Friday, November 20, 2015

Pete's Computer Art

I taught Pete something cool on the computer yesterday.  He wanted to draw on it and found the shapes on Paint on his own.  I then showed him the joy of the fill and let him go at it.  He only asked for me to fill in the lightning bolt for him, the rest is all his own.  We even got to print it!

today edition

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Family Pictures 2015!


Last week we had such perfect weather we took advantage of it for my Dad to take our annual family pictures.  This year we went to the Chinworth Bridge in Warsaw.  Dad met us after work and the kids were actually in a decent mood...thanks to a bribe of a new toy for Pete and marshmallows.  Though Nora's naptime actually worked out great for it as well.  This year I had the boys and girls matching and generally coordinating between the two.  It started out with our matching Ugg style boots then I was at a craft show and fell in love with the feather scarves from Sew Much Sweeter, she custom made the toddler one for Nora because she didn't have one in stock.  The prices and quality are great.  Plus she has most of the items that are popular right now in adorable comfy fabrics.  Nora's sweater was a zulily find from American Apparel.  The boys baseball shirts came from Amazon.  I thought everything turned out amazing from the outfits, weather, attitudes and the final pictures!  Now just to actually getting around and getting prints made for the house!



I love Nora's grin in this one.  Probably my favorite!


Looking so big!

from before the picturs even started

The hardest fought shot of the night.  

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Selfies by Pete

Pete was using my fire phone the other day and when he gave it back to me informed me that he had taken some pictures with it.  Finally that night I was able to look and came up with about 50 pictures he had taken!  These are the cream of the crop!



Friday, November 6, 2015

Farmhouse Table Review

We decided it was time to upgrade our table this fall.  We all fit around it but if we had company of any sort then we were too big for it.  We've had the table since before kids so it was kinda bittersweet to get rid of it, but the new Farmhouse Table we got from Furniture and Concrete Gallery has been completely worth it!
all ready for fall

I love the dark top and pickled bottom.  I was really hesitant with the grooves between the boards on this style of table but really it hasn't gotten too horribly disgusting, even with both kids.  We use a damp microfiber towel and wipe up crumbs from the grooves and for more problematic pieces pull out the vacuum with the crevice attachment.  Nora likes to use the bench for a table at snack time but for most meals she sits in her ikea highchair at one end without the try on. Works great!  We also love how much more room we have though this table is actually bigger than our other one.  The benches slide under the table for storage and unlike our chairs that had rounded back don't stick out.  
The bench fits under the table
These tables were handmade, fit in our minivan with the back seat out and were a great price and quality.  Here is their facebook page with more info about their products. All of which are adorable and affordable! They also have a website here.

Halloween 2015

This year we broke from our normal geekiness for Halloween and went with Power Rangers, not even the classic Power Rangers but Dino Charge.  So we all had the costumes Pete was the black ranger, Nora was the pink ranger, Phil the blue and I was the red ranger.  We didn't manage to take a family picture but the adult costumes were similar to the kids.

We had hat/hoods for each of us but neither kids managed to be wearing it at the time!


Pink ranger trying to open up some smarties...

Our pumpkins for the night.  We had our Teal pumpkin for food allergies noting that we had non-food goodies and a good old jack-o-lantern that was carved 10 minutes before trick or treating.