As some of you may have deduced from the photo slideshow on the panel at right, we went to a pumpkin patch a few weeks back with the Gilpins. The girls were so freakin adorable it was ridiculous. Here's a slideshow.
... and a couple videos...
Hi Goat
Pony ride
We also have undertaken a variety of improvement projects around the house. What's new, right? One that has really made me very happy is getting both our closet and Roan's organized. Here are some photos.
You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette. Here's the chaos in Roan's room while we were underway. Not for the feint of heart.
Here's Roan helping Daddy.
Her finished closet
A place for everything and everything in its place
Our closet
Another home project: we welded up a new gate for the side of the house. It was a great learning project for me because it had about a zillion welds, all at 90* angles (easy). I still have a ways to go before I'm a welding master, but it's been a fun project for us. We have one more bar we'd like to weld on to close in the largest square a bit, but here it is at the moment.
In other news, Roan went to a birthday party last weekend complete with ponies, face painting and balloon animals. And it was a gorgeous day for it. The only problem was, the party was scheduled smack during her naptime. We threw caution to the wind and figured skipping one nap wouldn't kill her. She did pretty well, but when pizza arrived and she laid her little head on the table next to her plate, we took that as a sign she needed some rest. She and Arwen took an impromptu nap in the shade together. Here's a slideshow.
A couple weeks back we took a trip to the zoo with Roan's friend Claire and her mom (and my friend) Jennifer. They were so cute in the wagon.
... which Roan commandeered to tote Baby Sarah around in.
True to the coming of fall and winter, Roan came down with a little cold a couple weeks back. Here she is curled up on the couch watching movies with Baby Sarah.
We were housebound for days on end while she was recouping. Her last sick day we were both feeling couped up and decided to go for a walk with Baby Sarah in her stroller. Her first time in anything other than PJs in days, she elected to put on my old Holly Hobby outfit from the 70's. (She still has her jammie pants on underneath!). Pretty dang adorable I must say.
Let's see... what else... We had a snow day. Roan was so excited. She was hoping we could go sledding. I didn't bother pointing out we don't actually have a sled, and instead focused on the fact that a centemeter's dusting of snow on the ground doesn't cut it for sledding. At least there was enough falling to try and catch it on our tongues. She seemed satisfied.
Also along the lines of seasonal fun, we decorated the pumpkin she picked out from the pumpkin patch. Rather than have her sit and watch me go to town on it with a knife, we opted for maximum toddler involvement by just poking holes in the pumkin that she could shove her Mrs. Potato Head pieces into. (Thank you K and Gramps!) She was thrilled.
Here's a picture Roan took today. It's her latest portrait of Baby Sarah. I particularly enjoy the depth of field and the delicate lighting in the shot. It's got Pulitzer written all over it.
As far as me personally, I have been knitting up a storm lately. I'm in high gear getting ready for Baby Cousin, but all of that is top secret until the baby showers. On top of that I signed up to take a knitting class ONLINE to learn how to turn t-shirts into yarn, and then turn that yarn into fabulous wonderful must-have objects. Here's a shot of a lace wrap I'm working on. For ME if you can believe it!
Online knitting classes seem to have been invented precisely for the knit-a-holic with small children. I can sneak in videos and chat time whenever I can steal a few minutes, without dipping into Arwen's wind turbine time and without having to recruit a babysitter. Score!
And finally a couple videos. These are from today. Roan has recently developed a keen interest in dinosaurs. I turned on the camera while she was going on and on about her newest dinosaur (today's poo poo prize) which she named Prana.
Um Her name is Prana
Oh show me Prana. And what is she?
A girl.
A girl. And what kind of animal?
Dinosaur. She has a green eye.
What else does she have?
A green head. She has a green tail. And she wags it. And she poops out from it.
She poops out from her tail? Really? Do you have a tail?
No. I have a bottom to poop in the potty.
Oh good job.
And... and... Prana sticks out her tail in the mirror.
Do you like dinosaurs Roan?
Yeah. I like this dinosaur. He's nice.
I thought it was a she, not a he. Is it a girl or a boy?
A girl.
Oh a girl dinosaur. So she's nice.
He is. She is.
She's not grumpy?
She's not grumpty. She's nice.
Are some dinosaurs grumpy?
Yeah. She doos... And when... When some dinosarus are grumpy they say ROAR!
What do they say?
They say ROAR!
Is that so funny? And this one.. and she stands all by herself. See!
Ok... that's all folks!
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