Feeling Crafty

I have been wanting to decorate the boys rooms, but since money is tight, it's hard to come up with ways without spending too much money.  Today we were walking through Michaels and and I saw some blank canvases, 2 for 10 bucks (plus I had a coupon, so really 7 bucks)! So I got them and decided to make a photo collage for each of their rooms.  I already had a bunch of fabric and ribbons, so I didn't need to buy anything but the canvas.  I think they turned out pretty good, and the best part was that I finished them both while they were taking their naps!

This one is for Elijah's room

This one is for Jacob's room

Trick or Treat!

The kids were so excited this year they couldn't wait till Halloween to try on their costumes.  Elijah decided he wanted to be Spiderman( he was also Lightning McQueen for a little while too) and Jacob following in his brother's footsteps decided (or his mom did) that he would be a spider too( and no the bib is not part of the costume. Our little one still likes to spit up everywhere!)  The law school put on a little halloween event where people could come and decorate pumpkins and get their face painted and enjoy donuts, cider and other tasty treats.  He got his face painted (a spider of course), and decorated a pumpkin he picked out. 





The other weekend we went out with some friends to the bowling alley.  Elijah had never been and was super excited.  They put up bumpers and had a ramp so the kids didn't have to actually try and roll the ball all the way down.  I must say I was a little rusty, not having bowled in about 12 years, so it was nice we got to use the bumpers too :-) 

Mommy and Daddy so proud of Elijah's bowling skills.

Date Night

On Thursday was our first official date night for Kevin and I.  One of Kevin's classmates watched our boys for the evening and we got to enjoy a night out on the town.  We went to the Jolly Pumpkin Brewery for dinner.  Then stopped by Starbucks for hot drinks.  It was so relaxing and I didn't worry about the boys too much :-)  Elijah had a really good time and Jacob did great too.  I think this was our first evening out together without kids since July!

 I got a basil limeade, which was really good.                Kevin got a beer sampler.

Today we went to Chelsea.  It's a cute little town, home of Jiffy brand mixes.  We got to tour the Chelsea Teddy Bear Factory and Museum.  The boys got to pick a souvenir. Then we went to Timbertown down the street, had lunch and the boys got to play.  Overall a fun day!

Apple Picking

This past weekend we got to go apple picking at Wasems Farm.  It was really cold, but super fun.  It was a huge orchard and even though it looks like we were the only ones there, there was a bunch of people picking apples.  We got mostly Jonathan and Golden Delicious varieties, Elijah helped some but found one he wanted to eat and was too busy to pick the rest.  We got a 1/2 bushel, which I didn't realize is ALOT of apples! 

Elijah and Henry had a lot of fun, but the real suprise of the afternoon was not the apples, but the Donuts!  They make them fresh right at the farm. They had pumkin, blueberry, cherry, apple and then all kinds of different glazes maple, cinnamon, vanilla and chocolate.  They were SO good, I got a half dozen to take home.

So family update, Kevin is keeping busy with school, and finding all of his classes really interesting.  He went to his first U of M game against Minnesota last weekend while we went apple picking and got to enjoy the chaos of game day in Ann Arbor.  Jacob is army crawling, and loves to stand up, he would much rather stand than do anything. Elijah loves making Jacob laugh and does so quite often.