Painting

Opps..guess I posted these in the wrong order. The first ones are the pictures after I painted.

After

After


Before

This was right before we moved in. It looked so nice and clean then; no kids toys!

Another before shot

Changes in the house

New beds and new paint!!

Friday I set up a todller bed for Grace. I didn't know how Gracie would do in it, but she liked it right away. She has been in it for a few days now and has been sleeping great for naps and at night. We still need to get Faith in Grace's old crib and give Sam and Sarah's crib back. Then we will finally have only one crib in the house again!

This weekend I painted the kitchen. I picked out a red color that ended up being more rust then I had planned, but I like it. I'll post the before and after pictures. Next I'm planning to tackle the sunroom.

Gracie also got to ride with Nick in the combine some today. She was quiet the whole time, but seemed to like it.

Fall Days

It finally feels like a typical Minnesota fall outside. The past two days the girls and I have been enjoying spending time outside. Yesterday we found a catepillar. Grace likes to copy almost anything I do. Lately she likes to bring her doll and doll stroller outside so she can push a stroller like I push Faith's stroller. I'm sure we look a bit humerous walking around the yard with our strollers:)

The nice weather has also brought more fieldwork. Nick has been busy trying to get as much done as he can before the next rain. It seems like this harvest has been so spread out already.

I try to keep myself busy with my own projects. I'm trying to do some very simple sewing. My mom taught me how to sew when I was young and I realize how much I don't remember, although some of it is coming back to me slowly! I have plans to get some painting down this winter. So far I'm just picking out colors. I'm not sure how far I'll get since I might get sick of it after actually painting a few rooms. The planning is sometimes the best part:)

Fifie

From the time Faith was born Grace has been unable to say her name. So she is usually called 'babie', which is how Grace says baby. The last two days she has been trying to say Faith. It comes out at 'fifie'. I don't know if that is any better then being called babie! Hopefully neither name sticks:)

October Snow

We woke up to snow this morning. We got a little snow a few days ago, but I couldn't get the girls outside before it melted. It takes much longer now to get us all out the door! We made it out today and Grace had a blast. For some reason she was very excited to put on her boots. Of course we had to make a stop by the deer and feed him an apple or two.

Faith is getting much more alert. I got some good pictures of her on her tummy this morning.

It is neat how little kids think their parents can fix anything. Lately if something is broken or not working during the day Gracie will say "Daddy, Daddy home". Which means that she wants daddy to fix it when he gets home. So when he gets home she has to tell him about all the jobs she has for him to do. I told Nick I need to start a 'to do' list throughout the day so I can keep track of all the toys that are out of batteries and containers that she can't open:)

sport overload

Seems like all we've been doing this week is watching sports. Vikings, Twins, Twins, Gophers, Vikings. I've become more a a sports fan since marrying Nick, but I don't know if I can watch much more this week.

Both girls are sleeping at the same time!!! It does happen sometimes, but they have both been out for an hour now. I usually don't get that much quiet time.

Family Time and Fall Fun

We had a busy weekend! On Saturday I went to some garage sales with a friend while Nick too the girl out for breakfast. He said they went to the small cafe in town, but it wasn't open until 8am so they went back home and made pancakes.

That afternoon we went to my parent's house. Abby was back in town before leaving for Portland. We had a great time telling stories from when we were kids!

Sunday We took the girls to get some pumpkins. There is a cute little place by St. Peter. They had hayrides out to the field and then we got to pick our own. Grace did okay on the ride out to the field, but she had a little meltdown while we were looking for pumpkins. Lately she gets to scared of everything. She just wanted to be held the whole time. Nick of course had to try to pick out one of the largest pumpkins. He had to get some help carrying back to the hayrack! We had a great time and maybe we'll need to make this a yearly tradition (unless I can get my open pumpkins going next year!)