As we were cleaning out some of Kayin's toys last week, she came across this dolly, one of many I must say! She noticed her piggy-tail braids and she asked me, "Mommy, can you make my hair look like hers?" I wasn't too sure it her hair was long enough, however once we got the braids done, THEY WERE ADORABLE!!!! Yuppers folks, her hair is long enough to do two braids--my next task is getting her to sit still long enough to do french braids on both sides!

Where's Harper?

Harper moved to quick for me to get the original picture! Kayin had taken her napkin from dinner and placed it over Harper (barely covering 1/4 of his body) and went to her bedroom to get one of her pillows for him to take a nap on. The minute I got out the camera, both of the lil' stinkers moved! But, have no fear, this creative girl found something different--our table runner! Sometimes it's just fun to sit back and watch her imagination run wild! Harper is such a good sport and we are so fortunate he has a great temperament around her!

Peek A Boo

Can anyone find Kayin? One of her favorite things to do is "hide" from you when she hears the garage door opening! Needless to say, finding her isn't that hard...but seeing the smile on her face wants you to stay home and play the following day!

Lucky Duck

So, last week, my dear husband calls me and tells me he is at a garage sale. He has had his eye on a big screen for quite some time, but other obligations and priorities have taken its place. Well, the price was right and we scored with a new SONY 40 inch HD flat screen tv. Now, it isn't one of those super paper thin tvs, but it was definitely worth the whole $40.00 he spent on it.

As a result, we had to move around our living room and I just had to show you the before and after pictures. We feel like it looks and feels more like a "living room" now and the new arrangement makes our room feel HUGE!!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Happy Fall

I got creative this weekend...

I went to the local grocery store and bought two "pie" pumpkins. Cut the top off and cleaned the guts out. The secret to this pumpkin vase is to melt some wax you use for baking and pour into the pumpkin. This coats the inside so the water will not seep through and keep the pumpkin from rotting and devloping those nasty little fruit flies. Pick out some coordinating flowers and VIAOLA...instant fall vase you can use for the month of October and November.

Catch Up Time!

Okay, before I start people, please remember that I DO WORK FULL TIME!! I am trying my best to keep up with the blog, but I know all of you reading this have all been there before! Some days I feel like I am barely swimming!

And, I know, you all want to see pictures of Kayin, but guess what...not this blog--you will have to wait until tomorrow. I thought I had taken some cute ones today, but the camera went kaput on me and I have no idea what happened. So, instead, here are the activities that our WONDERFUL daycare provider has been doing with the kiddos. Needless to say, Kayin is soaking everything up and has become even more verbal than what she already was!

So, I inserted the pictures in reverse order--guess that tells you all how tired I am! :)

G Week: Wrapping a gift -- she didn't do too bad!

F Week: Making a flower -- they painted a toilet paper tube green for the stem

E Week: Painting and coloring eggs -- Kayin talked about this project ALL WEEK!!!

C Week: Cookies (animal cookies glued on a train)

D Week: Dinosaur stamping -- the kids also got to make a "dinosaur fossil" necklace