Tumblebees

So for the last month and a half Lauren has been going to a Tumblebees class held here in De Pere at the community center. And well the concensus is...she loves it! She absolutely screams and runs around like it is nobody's business. This week though it was different because there were bars set up. Usually there are just hula hoops to jump through, balance beam to walk on, a wedge thing to roll down on among other activities too. On Tuesday there was a bar to hang from and she could not get enough of it...so much for sharing the bar with the other children! --Although mama was the bad guy and insisted that she must take her turn with it! The teacher came up and said "This is just the beginning!" Gymnastics would be a cool sport for Lauren to be in...although she is not very crazy about the balance beam...She just wants to sit on it!

Fall is here!

So today was the first day that it actually felt like fall...crisp air, breezy winds and a chill in the house...no longer will we be using the air conditioner. The heater actually "kicked in" this afternoon. Ahhh this feels good. So Randy has been anxiously waiting to make his first batch of chili and today was perfect for that. Lauren has never had anything soupy like that so I thought that she was going to make a huge mess of it. And as you will be surprised she did wonderfully at feeding herself what is most likely a mess for me to eat...I am a clutz in every way including when I eat.

With the cooler temperatures in the air I have felt a need to make Lauren a blanket/quilt of some kind. So I have finally gotten around to that too! Actually I whiped it up last friday. How cozy it is...although I am thinking that I will need to make another one for winter time. She loves to snuggle with it and she is always wrapped up like a bundled burrito when she is sleeping...so sweet! Looks like there will be lots of sewing in the coming months. I am thinking of going all "handmade" for all of our presents. Have to do some research as to what the boys will like. However, I have too many things that I want to make for all of the girls that I really have to pick just 2 or 3 things. So much fun ahead.

Raining Babies

So it has been a month of or should I say a couple of weeks of showering some preggo moms with best wishes and presents. Two weekends ago my mom, sister and I hosted a shower for my sister Allison. She is due with her first in the beginning of November---or hopefully due before Halloween! We practically made everything down to the favors--hand dipped prezels with a flowered broach. And what fun we had preparing for it. I love crafting and baking as many of you know and this was a party that we definitely had fun doing just that!

Lots of sweet treats and goodies.

So much fun it was to decorate!Award for prettiest present goes to Wendy Schmidt!

Most talked about present award goes to Aunt Paula---a great gift--something every little girl shoud have! Santa may just drop one off for Lauren this Christmas! A special hand-made present for to mom-to-be--look familiar?

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Then about a week and a couple of days later all of us hosted another grand shower. We showered my sister-in-law Wendy and my brother Chris with lots of love and presents. I love anything to do with babies. And this shower was great because it turned out that we could do a bird theme (the theme for the baby girls nursery)...which is a hot thing right now! I had so much fun baking bird cookies and cupcakes I was sad when there were no more to decorate:(...they turned out so cute! In addition, I was also able to put together a special something that I found on the internet. We had a great time and surprisingly for a Tuesday night shower a great turn out too!

This is a popular gift.

Little Sadie and Andrea having fun!!! you go girls!

Whew what a long post again :(

Welcome!

So for about the whole summer Lauren has played outside with her three essential outside toys. A ball, bubbles, and her little car. Simple I know...but she has gotten bored with them. But now she will be able to entertain herself as well as us too! This weekend Randy and Carson (our brother-in-law) picked up a little playhouse. Then on Saturday and Sunday we assembled it. Didn't take very long at all and was pretty painless considering all of the pieces. So now Randy and I can say we built a house! I know that she will spend hours in there. She already loves to play peek-a-boo through the windows and front door. So cute!

Now we just need a couple of trees and other landscape in our yard as it looks like Santa just dropped a house in the middle of our back yard. Bare slate. Hopefully in the spring we can do that.