Fall Days

Happy Fall!! here are some fall pictures of Boo. These are just various pictures of her dressed up in her witch costume for different halloween activities (and just dressing up). I wish I could have gotten a picture of her with her cousins who were dressed up as the aliens from Toy Story.

Here we are at the Pumpkin patch. I was surprised how fun it was, tiring trying to keep up with Boo but fun.

Happy Halloween! We had fun, hope you all did too.

Everybody play...

It's Boo's Special, Happy Birthday. (its the song they sing on Blue's birthday video...except with Blue instead of Boo). We recently celebrated Boo's Birthday. It was the BEST day. I felt like I was re-experiencing my childhood birthdays. We got some good videos so that I can always remember that all the work into making her day special is TOTALLY worth it.

I never post videos partly because I wasn't sure how. But I am sooo proud of my Boo blowing out the candles. She acted like she was 5. Some of the pictures we've gotten lately I can totally imagine her has a 9-13 year old. Its kinda scary to think about her with her ability to express herself in teenage form. yikes.  Anyway, we'll stay on the happy and positive and watch the video. :) (oh and the practicing that GG mentions was having her practice blowing earlier that day....no candles. So funny. Can you imagine him sitting there with her, both blowing at nothing? He's such a good dad!)

When I check on Boo before I go to bed, I always get a feeling of excitment and happiness as I peek in and watch her sleep. I feel like I'm sneaking a peak at the presents under the tree. What a happy feeling. I am so thankful she's a part of our family.

Here are some pictures of the sweet, yes ridiculous and crazy but sweet girl

Thanks family and friends who helped make our day special!!

quiet book pages

Here are some more quiet book pages I made...mostly for my record. :) But this is a easy way to make a quiet book if you aren't a sewer and aren't worried about them lasting through several children.

 I love this car puzzle. Boo doesn't quite get how to get them pieced together yet but puts them in the vacinity of the right color.  someday she'll love it, I just know it.

I made this page for a friend. I have a page like this except a girl for boo and I'm not quite sure what to do to make it "silly". For her, She has different kinds of lips but I didn't think that worked very well with a boy. I tried putting ears or noses on and it looked, well I guess "silly" but too weird. Any ideas?

Thats all for now.

My Girl

Hello My friends in the blog world,

It's football friday so Boo and I headed out to the game. It was against a good team and it wasn't looking pretty. So when it started sprinkling more than half way through the FIRST quarter Boo and decided  it would be a good time to leave. Fair weather fans. :)  

 Here are some fun pictures of the crazy girl

I don't get this girl, why does she love playing on the toilet? Everyday she brings usually her grocery cart full of toys and unloads them on the toilet. They funny thing is on her way in as she tries to squeeze past me she says something that sounds supiciously like, "excuse me mom". I am assuming GG taught her excuse me. So funny.

This is the only time she has sat at the toilet like a table. Funny girl. If only I could get her to sit on the toilet.

Look at her!! I had to step away for a minute so I asked Boo to hold the bottle and she did! She is turning into such a little mommy with the way she treats her baby cousins and her dolls....even her doll with only one leg.

Don't you love this little profile? I just can't get enough of it!

Sorry for all the pictures. I've been playing with photoshop elements that GG gave me for my bday. I really don't know what I'm doing. Maybe I should look at some tutorials but for now, I think I cleaned up some of the pictures well enough.

night!

Another wreath

Fall Bubble Wreath Sounds like the technique is something that was hugely popular in the 90's ?? I think it looks cute....When I saw it I said, "I think that might be the wreath for me"...maybe.

Shoe box lid art

Shoe box lid art

What could I do with this? Do I like this idea just because it came from shoe box lid?

Tried it and Loved it

I'm super excited about a new blog Stacey is starting called Tried it and Loved it. It's going to be a recipe blog where she *plans* to post a recipe a day of foods that she has tried and loved. I'm super excited about this...I just wish that I had thought of it first! ;)  She does have some pretty tasty recipes and generally if she likes it, I'll like it. So I'm putting a link her on my side bar and I'm sue I'll be linking back to her blog several times. :) 

Last night we had Pioneer Potato Soup-which Stacey actually introduced me to. I would have NEVER tried this recipe on my own because generally I do not like potato soups...and rarely even think of soups but I love this, its soo tasty.  I should have taken a picture but I forgot and GG has the left overs with him at school.

My notes on this recipe..It needs bacon. We made it once without it was definitely lacking. We also like to serve it with the Artisan Bread that I previously posted about.  This recipe is so tasty we ate it twice this month.

Pioneer Potato Soup
1 quart chicken stock (you can use canned chicken broth but once again my sister introduced me to bouillion cubes to make your chicken broth..I imagine it is probably much cheaper than canned broth)
4 potatoes, chopped (about 4 cups)
2 C. sliced carrots
1/2 C sliced celery
1/4 C chopped onion
1 t salt
1/2 t marjoram, dill weed, or cumin (I use marjoram)
1/8 t white pepper
1 C milk or half and half
2 T flour
Garnishes: paprika, sliced green onion, crispy cooked and crumbled bacon, chopped chives, parsley, or parmesan cheese (I have only ever used bacon, parsley and added a little cheese)

Directions
Comine all ingredients except milk, flour and garnishes in large saucepan. Bring to boiling; simmer 30 minutes. Gradually add milk to flour, stirring until smooth. Stir into soup. Bring soup to boiling; boil for 1 minute stirring constantly. Garnish. 4-6 servings.

Happy eating!!