I decided to assist in the Halloween spirit, which I seem to be missing this year, I would get the boys into the kitchen and we would make some festive cupcakes! It was adventure to say the least. I love cooking with my kids, but lets face it, any parent about to attempt what has been accomplished here needs to arm them selves with 4 things, Excedrin, A water bottle, Patience and a Smile because your kids will only have as much fun as you're having! WE had a BLAST doing this! It was Extremely messy and twice as much fun!

Bubba LOVES to help! Bear is quickly learning that being helpful means there's a chance that you might also get messy, which is enough for him, He's sold!

Stirring is an essential part of life! It's a life skill! Even Bear, at 15 months, learned it!

Proper paper cup placement is crucial when making cupcakes!

Bubba's job was to frost the cupcakes

I think his tongue got more frosting than the cupcakes!

Holla!!!!! These are Super Yummy!

The finished Product!

We used fondant to get the shapes! It was my first time using it and the boys loved making the smiley faces....and eating it!

I combined a lime green and the pumpkin orange to make this Fall leaf

Frankenstein Twins!

Isaac LOVED cutting these out for me!

Pumpkins

So much easier then carving the real thing!

Ghosts

All in all it was a very messy morning but well worth it! The boys had a blast and when all was said and done we had some tasty treats to snack on!

Happy Halloween and Happy Fall to you all!!

Homemade Hot Chocolate!

There is just something about it! Am I right?! Of course I am! Hot Chocolate is like a Blanket for your soul! It's a great Pick me up in the morning. It can calm ANY tantrum, Just ask Bubba! It can make you feel better on a cold rainy morning! It's best when too chocolaty and almost too hot with a little marshmallow on the top! This Hot Chocolate has been a staple in our house this fall season! Our apartment gets very little light which is a DRASTIC Change from our last which got sun through the slider in the morning and sun in the bedrooms in the afternoon/evening. Now because we are ground floor and surrounded by 8ft tall rock walls and bushes...Zero Sun :( My soul craves sun and warmth! This hot chocolate is like sunshine for my soul! It's always been amazing to me how food can be so comforting and how different foods mean different things to people. What may just me a piece of toast and a cup of hot chocolate to you, to me it's a reminder of early morning breakfasts with my dad before he left for work at 5 am! To me it's comfort food and sometimes all I want. What may be, again, just a simple piece of toast (our family really likes toast) and a hard boiled egg to you, to me brings memories of my dear grandparents, and sitting at their breakfast counter in the HUGE over sized chairs that seemed like mountains to climb just to sit! It reminds me of the way my Grampa smelled on a Sunday morning! It reminds me of my Grama and how she always made sure we always had something good to eat whenever we were there! Always Oreos in the cookie jar! Hot chocolate is universal! It's made Thousands of ways! The best part is no matter how you make it....it just makes you feel good! This is how I make mine!

Best Pic EVER

Greg just posted THIS pic of our little Gary on his Blog!! Go check it out NOW!!
http://gregseol.blogspot.com/

House Update

We've gotten the frames for the footings in.

This is the living room/front door

This is from the living room corner
This is from the back bedroom looking at the first bedroom, living room kitchen and bathroom. Mom and Kristen are standing near the living room the kitchen/dining room is to the left of them.

This is from the back 2 bedrooms looking at the master bed/bath and the guest bath. The big square is the garage

Next step: Bend rebar to go in the footing frames =)

Little Waiter

This is the progress on the house so far:

That would be the dirt/rocks that came out of our hole!

That means it's OUR hole!

Note all the rocks! I know right?!?!

Looking from the bottom right corner. Future Garage

Looking from bottom left. Future living room!

Next step is to build and place the footings so we can start pouring the foundation!

YAY!

And we're Off!!

We Got notice a couple weeks ago that our 35 hrs a week for our house started Oct 4th (yesterday) We got the permits in which means they can start punching the holes for the foundation and we can start laying footings! (how smart do i sound?! i know right?!) I am going out today to take pictures because they dug our hole yesterday! :D Hopefully this week we can start pouring the concrete for some of the houses...ours seems to be last on the round since we are on the "odd" side of the street. Only 2, maybe a 3rd in our group is on this side where everyone else (about 6 families) are on the other side. I would like to do weekly updates on the house and the stages we're completing so take the poll on the right to let me know if i should start a new House Blog or...if i should just post the updates here.
Pics coming soon!