I have so many blogs that I have started but have not really had the time to finish, so I thought I would just combine them into one hodgepodge blog.
The weather here has been crazy! We had our 5.9 (or close to that) earthquake - which I thought was an airplane crashing (I was close to an airport at the time) into the building. Earthquake was the last thing on my mind. We have also been having the hurricanes, which in this area we just get really bad storms when they occur. Hurricane Irene - I did not notice so much. It rained a lot, there was a lot of lightning/thunder, and the winds were strong (the tree in our backyard freaked me out a bit) but it did not appear to be as bad as they were thinking. At least not in our area. I thought the next hurricane (not even sure it got a name) was a lot worse. I am very comfortable driving in rain. I mean, you cannot live in the Pacific Northwest and not be. But this storm was the first time I was not feeling so good about it. I was glad when I got the kids safely home. The pattern seems to be a couple sunny days, rain, thunder/lightning, repeat.
We have been able to still enjoy the outdoors, but I have been trying to plan crafts so that Colin is entertained. This brings me to my new favorite website -
http://pinterest.com/. LOVE IT!! It is a place where you can share craft ideas. I have so many fun ideas for the holidays, birthdays, etc. We did our first craft from the site this past weekend. Penguin feet! We need to work on keeping our feet steady but it was a lot of fun. We did one for Meli too! So small. We ended up using one of the penguins for Will's birthday card. Colin really enjoyed craft time.
We also made some puppets. Pictured below are the lion and elephant. We also made a frog. Next weekend we will make two more. Then it is time for a puppet show!
Pinterest has also given me ideas for some changes to Meli's room. I am keeping it yellow, but want to go with less of a theme. I love this room from Pottery Barn. Meli's room is going to remain yellow but I like all of the white, which is mostly what we have now. The second picture is what I want to do with her letters we already have on the wall. Adorable! I am thinking of either buying or making something like the butterfly hanging decoration. I love it! My vision of Meli's room keeps changing...It started as Winnie-the-Pooh, then bees (inspired by Pooh's bees), then I added butterflies and other bugs. The colors are yellow, white and a little bit of green. I have some bug pictures that I have yet to hang.
Potterybarnkids.com
MeMe has been so funny this past week. She is experimenting with different noises she make. She started doing this high pitch scream. At first I thought she was upset but she was smiling. She cracks herself up! Not my favorite noise though. She is also grabbing everything! At dinner she gets pretty jealous and wants to join in. So, she is usually sitting in one of our laps - eyeing are food. She wants it. Plates, glasses, silverware - none of it is safe. She has her check up tomorrow, so I will post her stats later.
My dear, dear husband celebrated his birthday on Monday. We had plans for the last weekend, but poor guy had strep throat. Poor baby. This made my week of birthday dinners crash. His throat was so bad he had to eat broth and rice pudding for several days. Now that he is feeling better I can start making his favorite meals. Colin and I made turkey meatloaf together on Monday. Colin had so much fun adding the ingredients for me. He was so proud.
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| Birthday cake |
~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~
The B Family
This past weekend we finally made it to the pumpkin patch. My trip to Germany was somewhat short notice, so we had to change our plans. It worked out fine. At least our pumpkins will still be fresh for Halloween. Colin had a blast! It is fun seeing how much he changes each year we go. He was big enough to do most of the activities this time and loved all the things to play on. The whole time we were there Colin kept asking where the Pumpkin Princess was. He sees her every year and seems to have a little thing for her. It was funny to here him ask because when he says "pumpkin" it sounds like a not so nice word. So, it sounded like he was say "where is the f'ing princess?" We were laughing but at the same time trying to get him to stop. 
Meli seemed to enjoy herself as well. She enjoyed looking at the animals and trees. Meli loves the trees! If we need to calm her down all we need is some tree branches and a little wind!
Colin introduced himself to all of the animals. Randomly at dinner the other day, Colin told us that his favorite animal is a cow. This was news to us, but he does seem infatuated with them recently. A Chick-Fil-A opened up near us and we drive by the person in a cow suit every day. Colin calls him his friend, the Cow. 
