Sunday, October 16, 2011

Call Me Crafty {Googly Eye Frames!}

I've had a few people ask me to post more of our crafts so this is one cute project we did for Halloween.
We love how it turned out!

This was a quick, cheap and easy little craft.
I got 2 (hideous) frames from Goodwill for $2 and $4. 

I doctored them up with some paint, ribbon, wooden letters painted black and googly eyes. 

Then we set out for some fun family pics to put in them. I wanted the big red wax lips but couldn't find them at Target, Walmart or Meijer. So I settled on these and we all took a go: 



But then we went to the apple orchard and they had the red lips!
So we did a little photo shoot.
Hilarious!

Wren has 2 pair of Halloween PJs and we've been trying to have her wear them once a week to get use out of them. She loves to sit in her rocking chair but it can be tricky to keep balance...
thankfully I was close by with the camera and caught this picture. It could not be more perfect for these frames! 
Josh is going to put one on his office door saying "Enter at Your Own Risk!"

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Apple Orchard

Last Tuesday, Josh was already off, so I decided to take the afternoon off and we took a family trip to the apple orchard. Josh packed us a picnic and Wren loved it!

This picture makes me kind of sad...she's sitting like such a little lady. She doesn't resemble a baby at all. :(

Does it get any cuter? 

She was content eating her cheese and grapes until she saw my sandwich. Then she insisted upon taking "real" bites of it. Complete with prissy hands.

Our little beauty!! 

For some reason, we failed to take too many pictures out in the orchard. It is really toward the tail-end of the season, so the trees were pretty well picked over. But we were able to find about 10 pounds' worth. Wren, as you can see, inspected the product: 

It was such a beautiful day! Perfect weather--not too hot, not too chilly. Gorgeous skies. 

More big bites for Wren. She was a good little taste-tester.

And then that night, Josh made his delicious baked ziti and we celebrated Grammy's birthday and Grammy & Papa's anniversary.

Wren provided some gift unwrapping backup.


We're currently making some apple butter and I have stuff to make a batch of apple dumplings.
Our house smells amazing.

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Our Little Pumpkin at the Patch

Since I'm pretty far behind, I decided it was time to just start posting up-to-date posts and I can go back and fill in the summer months as I get a chance. Otherwise, I fear I'll be behind forever!!

We were so excited to take Wren to the pumpkin patch last weekend. We went to Millenium Farms and though it was pretty cold in the morning, it was such a fun day.


Oink! Oink! 

Wren absolutely loves animals. She gets such a kick out of watching them (as you'll see in the video below) and wants to get them soo bad! Most of her books have a Mama animal and a Baby animal. She does a pretty good job of pointing the different animals out in her books, and she can usually find the Mama and the Baby. This was fun to put what we talk about in all of her books into real life. These sheep had new babies, so we were talking about the mama sheep and the baby sheep. 
Then we got to ride a pony! I was afraid that Wren might be scared or kind of freak out when it started moving, but she loved it! She talked and yelled the entire time. Meanwhile, I tried to keep up running around the circle while holding onto her. And yes, I may have worn heels to the pumpkin patch. What's a girl to do!?
Isn't this cute?!

We took a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch and Wren looked high and low for the best pumpkins. 

Hmmmm. Which should I choose? 
Daddy helped her do the heavy lifting. 
Here she is with her loot: 
You'll note the big hunk of mud on her cheek. Yep, all that pumpkin picking got her a little hungry so she decided to snack on some mud. Like, chunks of mud. Not just a little smear, like big hunks that required chewing. Complete with a little burp at the end of her meal. 

She was directing the tractor driver where to go. Always in charge. 
After a quick outfit change, she picked out some Wren-sized pumpkins. 
And directed Mommy where to put them. 
She took a ride in the wagon and listened to some music. If you watch closely in the video below, you'll see her dance just a smidge. Girl has got some moves, I tell ya! She loves to dance and usually it only takes a few notes before she starts busting out her moves. In the video, you can see that she hears the music and starts to dance, but the guy was just doing his sound check so it ended quickly. I need to catch it soon because it's adorable! 
Finally, she told Daddy which way to get to the car. She was tuckered out!! 
It was a perfect fall day!

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Rewinding to May: Trip to Boston and Lots of Firsts

Back in May, we took a family trip to the Boston area to visit Wren's cousins, Uncle Jeremy & Aunt Lisa.

During the trip, there were lots of firsts!

We encountered Wren's first, second, third and fourth flights. The flights there were really great. The flights home, not so much. It was kind of horrible, actually. She had been off of her schedule for several days with the trip, and then our flights were during her sleeptime, but she was too overstimulated to sleep. We also were dealing with some ear infections, but thankfully the flight didn't seem to bother her ears. We probably should have shown up with earplugs for everyone around us!

But it turned out okay in the end. Here are a few pictures:
First Flight!
On the way home, zonked on Daddy: 
This was a happy point for her during our layover on the way home! It's sooo weird to see these pictures now! She was so little and babylike! It's amazing how quickly they change. All in all, she really was a trooper for the trip.  
She loved looking out the window. This kept her well entertained! 
Here's a quick video of her on the flight:

We took a daytrip to Cape Cod where we took Wren to the beach for the first time. 
It was pretty cold that day, but we were able to let her put her toes in the sand a bit. We also collected sand for our tradition of collecting sand whenever Wren visits the ocean. (We started it when we went to Florida when I was pregnant.) 

Does it get any cuter than this little beach babe?!


Later on in our trip, we visited a dairy farm. I had to take Wren's picture next to all of the yummy CARBS!! 
And she got to see cows for the first time! She was dressed appropriately in her little milkmaid's outfit. :) 
Aunt Lisa and Uncle Jeremy got a special cake welcoming Wren to their house. It was so delicious for the rest of us to get to enjoy!  
Wren also went swimming for the first time while we were there. Here she is getting ready in her cute little swim diaper: 
She had a little talk with Uncle Jeremy before heading down to swim: 
And she loved the water! 
All those rolls and ruffles, oh my CUTE!
We took a little rest while Daddy and Uncle Jeremy wrestled in the pool and Papa played with Alex. 
Here's a little video of her in the pool:

It was so long ago!! But it's fun to look back and revisit some of Wren's "firsts."