is a couple days late, but better late than never. Carson had such a great time trick-or-treating this year. He wasn't totally confused like the previous 2 years! Halli enjoyed walking around collecting treats from everyone. As long as she had something sweet in her mouth she remained happy and walked along with us. Here are a few photos.

We made some fun treats last week for the holiday. The kids enjoyed helping me with them, and loved eating them!