Daddy's Pride and Joy

No, I'm not talking about the 2 cuties you see here.

I'm talking about the hours of internet research and meticulous detailing that Kedron put into Micah's cool purple R2D2 costume! This costume was created from, among many things, a carseat booster box, an old lamp, purple duct tape, my crafting buttons, and lots of spray paint. See that purple box with the black circle on his head? There's a red bike light inside it, so it blinks red!

We went to trick or treating on the square today, and while Micah got robbed in the costume judging, he did bump into Thomas (aka Harry)!

Our cute little monkey :)

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch!

We decided to take a break from settling into Yellow House and go to the pumpkin patch! Never mind that it was the coldest morning of the season; we went and had a great time! The boys loved the corn sandbox. Except for the rowdy school kids who where pelting corn all over the place. It's a rare setting when OUR boys are the best behaved :)

Here is Eli on my personal favorite: the Wiggle cars! All you have to do is move the steering wheel back and forth to make it move.

Micah did pretty well on the pedal tractor, despite his super short legs.

Here we are on the go carts. This was probably Eli's favorite part of our trip!

Nana and Micah had a go-around too.

Our 2 cuties chillin' in the patch.

The only way I can get Micah to actually look at the camera is if I tell him he can make a silly face. Notice Eli is sticking his little tongue out too.

Seriously, so cute!

Nana and Micah doing a water pump rubber duck race. It's less complicated than it sounds.

This is the best picture. Ever.

A few pictures

All right, all right. We just got our camera hooked up to the computer. Don't expect any interior house pictures yet, though. We'll be unpacking for weeks. And by weeks, I really mean months. :)

Here are the boys on our rockin' front porch swing. This thing on its own was worth the price we paid for the house. Well, almost.

The boys have discovered something wonderful since we moved here: playing in leaves!! Since we only had like 12 leaves in our previous backyard, this is really an adventure. By the way, how early is too early to teach them how to rake?

Best and Worst

Kedron asked me last night what my favorite and least favorite parts of Yellow House are so far.

I love the living room. It is huge with great woodwork and many windows. I love the downstairs because it's the one "safe" (ie babyproofed) room in the house for the boys. And we can watch our TV with the surround sound really loud when the boys are sleeping. Overall, it is nice to have so much more space.

My least favorite part of the move is that I feel like we're staying in someone else's messy house. It does not yet feel like "home" for me, and our junk is everywhere. Trying to unpack/organize with the boys is impossible. I have not been this tired or overwhelmed since I had a newborn.

Also, thank you to all who have expressed your concern over our missing plates. :) No, we have not found them yet, nor have we found our potato peeler or fruit bowl. I'm assuming the box with all these items either got put in the trash by accident or fell off of someone's truck. Thanks for all your offers to loan us your own plates. We'll be OK though :)

Add potato peeler to the list of things we've lost in the move

And no, we still have not found our plates.

We can't find our plates.

I've unpacked every box marked "kitchen," and have looked in the bedrooms, toy room, garage, storage room, scrapbook room, etc. Those darn plates are nowhere to be found.

How many signatures does it take to buy a house?

I'm including the written offer, loan application, and all the documents at closing (including places you have to initial). Make your guess.

Lasts

I'm trying to capture some of the small "lasts" in this house before we move. Here is the last time we made cookies (ie: I made the cookies and the boys "helped" by licking the beaters).

The last time the boys helped me with recycling by throwing it down the stairs.

The last balloon we saw from our house. This will be one of the things we miss most about this neighborhood (second to the Camwells, of course).

(that dot above the white house roof is a balloon)

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