Taking a break for white mocha ...playing in the tree roots... what we did last weekend.
Cleaned up massive tree roots. We love being outside any chance we get.



The children's new favorite hiding spot... with the pots and pans



Sneak peek at our costumes this year

Home ... made

Above, John reaching for the peanut butter pie batter...I made pies for the men that helped us take down those spruce trees and one for our realtor...and one for Dr Arnett of course!

Then, I made laundry detergent... I thought I had a shredder disc with the food processor I scored for $3 at a yard sale this summer, but I couldn't figure it out. So I hand shredded the bar of soap...ah, I need to work on my shredding muscles.
Anyway, it smells good. We had all the ingredients at our Fred Meyer (like Kroger)...except for the Pure Oxygen Whitener so I used oxyclean.


Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipe


1 bar Fels-Naptha laundry soap
1 cup Arm and Hammer washing soda
1 cup 20 mule team Borax
1/2 cup Oxyclean or 1/3 cup Pure Oxygen Whitener



1. In a large bowl mix together the washing soda, Borax, and the Oxyclean/Pure Oxygen Whitener.

2. Place your shredder disk in your food processor. Shred the bar of Fels-Naptha in the food processor. Remove the shredding disk. Place the metal blade in the fp bowl.

3. Add about 1/2 cup of the dry mixture into the fp bowl with the shredded soap. Process until it is the texture of sand.

4. Dump the soap mixture into the remaining dry mixture and combine thoroughly.

5. Use about 1 heaping 2-tablespoon scoop per full laundry load. ( I use a scoop that comes in the small Oxyclean container.

Timberrrrr

Can you find William up the tree???




We obviously spent the weekend taking out a few spruce trees. It has opened up a lot of light into the front of Judy.




We are still awaiting the first snowfall of the season and getting as much done in the yard as we can before the ground is covered.
It is getting pretty chilly and the days are much shorter now.

ta dah

We took a jaunt to Seward last Saturday, foggy and rainy. It was nice to get out for a drive though.




John got to eat in a train car. He was thrilled.






The beginning of the end...tire swing fun!







Happy little man...

Winnie Gypsies at home

Oh, how nice it is to be at home. Judy is about 15% renovated and we moved in over the weekend. Tip toe tip toe OVER the tack strips we go. Tonight we are so exhausted from the past 2 weeks of getting our bedrooms ready enough to move in and carting over loads from the apartment that William caved before 10pm. Just not another ounce left in him.

Well, I know some of my friends are probably seeing some of the same changes in their little ones right now...but this weekend I realized that your daughter is no longer a baby when she is playing with her daddies rechargeable drill saying "Mom, this is 'totally AWESOME'".
That's right she says 'totally awesome.'
Next thing I know she will be saying 'like' for every second word. Slow down little one, don't grow up so fast!!!
And on the same note the little man is in the midst of night #2 without his paci.
Sweet sweet little ones!

We are really excited to know we have family coming to visit soon...to be revealed in pictures in November and December.

Today was gorgeous here. So, instead of painting walls, we went to the park. I anticipate it to be one of the last nice sunnies before snow comes. Oh, we had such a good time playing until Julia swung around on the tire swing just one too many times and lost her lunch in the sand. She asked me all the way home "did everyone see that momma?" She is also starting to be embarrassed and more self conscious in situations like that.

Okay, I know a boring post with no pics, but that's because I was too tired to go out to the car and get the sd card with all the great pre-hurl park pics. Maybe i'll get them loaded tomorrow. Night night.

Our living room turned entertainment center on crack! Yes super messy and all we can do to keep the children entertained while we paint and floor.



Here's their bedroom coming along slowly...




So, I was desperately craving meat nachos for lunch and don't have a can opener to open the rotel at the new place. Oh yeah, I am woman!





A little peek at the front of Julia's school. She is learning soooo much and we are really happy with the schools curriculum. They have this little song for learning their short vowel sounds and I will try to record her singing it soon because it is super sweet.

It is getting really cold here and I just can't warm up today. It is also suddenly dark when we awake and dark before 5pm. Oh, midnight sun where have disappeared to!

Sweet messy

Guess what we had for supper?

That's right when we have spaghetti we just put John on the floor and let him enjoy!

Small joys getting BIG

I saw this maybe on etsy today and thought I need to make one like it for a fall table runner...we'll see.





Sweet little babes getting so big on me! All decked out in their razorback attire. They are so loud when they call the Hogs I was wondering if they could be heard all the way in Fayettville??



WOOOOOO PIG SOOOIE!