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Oliver and I were chatting about how I am going to be getting my knee brace off on Wednesday, when I go into my doctors appointment. I was telling him how I would be able to do more things like I used to do.
He says , "Oh like beating up Daddy and tickling him. And you can make cookies again!."
My niece Charlie feel asleep while we were watching Cake Boss. She is taking up half the bed. I have enough room, but not sure were Levi will sleep tonight.
...The Muffin Man!?
We are busy making our yearly ornament for friends and family. And when I say 'we' I mean the kids make one each and I have made about 40.
This year we picked
these half eaten gingerbread men. They are surprisingly easy to make and each one ends up being truly unique. (Some look more tortured than others)
The only way to leave a tip.
When October rolls around it is crunch time for costumes. The boys are always VERY specific about what they want to be. I am talking color specific...like that is the wrong shade of red for Mario and her wears black shoes I need black shoes only! I love hearing what they come up to be each year and I try to make it happen for them.
This year I pulled together 9 costumes total. I came up with the ones for our family and some for some friends. It is something I LOVE to do.
Below:
Josef 14 is Dr. Who #10 (David Tennant)
Ian 11 is Mario and he has a Toad Stool
Kaleb 8 is a Mad Scientist
Oliver 6 is a Toy Story Alien again
The boys carved the pumpkins they found at Linder Farms into some adorable Jack-O-Lanterns. This year they all did about 85% of the work. In past years we have done most of the actual work involved while they were just project managers. We told them to keep the designs simple so they would be successful. The finished faces have a cartoon quality to them. They turned out great!!
