Halloween Gingerbread House

Candy, Frosting and gingerbread...Whats not to love about all of those things!

The finished product, and a very happy boy who is VERY proud of his house!

Bows

When we 1st found out that we were expecting a girl my VERY crafty cousin Chelsea sent me some adorable homemade bows. She had the great idea of using the clips on the back to attach to headbands so that you could switch them out and get more use out of more bows! Her bows gave me the great idea of making them myself and now I cant stop! I find myself in front of the TV while the boys are watching sports a few times a week making them! I've also found some great online stores for materials at wholesale (Michaels was getting a little pricey) and I don't feel as bad throwing away the mess-ups when I can get materials for so cheap! Here are some of the bows I have finished and I don't see the end in sight!

Pumpkin Patch

One of my favorite parts of October is visiting the pumpkin patch. We went last week and the rainy weather made it feel just like fall!

Trash Truck

Tuesday's at our house begin as early as 6:30 am when Riley hears the sound of the 1st Trash Truck of the day driving down the street. We have 3 different trucks that drive down our street throughout the day so that means 3 trips outside to watch them.

Jumping!

Jumping on our new trampoline is a new daily activity. Unfortunately our back yard is small but luckily they make 8 foot trampolines small enough to fit! And it was no surprise that Riley figured out a way to play soccer in it.

Sunday Afternoons

Now that Football season has started this is what my boys are doing on Sunday's. I LOVE that Paul likes matching with Riley and that Riley LOVES wearing his football jersey (any jersey for that matter). We're sad that Angels Baseball season is coming to an end but at least we have Football and Basketball to look forward too!

Lets Go Fishing

This game has become a new favorite of Riley's. Not a day goes by where Paul and I don't get the pleasure of playing this game with him (haha, we are both so sick of it)! Its a little loud and its actually kind of hard but its great for Riley's motor skills and when he gets a fish he loves yelling "I caught one"!!!!

Forts

While we have all been sick with bronchitis we have been spending a lot of time in the house. Its been a great excuse for Riley to build forts with the couch and he LOVES it! I love how excited he gets, it reminds me of when I was little and built forts with my brothers.

My 1st day of School!

Riley started his 1st day of school and he did great! I wanted to get him started on his own "big boy" routine before his little sister arrives so he is going on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for about 4 hours. When we got there he went into his classroom and was so happy to see that our neighbor Andrew is also in his class! He went straight over to the table with all the cars and Paul and I said goodbye. We were relieved that on our way out the door there was not a tear or complaint from him, actually I don't think he even noticed that we left :( I on the other hand am missing my buddy and probably going to drive by while they are outside playing to spy on him.

I LOVE to Paint!

Riley paints at least twice a day and on a good day we're outside painting 4 different times! He paints with watercolors and tempera but finger paints are becoming his fast favorite! I don't keep all of his art but I keep WAY to much of it because I cant seem to throw it away and when the painting is dry he reminds me to hang it up in his playroom.

Yes, our dog Herbie has been painted on numerous occasions.

HOOOOME RUN!

Riley loves sports and yes, we let Riley play ball in the house... Recently has been very into baseball (maybe its all the Angel games we take him to). He loves to play HOMERUN with dad. He hits the ball yells "HOMERUN" and makes his way around the kitchen tossing the bat on the ground and slides into home base and says "safe"! It is so funny to watch and even more amazing how good he is at hitting the ball!

This machine pops the balls up into the air

Pretend City

We have been so excited to take Riley to an awesome new children's museum in Irvine. It has been "in the works" for almost 12 years! (crazy). Riley quickly gravitated to what he was comfortable with; water, cars, the mail box and the Grocery store but we were a bit surprised at how excited he was to be a "farmer". He LOVED picking the apples and strawberries and then putting them back, and picking them again!

A few of the "pretend" apples had been bitten into, haha!