Room Transformations

I know I love pumpkin, but some things are just not meant to be pumpkin spice.  Rooms, for example, shouldn't be.  They just shouldn't.  I was pretty excited to finally paint our extra room downstairs.  It was Todd's office our first year here, and now I've taken over!

 Now, it's my sewing room!!

I love how it turned out!  I love being down there and kinda wish I could spend a day sewing without interruption.  Hahahahahaha.  But seriously, it just feels nice.

And speaking of awesome rooms, our kitchen is DONE!  It's beautiful!  I'm grateful for all the hard work Todd put into making it so nice.

Fall Leaves

The color pops have made me feel grateful and have been a source of happiness for me.  I love the colors of fall.

Random October Pics

Halloween's coming!

 The dirt that came out of Oliver's boots after playing outside...

 Had a fun date with my girl.  Pizza and donuts and a movie!

 Mmmmmm

 Cooper's new haircut!  Totally a new look for him.  Where did my little guy go?

 I pretended to be on The Great British Baking Show and made a Bakewell Tart.  Very fun and super delicious

 Being silly

 Cooper's art.  He was drawing caricatures.  Ethan and Madeline on top.  Me and Oliver on bottom.  I love the cuteness!  I'm baking, by the way, you can see my little bowl and spoon sticking out.

 We still love donuts

 And I'm still trying to figure out why this is the way my kids play...

October So Far

Conference cinnamon rolls were delicious.  And Conference was sooo good.  I felt saturated after one session though!  Good thing I've got six months to go through them all over and over again.

 Baking Pumpkin Cookies with Tricia.  Baking together is FUN!  And pumpkin always wins for me.

 He loves his trains!

 Helping Daddy.

 I love Fall flavors!  Mostly flavor...

 Preschool field trip

 He locked himself in the piano room so he wouldn't have to eat lunch.  He's not related to me in that regard!

 Ethan and I share the same shoe size!  What?!?  Yup, I'm just trying on his new shoes.

 Cooper's "project for my head"  Oh, it really was the best!

 He got Ethan good!

 Meanwhile, Madeline continues to be busy making fairy houses in the yard.  :)

Tonight

Motherhood can sometimes be so lonely, and not even in a sad way, just matter-of-fact loneliness, with a hundred thoughts circling and rarely enough time to properly address any one of them.

-Ashley Mae Hoiland, One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly

Fun

I FINALLY convinced Cooper to take a tub with Oliver.  He has been refusing for a year.  Turns out it was actually fun.  Ha!

 A bunny tea party is also fun.

 And spending the afternoon and evening with my girl is too.  The General Women's Conference meeting was really nice.

 And talking about fun, "cooking" is TONS of fun.  They had a blast and were happy the whole time I made dinner.

 Hungry anyone?

water, chili powder, mustard seeds, poppy seeds, parsley, chives, bread, crackers, pretzels, popcorn crumbs, fruity pebbles, cloves, cheese, and more!

Madeline's Pink Salon

I was just about to clean my bathroom when Madeline handed me a 50% off coupon to her salon.  Salons are way better than cleaning, so I took advantage.  I had my hair washed and a mud mask applied.

 Then my hair was styled.

 An intricate and detailed design!

 Cooper also enjoyed the mud mask (i.e.-pipe cleaner dipped in water)

 And ended up quite styled up too!

The other boys in the family were less enthusiastic about it, but Cooper and I loved it!  Madeline's creativity is unending.