Daddy is my favorite pillow

(Yes, she's really sleeping:)

More Halloween Fun

For Madi's teacher for Halloween:)
Other side; filled with pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!

Jello jigglers jack-o-lantern I made for Madi's class Halloween party. From what I hear it was a big hit but all the kids wanted the orange jello:)

Madi had a playdate today and this was their lunch-mummy dogs, ghost cheese, apple teeth, ghoulish grapes, freaky fries and creepy crawly jello:)

Madi-isms

Today Madi and Grace were on the floor "reading" books. Madi was reading a book with quotes about Grace, not her sister Grace, but Grace. She said something to the about "scared the bejesus out of them." I said, "Madisyn, what did you say?" and she looked at me like, what mom? I told her maybe a better thing to say would be scared the bejeebers out of them. Still, she looked at me like I was crazy. She said, "but mom, I'm reading this book," and held up the book on Grace. Apparently since she was ready a religious type book she found it only fitting to use bejesus instead of bejeebers:)

A Trip to Lam"Boo" Field

The girlies at Lambeau Field
Daddy & Madi

Daddy & Gracie bug

Got to decorate cookies at Lambeau Field and Madi was very happy with hers:)

Deranged Barney, I mean Grace, just wanted to lick the frosting off of her knife the entire time; didn't care one bit about the cookie (lucky for mommy & daddy who got to eat it:)

I L-O-V-E this time of the year, there is always something fun to do on the weekends. This weekend we took the girls to Lambeau Field for their Spooktacular Fun event. The girls enjoyed decorating and eating their cookies (and frosting) the best. We came back to Pulaski & took them "Trunk-or-Treating" at the Lutheran Church. People had the trunks of their cars decorated and were handing out candy, a very cute event. After church this morning we went to the zoo since that's all Grace can seem to think about lately. We got there right as they opened and strolled around for a couple hours by ourselves for the most part & the girls fed the giraffes too, it was such a great morning. Back to work & school tomorrow:(

How Tall This Fall???

Dave & Madi 2009-Madisyn 3 years
2010-Madisyn 4 years & getting bigger!

2011-Madisyn 5 years and looking so grown up!

Rain Gutter Bookshelves

I saw this idea a while back and these adorable shelves have finally made their way to Madi's bedroom! I am super happy with how they turned out and I LOVE them with the Dr. Seuss quote I picked out which my friend Kellen so kindly made into a wall decal for me. The girls love it and I'm looking for two small chairs or a small bench to complete their little reading area.

A Perfect Kind of Day

Today started out just as many other Saturdays; I got up, went to work, Dave stayed home with the girls, nothing out of the ordinary. It wasn't until tonight that I realized what a perfect kind of day it had really been. After work we went and picked Madi up from a b-day party she had been at. They went bowling (her first time!) and she was grinning from ear to ear, insisting that the whole family needs to go bowling now. We had a little lunch then went to grab a few groceries. When we got to the store they had bounce houses set up and games for the kids. The girls had a blast and we got a pumpkin shaped cookie for the road. We stopped at Shopko and did some browsing for ideas for Christmas gifts then headed to church. When we got home Dave decided it was a perfect night for a fire in the fire pit so we had an impromptu dinner of hotdogs roasted on the fire followed by a few marshmallows. The girls were so happy; watching how much fun they had and seeing them dancing around the yard was priceless. It's days like these that help you forget all the "grown-up" issues for a while. What a wonderful, perfect day!

My Man of Value

I just have to take a minute to say how proud I am of my husband. On Friday, Dave was let go from his job. We were, and still are, in total shock. We have cried alot of tears in the last few days and spent alot of time wondering, "what are we going to do?" Though we still aren't sure exactly what we're going to do, I do know that something good is going to come of this and Dave will find a job he deserves. Since Dave shared the news with some of his former customers, he has received many calls from people interested in talking with him and possibly hiring him. The calls have come as a result of his old customers making calls to people they know on his behalf and sharing what a good guy Dave is with them. I don't know a greater compliment. I'm so proud of my hubby!

In case I haven't mentioned it lately....

I love my girls, aren't they the cutest?? (even when they're not looking at the camera!This is the message Madi left me in my shower with her bath paints, how sweet is she?

This is what I did on my day off today, not bad if I do say so myself! Made one crockpot full of chicken soup & one of beef stew; enough for at least two dinners for us and 6 lunches for Dave! Also made mini pumpkin chocolate chip muffins for the girls, they are sooo good & sooo easy-one box of yellow cake mix and one can of pumpkin, THAT'S IT!! I added mini chocolate chips and baked the mini muffins for about 15 minutes. Super yummy!