Booties and Blankets

A girl that I go to church with just had a baby girl and asked me to make a car seat canopy for her because she knew that I made them. It is a basically a blanket that attaches to the car seat handle so it won't fly away and you can lift up the bottom to sneak a peak a baby or keep them covered and not feel like you are suffocating them. After making the canopy I decided to make some little booties that match them. Making baby booties is my new little hobby. They are so cute and pretty fun too. I keep telling Bryce I am going to make him some for Christmas and let me tell you he is really excited, okay maybe not that excited but they are still cute. I will be trying out new designs so if they are cute I will be posting those too.

The Spooks Will Fly on Halloween

This Halloween was by far the funnest I have had in long time. Not only did I spend weeks working on perfecting the kids costumes, but we did a lot of fun stuff together as a family. The day before Halloween we went to my sil's work and walked around and got candy from different areas. Then on Halloween we went to Trunk or Treat at Grandma and Grandpa's church, where we totally scored on the candy. Then we came home and walked around to our closer neighbors houses and just had fun. Everyone loved the kids costumes and especially got a kick out of Morgan's squeaky shoes. Morgan didn't really understand what was going on but thought it was great to walk up to people and get candy. She learned to say Happy Halloween although it sound more like Ha Ha Haween. So cute though!

Carving Pumpkins

On Halloween afternoon we went outside to enjoy the nice weather and carve the pumpkins we got a few weeks before. Coey was really detailed at drawing his face, but unfortunately it was all too close together so we weren't able to make it exact. I went for a more traditional look while Bryce went for something more to his personality. See if you can guess which one is his.

Another Surgery for Me.

On Tuesday I had surgery on my hand to finally relieve the pain I have been having in my thumb for almost a year. The doctor went in and release the tendon sheath so the pressure would leave my nerves alone. I guess it is similar to carpal tunnel surgery. Anyways I am so glad my sil lives close by because she took awesome care of my kids while I was loopy and her husband made some yummy chicken wraps for us. My hand is feeling better, not as bruised but still definitely sore, especially when I over use it. I get my stitches out next Thursday. In the meantime I am grossing people out by walking around with the bloody tape still on and no dressing :o)

Pumpkin Walk

On Monday I took the kids to the Pumpkin Walk with my sil and bil. It was pretty cute to see how creative everyone can be when it comes to decorating their scenes. Below are just a few of my favorites. The best part about this...it's FREE!

Spooky Ooky Houses

This year for Halloween my mom sent us a gingerbread house to put together, or as Coey would say a Spooky Ooky House. Grandpa came over for dinner on the Sunday before Halloween so he helped us put it together for a little family project. Coey had such a blast despite the fact that Morgan kept eating the candy. It turned out pretty cute and he would seriously stare at it forever. When it first came in the mail he wanted to stare at the box constantly claiming he needed to read the directions.

Hats and Skirts and Ruffles, OH MY!

So this year I wanted to make the kids costumes, as usual and not have it be the same costume that someone else does. So I decided to do a witch for Morgie and Coey wanted to be a pirate. Although they are pretty generic characters I decided to make them myself so no one else would have it. I got the idea for Morgan's skirt from a tutorial on how to make ruffle tier dresses. I thought it would be pretty cute to use Halloween material to make the skirt so she could use it for her costume. I couldn't find a hat to go with it so I thought maybe I would make one with scraps I had. So after the purchase of a 48 cent posterboard here is the finished product. I usually don't brag about things I make because they usually aren't that brag worthy, don't believe me, well then you never saw the dead sock froggy. Anyways this hat took me about 3 hours to make but I think it was worth it. I just plugged in a movie and my glue gun and went to town. This is the finished product. I hope you think it's as cute as I do.

Not sure if you can tell but I also put little clear and purple gem stones on it to make it extra girly.

Notice the purple flower in the middle, well yes I did make that by hand. They are super duper easy.

I love this skirt and when I first had Morgan try it on she would not take it off. I had to let her wear it the rest of the day and hope she wouldn't get it dirty. The only thing I wish I had done differently was waiting until I bought black thread to make this. I got so excited to make it I had to use the cream color thread I already had.

Anyways I am so excited for Halloween this year for some reason. I can't wait for you to see the finished product and hopefully they will turn out as cute as I am imagining.