fall fun

I think Fall is one of my favorite seasons.  I love everything about it - the crisp, cool air - pumpkins - falling leaves - sweaters & corduroy pants - pumpkin spice lattes - warm, cozy candles burning.  I feel like things slow down just a bit.  Lots of time to spend together as a family before things ramp back up again for the holidays.  This year, I had my autumn decorations up in the house the week before Labor Day weekend!  I knew we were going to have a busy couple of weeks, so I put things out early.  This fall is extra special, because we are planning a special birthday party for Tyler.  He's turning three!

Here is my must-do list for Fall!
- Decorate the house Labor Day Weekend
- Take Tyler to the pumpkin patch
- Make the fingerprint tree on Pinterest
- Go to the Apple Orchard went with Ty's preschool class!
- Carve pumpkins for Halloween
- Buy some mums for the front porch 
- Make apple crisp with local Apples not happening this year, no apples!
- Go on a hay ride check!

wordless wednesday

just a little update

Ty is sick again, another cold.  Poor peanut.  He's got a pretty runny nose and a persistent cough.  I was going to bring him to get his flu vaccine today, but I think I'm going to reschedule.  I know that it's not contraindicated to get a vaccine when you have a virus, but I had my flu shot last week and had 2-3 days of that icky, coming down with a cold feeling.  That would feel awful on top of a cold!  I was also hoping to get him Flu Mist (the inhalation one), and I think with how stuffy he is, it wouldn't work too well.  Let's hope for a great nap today!
Last weekend was busy and fun, and it went waaay too fast.  It was my short weekend (only 2 days off), and they always fly by.  We went to a party at Chris' sister's house Saturday night, and then Sunday we had church, lunch at my parents', and before we knew it, it was time to go back to work Monday morning.  I also had six hours of call on Saturday and didn't end up having to go in!  I never know whether to be happy or sad when I don't get called in.  On one hand... the call-back pay is VERY nice!  But on the other hand, it's good to be able to stay home with my little family. 
Tyler's third birthday is coming up very soon!!  About two more weeks.  We are planning a special party for him.  Ty knows he's having a "farm/tractor party" - in his words :) and he asks me every day when it's going to be time for his party.  I'm trying to come up with a good idea for his birthday treat at school.  They are peanut-free, so that makes a lot of things a no-go.  I'm thinking about those Lofthouse cookies - the treat must be store bought.  I'm going to have to check if they are peanut free!

Potty training

The cloth trainers that I ordered for Tyler came today! How cute ate they?

Is it silly to say that I'm excited to try them out?  The liners are supposed to "feel wet" when your child has an accident, to help them learn not to pee in their pants!  I'll try them for a few days (at home, not school) and post my thoughts later!

Wordless Wednesday

upside/downside

Upside: Today is another Mommy and Tyler day!  We woke up, had breakfast, and started cleaning the house.  Ty was watching a video downstairs, and I went to go start a load of laundry.  Only to find...
Downside: Our water was off.  To the whole house.  My first thought? "I paid the water bill, I know I did!" - ha ha!  So I called the township office, and found out our town had a water main break, and we'd be without water for several hours.  That meant I couldn't do much housework, so...
Upside: Tyler and I decided to go out and run a few errands!  We got in the car...
Downside: and heard a funny "spinning" sound.  We drove it to the dealership, and found out that it's going to cost lots and lots of dollars to fix my poor car.  As in, so much that it makes me sick to my stomach.  Ugh.  And we were thinking about selling the car!
Upside: I brought a picture to Hobby Lobby and had it framed.  The lady gave me a random 50% off discount for the frame!  That was nice of her :)
Upside: and when we got back home, our water was back on.  Woo hoo!

Too bad that I can't magically make my car fix itself for free.  So, now we're back home and I'm sitting down to a cup of vanilla chai tea before I get to work on the house.  My Dad had some good wisdom for me when I called and gave him my tale of woe.  He reminded me that in the grand scheme of things, these are such LITTLE things to be upset about.  It's not so bad after all.