Fall Fun

We raked up the last of our leaves yesterday.  Of course all the kids wanted to do was play in the leaves.  It did make for some nice photo opportunities though.  I have been horrible about taking photos, so it was fun to spend some time snapping photos of the kids.   Be prepared for photo overload.
 

 

 

 

Happy Monday everyone!!
 

Halloween Sewing

I did not do too much sewing this week. I have been trying to get up early and workout instead of working out in the evening. So by the time the kids go to bed, I am ready for bed myself.

I did manage to do a little refashion for Harper. I usually hand down Harper's clothes to family or friends, but somehow these orange pants that were 2 sizes too small were still lingering in her dresser. I decided a little black and white ruffle would make them perfect for Halloween. They did not dress up at school so I wanted her to have something special to wear on Friday. I had just enough black and white fabric to make it work.

Nice pose, huh?

As you can see I did not have any orange thread so the white is very apparent, but I really did not want to buy anything for this little project. She didn't seem to mind. Of course, now I want to add a ruffle to all her pants.

Harper was Hannah Montana for Halloween. I made her a sparkly, sequin tank dress lined with a knit fabric to keep it from being itchy. I drafted the pattern from an existing dress. I was very proud of how it turned out. It actually fits her and is also comfortable. The only problem is the sequin dots are glued on so it is not very washable. It will have to be a dress up outfit. She was very anxious for me to finish the dress. She kept asking me when I was going to make it so it has been finished for a couple of weeks now.

It is kind of hard to see in this photo. Miller is a jokester. Can you tell that he really did not like wearing that mask?

This one is a little better.

I also made her headband, which you can't really see either. She loves the headband. She even wore it to school today.

Happy Crafty Tuesday everyone!!

Halloween 2010

Here are some random shots from some of our Halloween festivities this year.

Lucky Ladd Farm

These are the pumkins they picked out.

Pumpkin carving.

It turns out that these pumpkins were a little tough to carve. I think we will stick to regular pumpkins next year.

Miller's was really thick. We had to improvise.

Here is Miller at his school party. He is the giant looking kid on the right.

I will show you Harper's costume tomorrow. Since I made a portion of her costume, I am saving it for Crafty Tuesday. I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. I can't believe it is already November 1st.

Sunday at Mammoth Cave

Our action packed weekend continued on Sunday. We woke up early and headed to Mammoth Cave National Park. We did a 2 hour tour of the cave. Then we had a picnic lunch and hiked around the park. It was so nice to spend time with family enjoying the perfect fall weather.

What? You thought you were going to actually see some photos of the cave? Well, it was really dark down in the cave. Plus, the kids are way cuter anyways.

Adventureworks Ziplining Tour

We had an action packed weekend. It is finally feeling like fall so we want to spend as much time outside as possible. So Saturday afternoon we took Harper ziplining. (Miller is too young and not as brave as his sister.) She has been wanting to go for awhile now. I think the tour lived up to her expectations.

We are all ready to go.

And she is off....

Here's proof that I actually ziplined too.

"Look Mom, no hands"

Mitch is videotaping.

It was the perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon.