Chillin' w/mom

My work is hosting trick-or-treaters this evening (kids of employees) and so Zane is spending the day at work with me today! The original plan was for Josh to bring him to me on his way into work this afternoon, but Zane ended up getting himself up at 5 a.m. and I knew Josh would be nowhere ready to take care of him at that time, since he hadn't gotten home from work until aroudn 2 a.m. I texted my boss this morning asking if it would be ok if I just brought him with me today and she said "of course, bring him in"!! Yay! I know this is a huge luxury and not one I plan on cashing in on often, but it sure is handy when its sort of a "must"!

One of the PA's I work with's son was diagnosed with Type1 when he was 4, so he knows that a lot of candy isn't the best thing for these kiddos, he gave Zane an envelope with some money so he could go buy something special instead of candy. It was seriously the sweetest thing ever and almost brought me to tears...as you can tell, Zane was pretty excited about it!

And as I type this...here is what he's doing...sound asleep, what a good little work buddy!

Stay tuned for more pictures later of the little trick-or-treaters!!

Because they're cute.

1st Field Trip

Zane is taking his first ever field trip today with his daycare/preschool. His class his headed to Spooner Farms to pick pumpkins and have loads of fun! He was so excited this morning, I think he's most excited about riding in the van!!

I won't lie, I'm a tad bit nervous - I really hope he doesn't get lost in the shuffle and they forget to check his blood sugar since he'll be running around a lot. I have faith in his teachers and know that they know what to do, but I also know they have 15+ other kids to also look after! I have said my prayers already and now just have to have faith and think happy thoughts because I know he is SO excited!!

I can't wait to pick him up tonight and hear all about it!!

Here is a picture of his cute self this morning before we headed out of the house.

*I just received a text message from a good friend of mine and her daughter's preschool class is at the same farm as Zane's today for a field trip (which I did know ahead of time) - and they found Zane!! She said he's doing great and she sent me this cute pic of Zane and Kennedi. I know she'll keep a good eye on him! Thanks Brenda, that text messages and pictures made my day!

1st Halloween Party

Zane was invited to his first ever Halloween party last night and I completely failed at taking pictures! But here are the few I did manage to take.

Zane and a couple of other kids watching a Halloween movie!


My beautiful boys:


Costume-less, but is sporting a Halloween shirt (thanks Mason for passing that down):

Halloween Crafts

Brooklyn & Christina came over Friday night for a little Halloween craft time and a Halloween movie!

Love how well these two get along! They are just too cute for words.

Painting their jack-o-lantern candle holders:








They also made Halloween necklaces, but I completely forgot to take pictures of them actually making them, but here they are sporting them afterwards:


Cheap entertainment, only spent $1 on each project :)

Landon & Natalie

The kids and I headed over to visit little Natalie last week and I couldn't help but grab a picture of Landon and Natalie to show how they're growing!! I see a wedding in the future :)

Landon, 9.5 mos - Natalie, 6 mos


My how they've grown!

Landon, 5.5 mos - Natalie, 2 mos


Landon, 3.5 mos - Natalie, 1 day:

Capes

Zane's birthday party is quickly approaching and I am starting to feel like I have bitten off more than I can chew once again! Slowly, but surely everything will get finished! His theme is Batman and my original plan was to make capes for all of the kids coming, but thankfully I came across a great website that sold capes for way cheaper than it would've probably been for me to buy the fabric, let alone the cost of my TIME that would be spent on these little suckers!

Once I received the capes in the mail, I realized they were just too plain (all black) and I wanted to do something to make them "pop", but again was crunched on budget and time! Thanks to good ol' Pinterest I learned how to "Freezer Paper Stencil"...anyone ever heard of this? Let me tell you, super easy, super cute and super addicting!!

Here's a little snapshot of how you do this easy, cute, addicting craft!

First you need to make your stencil on freezer paper, I used my Cricut to do the cutting for me, but of course you can free-hand it or print something off of the computer and trace/cut it:


The finished cut:


Iron the freezer paper stencil onto your fabric of choice:


Get some permanent fabric paint from JoAnn's or Michael's and paint the inside of your stencil:


Yellow for boys:


Pink for girls:


Let it dry and then peel off the stencil and voilà:


One little hint, put something behind where you're painting on the fabric as the paint bleeds through.

Now have fun ;)