Weekend Round-Up

It's Monday.  It is so hard for me to get up on Mondays!  I was telling David just last night that getting up at 5:30 SUCKS and it sucks even more because I don't really have to get up at 5:30, I just choose to.  It's not like I have a j.o.b. to get to.  But if I want to get anything at all accomplished during the day then I do, indeed, have to get up at 5:30--and could probably stand to get up at 4:30, but I'm not quite ready for that.  And being a parent and stay-at-home mom to 2 toddlers is a full-time job in my book.



Anyway.  Mondays always have me in a funk, so I thought I'd reminisce about some of the fun we had this weekend!  And this particular Monday isn't your typical one; it's probably one of the best because a) it's halloween!  How about some candy and really cute dressed-up kids to brighten your Monday blues?  b) it's ringing in the holiday season!  That's right folks, tomorrow is November 1st and I count that as officially holiday season around here.  Lots of fun things happening on our calendar the next few weeks, so there is excitement in the air.

Also for those keeping track, I finally finished "A Prayer For Owen Meany".  Good, good book.  It was long and I have very little time to read.  But I finished and I count that as a win!

So, this weekend:



Hadley's school pictures came in and I'm just beside myself.  I know I'm biased, but she has got to be the cutest thing on this planet.  I mean, can you stand it?

I also, found the kids in the bathroom like this:



I tried to stop it, but it was too late--so then I just went with it!  They had fun splashing around in the water, getting to do something they know is "probawwy" (per Hadley) against the rules, and they were playing nicely together.

Saturday was filled with errands.  We went all over tarnation looking for some area rugs for our rooms.  I haven't quite been able to bring myself to buying rugs from West Elm, etc. online without seeing it in person.  Our house is really, really dark.  We have a lot of trees outside which keeps everything shaded (yay!) but it also keeps the natural light from coming in.  A lot of our furniture is dark, so it's just made for a really dark home and I find myself brooding about it.  We aren't changing the furniture anytime soon, so I've been on the hunt to lighten things up a bit.  Insert area rugs.

We bought 2 awesome rugs this weekend and we are so pleased!  This one is upstairs in our bedroom:



I'm wanting a "french country" theme up there and I think this rug fits perfectly.  We are on the hunt for a new duvet cover, etc. but the rug looks really nice in the master.  For all of you locals- we got it at Michael's Wholesale Flooring.  They were helpful, not pushy (I hate going into stores and having people on my back the entire time I'm there), and professional.  We've already said we'll be going back there for our stair runner at some point!

We also got this rug from Homegoods for our family room:

We love it.  Even Hadley and Griffin find reasons to just go in the room and walk on it.  Things are slowly coming together in our "new home (that we've been in since May...!)

We rounded out our weekend by carving a pumpkin.  Better late than never, eh?  Griffin was interested until he saw the pumpkin guts and then he was done.  Bless his fear-of-texture heart.


I love this picture: Hadley is saying "Ewww!" and Griffin is trying to figure out what's in the pumpkin!


Pumpkin guts!


This is pretty much how Griffin felt about pumpkin guts.


Hadley was so excited she got to use the "saw" by herself "like a big girl!"


And Griffin spent time in the cabinets!



Happy Halloween, friends!

Fun Down on the Farm

We made plans a while ago to visit Denver Downs Pumpkin Patch with Hadley and Griffin this year.  I was a little worried last week because Hurricane Matthew was causing all sorts of weather-related stuff here and I didn't think we were going to get to go.  Fortunately, the weather was beautiful on Saturday and it wasn't even muddy.  It was just a bit overcast with a nice breeze- perfect pumpkin picking weather!

We have gone to Denver Downs for years now.  The first time we went was the weekend we got back from our honeymoon- and we've gone every year since then.  Last year, we took just Hadley because Griffin wasn't born yet!  He made is grand entrance into the world just a few hours after we left the pumpkin patch.  I was in labor while we were there!  So this year was extra special because now our boy was with us and he was walking!

They always have a theme and this year's theme was Peanuts (like the cartoon!).  Like Lucy, I'm always willing to give my opinion:



When we got there, I immediately got pictures of my babes because I've learned if I want them to cooperate for pictures, it's best if I have something to bargain with, haha!



 You want to go play?  Well sit here and smile first and then we will play as long as you want!







Hadley had so much fun.  She wanted to see the baby animals (a 4 week old calf and 6 day old piglets!), slide down the big slide with her Daddy, see the pig race, play in the play area, eat cotton candy-- the girl wanted to do it all!







I was very proud of her, too.  The slide is a big slide in a tunnel and her Daddy went with her the first few times.  She's a little timid when it comes to new things, but she made up her mind to go down the slide by herself and she did.  And once she conquered that, she went down by herself over and over again.  I think she was proud of herself, too!







It was Griffin's nap time, so he walked around a little, but mostly sat on the ground and wanted to be held.  My sweet boy fell asleep on his Daddy's shoulder and got a pretty good nap in.




We ate some BBQ for lunch and headed to the pumpkin patch.  Hadley knew exactly what she wanted and she was a girl on a mission.  She marched right on in and started picking out pumpkins!




Griffin wasn't quite sure about the pumpkins in the beginning, but he warmed up nicely to them!







Before we left, we grabbed a family picture by the pumpkin patch. We can't wait for next year!