jennifer

jennifer

Monday, October 31, 2011

BOO HOO!

Halloween is cancelled in our town!  Never in my lifetime have I had Halloween cancelled.  Of course it will be rescheduled to next Sunday, but don't tell that to a bunch of little monsters who have been counting down the days since October 1st. . . . .Oh the disappointment.  Such is life.  We are actually counting our blessings because this storm has reeked havoc in many towns.  Some will be without electricity until Thursday.  Trees cover many roads and homes.  We may have school cancelled all week (gasp)!  But, we are one of the lucky ones.  We only lost power for about 12 hours.  Many of our friends and family are not so lucky.  Some don't even have water due to the wells.  For now I will end with some Halloween  photos form the last two years and remind myself how lucky we are.
                                                              HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween 2009


                                                         





2010


Saturday, October 29, 2011

TRICK OR TREAT????

TODAY WE DID THIS . . . .



CARVED PUMPKINS!




LIT THE JACK 'O' LANTERNS



ADMIRED OUR WORK.  WHILE OUTSIDE IT LOOKED LIKE THIS. . . . .


LAST TIME I CHECKED WE WERE GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN, NOT CHRISTMAS.  THIS HAS TO BE SOME TRICK, YET MY LITTLE ONES CERTAINLY FEEL IT IS A TREAT!





WE RARLEY GET SNOW THIS EARLY.  MAYBE AROUND THANKSGIVING, BUT NEVER BEFORE HALLOWEEN!  I GUESS NEVER SAY NEVER.  LET'S JUST HOPE IT MELTS AS FAST AS IT CAME.  AS I AM TYPING THIS AT LEAST SIX MORE INCHES HAVE FALLEN AND IT IS EXPECTED TO GO ALL NIGHT.  I GUESS WE WILL BE SLEDDING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO GET OUR TREATS THIS YEAR!

Monday, October 24, 2011

A Little Monkeying Around!

       Two things my little Ryland is obsessed with these days are football and monkeys.  When it came to deciding a theme for his birthday party, I knew it would be one of the two.  With some careful thought he came up with the plan to have a monkey party this year and have a football party next year.  Got to love a boy who plans ahead.  Love it!

        Hannah and Ryland's birthdays are less than three weeks apart so this year I decided to do a combined friends and family party.  Since we already had our monkey theme I thought how cute would it be to do a mod boy and mod girl monkey party.  Thanks to the wonderful ladies at Etsy I had a lot of fun planning.
Our wonderful local bakery made this beautiful cake as well as the cupcakes I had made for the girls!



The kids and I had fun making these monkey pumpkins!

We had fun decorating pumpkins and creating sand art!








I found these monkey tins on line which could be personalized and thought it would be cute to fill them with monkey cake pops.  I thought they turned out so cute!
Ryland's greeting when he went to preschool on his birthday.  How special!


We surprised Ryland with a new bike on his actual birthday!

Hannah will be turning nine in two weeks.  We will be visiting the American Girl Doll Store and celebrating with some friends.  I know she is super excited and cannot wait!






Happy Birthday my little monkey's.  I love you both so much!  XOXOXOXO,

Monday, October 17, 2011

Wonder Fall!

We have certainly benn having a wonderful and busy fall.  I thought the summer was busy. . . the school year is simply a new kind of busy.  We have dance classes, football practice and games, field hockey, play practice, ccd, and of course homework and projects.  Not to mention my volunteering at each school.  I, however, would not have it any other way.  I like to be busy.  I just wish I could slow things down a bit.  It is easy to get caught up and not fully enjoy all of these moments.  I know I will never have these days back so I am trying to live them fully!  I am grateful to have a place I can document all of these moments and at least can remember them through pictures and words.




















Fall is most definitely one of my favorite times of the year.  The crisp air, fall leaves, beautiful colors, apple picking, football games and pumpkin patches.  Speaking of pumpkins, I might be slightly obsessed with anything pumpkin and this time of the year there is no shortage.  From pumpkin coffee, bagels, munchkins, soup, almonds, bread, I have had them all.  If its pumpkin flavored I have to have it!









Friday, October 14, 2011

Happy Birthday Ryland!

                                                                     I Cannot Believe . . .


                                                                           My Little Baby. . .
                     
                                                                        Is Turning Four. . .




                                                                               Today!



I cannot fathom the fact the my youngest is no longer a baby nor a toddler.  He is a big boy.  Four years old.  I don't know where the time has gone.  The years are moving too quickly.  I want things to slow down. . even though I know they won't.  There is just something so bittersweet about your last baby growing up.
You are such a fun, loving, smart and football loving boy.  In fact, I think these pictures are the last ones without your football shirt on.  Since the Patriots started playing you have worn your Tom Brady shirt every day.  No joke!  I love that you love football and can't wait to play like your big brother.
I love your enthusiasm for life.  I love that you like to try all types of food I make, unlike your siblings.  I love your hugs and the fact that you tell me every time your off to preschool that you are going to miss me.  I love everything about you Ryland.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Thanks you for being my little boy!