WEEK IN REVIEW

You guys are already in-the-know about Louie's Baptism celebrations.  However, I thought I would post a few more shots from the weekend and a link HERE that sends you to my complete October album to date. 

My recent obsession is sitting for hours on end searching Pinterest.  I have yet to be disappointed! Overwhelmed ?...absolutely.  Now someone (Matt) may not admit to liking this site (which he does, maybe even LOVE it), but we all know that someone (Matt) is looking at it on his (or her...nope , it's his) time.  Matt's recent request was getting the girls their own "chore" board.  We are growing bored of telling them every morning/night each step they need to accomplish.  Don't they know them by heart by now?  HAHA .  Of course they do, but like to be told instructions.

  Soooo, courtesy of Pinterest posts, I have found inspiration to turn an ordinary dry erase board into a magnetic chore board.  The girls were thrilled to decorate this board with scrapbook paper, ribbon, stickers, etc of their choosing.  They assigned a task to each magnet which will be moved from "TO DO " to "DONE" columns. 

We had to get creative in the pictures on the magnets as I didn't have stickers appropriate for each task.  For example, I cut out the girls noses for nasal spray and blow your nose task.  Also, a diaper sticker will be used for nighttime potty use and a drawn toilet for morning potty time. You get the idea!  Tonight is the first use of this system. They personally can't wait!

Today, Papa made the trip up for our yearly trip to Whitehouse Fruit Farms for our pumpkin selections. The girls committed to their pumpkins quickly this year.  I thought it was a tough call as many were "perfect" in appearance. Of course, the weather was in the 70s and sunny.  LOVE IT!  We enjoyed the petting farm section, the feed the fish section, and the play house.  But those donuts were calling our name, so we headed inside.

  We have never seen it so crowded.  We all related the donut line experience to Seinfeld's Soup Nazi.  This worker kept barking orders at us to get in line, stay in line, move your cart over, don't leave the line, etc. She even corrected a couple of girls in front of us who were looking at something else on a shelf.  "You aren't allowed to shop for anything while you are in line for donuts".  WOW, right?  That didn't stop us from getting a dozen though :)

Finally, here are a few shots of the finished paint job of our bedroom.  The color is not transferring well on the camera.  I have purchased a new comforter set, but haven't decided on window treatments or lamps.  The pink chairs will be moved to the first floor.  Stay tuned!