Trick or Treat

I always seem to post pictures in the wrong order. This was after trick or treating. They don't look like here, but they two very tired little girls.

Grandma with a bee and a flower.

Faith

Our pumpkins. Grace drew a face on this one.

Walking up to Grandpa and Grandma's house.

The little bee. She didn't want to get her picture taken so I didn't get many good shots.

Grace is a very neat and clean girl (except when it comes to picking up her toys:). She wouldn't stick her hand in the pumpkin to get out the seeds. I gave her a spoon to use, but that was still too messy because her arm touched the side of the pumpkin yet. FYI: she also doesn't like s'mores because they are too messy. She defianately takes after me with this rather then Nick!

Our big pumpkin and the beautiful bush by our steps.

Thought I'd try to get some pictures posted from Halloween. Gracie was a bee and Faith was a flower. We only went to the few places trick or treating, but Grace made a haul and it took us past bedtime.

Other happenings in the house:

I spoke too soon when I said Grace was sleeping well in her toddler bed. She does great at night, but the last few days she has not done well at nap time. It takes her a long time to get to sleep. For some reason she also thinks that she wants to nap on the floor (not sure where she got that idea). The challenge is keeping her in her bed for naptime. She stays in her room though so that is one positive.

I have been trying to start potty training. We bought Elmo and Dora underwear (Gracie's choices). She has had a number of accidents so I've been doing lots of laundry, but I think she is also starting to get the idea of it.

Faith on the other hand has been doing great with her naps. She is finally on a schedule and taking nice long naps:) Most days I can even get them both to nap at the same time for at least an hour!!!

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.