A "hideout"

The boys and I built a really neat fort in their room yesterday. The top picture is from the outside. We put it behind the changing table next to the wall and then added another little card table for entry and to make it bigger.

We then covered the inside with blankets and animals and put some funky lights in there. It is soo cool, I wish I would have had one like that when I was little. A great place to hide and the boys like to just sit in there and have some quiet time (mom likes it too).

Taxi tote..

I finished my first project from my new sewing book. It turned out pretty cute, I think now I need to make some for people for Christmas presents.. It was pretty easy to make and did not take a ton of time.

Lazy Days...

It has been raining like crazy here and I have had a bad cold so needless to say we didn't get out much this past week. One of Carter's favorite things to say is "Mom, I just want to be lazy today". Which means he wants to stay home and watch cartoons, play with Rusty, bake cookies, cuddle up and read books, do his paint with water books, put together puzzles, etc. We had mostly lazy days this week and it was great. Really nice to stay home and not go, go, go. I think my cold is finally mostly over and I am really glad. It is hard to take care of kids and do everything else with no energy. Thank you coffee.. Here is a new picture of Carter and his "best dog friend" Rusty. Today I am taking the boys to see Madagascar 2 so it is a big day - we are venturing out of the house for the first time this week. Ha! Back to real life I guess and that also means I have to go grocery shopping.. no fun.

New sewing book...

I got this new sewing book today and it is fabulous. It is by my favorite fabric designer (and she has a blog too). Anyhow, it is filled with cool, funky projects I can't wait to make. If you love to sew or want to learn I recommend it, the beginning is filled with the basic "learn to sew" instructions and it is just fabulous.

I have already gone to the fabric store (this evening) to get some fabric for my first project in the book, the "taxi hand-bag". A smallish purse, that looks really cute and pretty easy. We shall see..

Halloween

We had a great Halloween.. the boys and I went shopping at Goodwill in early October for costumes and we got a bunch for like $1.99. We got a new "cooler" batman costume and mask, a darth vader mask, buzz lightyear costume, ronald mcdonald costume, etc. Anyhow, Carter had decided right away that he was going to be batman again this year and Gavin changed his mind about 100 times before Halloween. He mostly said he was going to be darth vader but then at the last minute, insisted on being Robin (old costume from last year). So we had batman and robin. They were both really cute and we had a fun time trick-or-treating.

The boys and I had a small Halloween party here at our house with some friends on Friday morning and then Kevin and I also went to an adult party that night (after trick or treating). It was fun and good to catch up with some old friends. As you can see, I dressed up as minnie mouse.

We also attended some good friends' harvest party on Saturday night so we got some good use out of our costumes this year.. Rusty even came along for trick or treating..