Halloween!... And Other Fall Festivities

Apple picking...

 

 Digging in the corn pit...

Admiring fall colors...

 

 Picking pumpkins...

 Eating {a lot of} donuts...

 Crafting it up...

 

 Carving pumpkins...

 Dressing up...

 Eating free pancakes...

 Trick or treating in the freezing cold rain/snow...

 Getting sick off of candy...

Quiet Book

I like to have a little project going on at all times. Something I can pull out to work on when I get a minute alone to keep me from wasting all my time on pinterest. This has been the project for the last little while. And by a little while, i mean it took forever. But I loved making it! There were a few frustrating things that I came across every once in a while that just about drove me crazy (Bri...) but it was so worth it. It was a labor of love for my children. Here it is:

 

Cover

Barn page

6 finger puppets

The pieces of the caterpillar snap on/off and can be stored in the little "cocoon"

 

Balloons button on/off

The rocket moves up and down that string and the other pieces velcro on

Garden page. There are buttonholes in the dirt so carrots and beets/radishes can be planted/harvested from the garden  and the apples have velcro on the backs.

Veggies can be put in the back of the truck after being picked. The wheels button on/off

My favorite, the road page.

This page has home, the fire station (which stores the fire truck), the church, and a building that can catch on fire.

Carnival, school, tunnel (Trevor's current favorite), gas station and car wash

The animal heads have velcro sewn on the backs

Abacus page with wooden beads (painted by Ben)

Giant pocket on the back cover to hold cars, crayons, etc.

Trunk or Treat!

Our ward's Trunk of Treat was on Friday night last week. We woke up the day of and decided we should go. Which meant that I had to get costumes and everything else ready in just a few hours by myself while taking care of a sick baby. It was pretty awesome. I think it ended up being pretty great though, and our trunk even won the Best Trunk award! (Ben was really excited about that one.)

Getting the costumes ready was really fun. I was a cowgirl, Ben was an Indian, and Trevor was Clark Kent with dollar store glasses sans lenses and I just made the super man symbol out of felt and pinned it on him. We ended up forgetting war paint for Ben, and Trevor would not keep his glasses on longer than half a second, but it was still a success I think.

The web for the trunk on the other hand, was a big pain. It's just strips of white fabric tied together. I tried to do it on the living room floor, but Trevor had way too much fun rolling around in it and chewing on it. Once I had the inspiration to tape it to the wall instead though, it wasn't nearly as terrible. The spider is a ball covered in fabric with yarn braids for legs and paper eyes. Needless to say, I kind of ran out of time for that baby.

Costume prep. Ben ended up not wearing the pigtails. They served as the spider's legs instead. I think they're cute.

Clark Kent

crafting

Bet you didn't expect to see a new post on here for about another month. Surprise! You can thank my lovely sister for staying on my case for months to post these pictures of crafts with/for the T-dog. So here we go.

Trevor's name above his crib. Made with "wood" letters found at Hobby Lobby and modge podged with scrapbook paper. We hooked them to the wall with those command strip things so we didn't have to drill a hole through the cinder blocks for each one. Super easy.

This is the mobile I made for Trevor. I pretty much copied a mobile that I saw on etsy. It's just made with felt (most of the things are glued on, instead of sewn), stuffed with stuffing, and hand-sewn around the edges. I also got to do a little bit of embroidering, like the monkey's legs and tail, lion's whiskers, alligator's smile, etc. It was probably the most fun thing I have ever made and it was awesome to do it just for Trev.

 

Clearly I didn't paint this, but I thought it was appropriate to add since this is pretty much a post of Trevor's room. Ben got me this for my birthday. I love love love this painting. I think it is so sweet.

This is his room. Ben gave me the crib for Mother's day, and I absolutely love it! Isn't it beautiful?!
I made the cushions on the rocking chair. We got the chair from Ruth and Dan before Trevor was born, and then I made the cushions from that foamy stuff at Joann's and just covered it with the fabric while I was pregnant, just in time for Trev. Not too difficult.

This is Trevor's "dresser". One day when we have more money we hope to give our kids actual furniture. Not the most beautiful solution, but a heck of a lot cheaper than the real thing! And he doesn't seem to mind.

 This last one is the Father's Day present we made for Ben this year. Each month's picture is made with Trevor's footprints. I decided to just go ahead and post each month so that I can remember in case somebody calls me frantically asking for ideas for Father's day the way I did to my dear sister Amber (thanks by the way!)