Autumn Walk through the Arboretum

Penellie and Dado

Even though she’s totally a mama’s girl right now, she will still give Dado some love.

Sommelier in Training

She thinks it’s a good one…

got to taste to be sure though. 

Pumpkin Patch

October 10th was a very chilly and windy Saturday here.  We braved it along with Aunt Bean and went to our favorite Powell Pumpkin Patch in Louisburg off of 69.  For $20 we got 4 enormous pumpkins.  We carved them this past weekend.  Cute pics to come

BabyGap

So, I’m thinking about entering Penelope in Gap’s current casting call.  What do you think?  Should I try, should I leave the modeling to others?  leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Time to Share

I’ve finally decided that I can share my other site.  It’s still a work in progress as I want to make it fancy, but can’t figure out how yet.  Anyway, it’s a place where I want to show more crafty type things and the redoing and repurposing (you like that word?) of different objects.

Check it out here at The Frosted Square

And, I finally joined Twitter…still figuring that one out tho.

Welcome!

Jacob David was born this morning at 6:59am.  He weighed in at 7.8 and 19inches long.

Congratulations!

He’s already making silly faces   He’s such a handsome boy and looks so much like his brothers. And he smells so sweet.  I love that new baby smell

Dinner this week

Each week I let everyone make a dinner request so that at least one night someone is completely happy with dinner.  Today I put in which was the boys’ requests.  Jaime is particularly happy about tonight’s meal.

Saturday–B: Peanut Butter Pancakes

D: Parish Picnic…BBQ

Sunday: B-cereal and eggs

D-Pork Butt (on sale at Target) acorn squash, baked potatoes

Monday: B-pancakes and yogurt

D-chili, rice, corn bread, salad

Tuesday: B-bagel sandwich, pineapple

D-homemade mac and cheese, veggies  (Alexander’s request)

Wednesday: B-oatmeal, apple

D-homemade pizza (going to try this recipe for the dough) and salad  (John Paul’s request)

Thursday: B-cereal bar and yogurt

D-spaghetti squash, chicken and dumpling soup

Friday: B-bagel sandwich and fruit

D-something Mexican but I haven’t decided what yet. maybe bean enchiladas with rice

new site I found:  http://simplyrecipes.com/

Also this weekend

this was a busy 3 day weekend.  i already mentioned a few things we did, but forgot these:

• boys had they’re first taste of Paciugo’s
• LONG bike ride…all the way to the train tracks and back
• first total crash on bike…Alexander got scraped up pretty well and busted his lip
• fishing…this time Alexander caught 6 and John Paul snagged 3
• walks around neighborhood
• 6 pairs of new jeans for the boys
• laundry, dishes, laundry, dishes, grocery shopping
• reading…got Alexander 3 new books–Star Wars, George Washington, Indians

Late Nights

Penelope didn’t get the memo about babies going to bed.  She’s an incredible night owl…10 or 11pm! she’s at her busiest from about 8-10pm.