Cambridge's new little cape that I made him.


Cambridge on the carousel last week at the Children's Museum.

Brody splashing at the Children's Museum--his favorite!

Cambridge getting his hair cut--what a funny boy. He was so good and cooperative--a great improvement from this time last year--but he just glared at the poor lady the entire time. It was so funny. His hair looks so good--I don't think I should try to cut it any more :) I am just thankful he sat so still.

You have too look at his face to really appreciate this one.

Holy Productive Week

Ryan had last Thursday and Friday off of work!!!! Thanks 3M. (I had been looking forward to this for about 3 months now. I started on the day after Christmas getting all of my weekly chores done and taking all o f the Christmas down in 3 days. Then we started on this massive list Wednesday night! AND the best part--we actually accomplished all of this and then some!

-Waxed all of the floors (this requires removing anything on the floor in all of our closets--yikes.)
Actually--I have to say that all the prep work took about 45 minutes to get it ready to wax, I had mentioned to Ryan how I ought to wake up at 6:00 am the next morning and apply the 2nd coat before the kids woke up, so I wouldn't have to do the prep work 2x. (Of course I wasn't going to actually set my alarm at that hour though.) Ryan DID IT while I snoozed! That man must love me---and I sure love him! Check.
-Organized EVERY closet
-Organized 2 attics!!!!
-Organized the garage (kind of) We had done this in the fall--so it just needed to be touched up.
-Fixed holes on the molding/wall
-Re-hung pictures
-Cleaned all of our carpets!
-Organized the upstairs bonus room!
-Cleaned all of the base boards
-Cleaned the walls
-Took down outside Christmas lights
-Went through both boy's clothes
-Finished all my laminated folders project thingy I started 9 months ago :)
-Filled some pending vinyl orders
-Started an Etsy shop--stuff like this takes a ton of time
http://www.etsy.com/shop/krissycrate
-Cleaned out all of our Vents and the Inside of all of our vents
-Cleaned a few higher windows
-Fixed the car seats
-Labeled Brody's closet!!
-Fixed a heat spot on our table! Ooops.
-Got Cambridge's hair cut
-There were a few other little things we did as well--but I can't remember all of them.

And the best part was--we spent all of Friday at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. We used some Christmas cash to buy a membership there, and it was so much fun! It claims to be the largest in the world, and we had an absolute blast that day--can't wait to go again. They make their grand staircase in to this really fun Alpine slide! So fun.

My boys are such good little helpers, and such great little troopers. We did take a lot of time off to play with them too though.

Not sure if Ryan was as happy as I still am---but what a great week! (Sad--I have turned in to my mother.)

Christmas Fun!

The boys' new kitchen! They also got a lot of food/dishes to play with as well. They absolutely love it. However, I keep telling Cambridge to put his milk back in the fridge---then I find some gross--rotten milk in his play kitchen fridge all the time. We are working on that one. It is now part of my nightly routine to check the play microwave and fridge to see what has been stashed in there to cook or whatever. The other night we searched high and low for his infamous blanket--an absolute necessity for bed time--we finally found it cooking in his microwave. Silly boy.

Brody in his new pajamas and a cap that I made him. He started walking about 2 weeks before Christmas, so that was fun! We had to quarter off the tree the entire month. But he is such a fun cute little guy. We just love him to death.

Playing horsey on Christmas Eve--in their new pj's that mama made them!

This was us trying to get Cambridge to open his eyes while he said "cheese". (He is so Ryan's son.)

Decorating our gingerbread house!--How could you not LOVE Christmas time?

It is so like me to have such a beautiful Christmas and then take hardly any pictures. Oooops. We did however, take a lot of video, and we skyped a ton with family.

We did have so much fun though. This year we got to stay home for the first time ever! We made cookies on Christmas Eve, and spent most of Christmas just playing with all of the kid's new toys! It was kind of sad not to have any where to go---but at the same time it was so much fun to not have to hurry and leave! We also had all of our friends over and hosted our annual "Gift to Christ Dinner" that night as well. It is amazing what great "family" we have found in our friends out here---and we feel so blessed for that.

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, I can't wait until next year! The boys make it so much fun! Cambridge absolutely loved every bit of it... and was so sad that "his Christmas was gone" as he told his nursery teacher. SAD.

Valentine's Day Crafts

My Valentine's Day Craft Specials have just been posted, I hope you stop by to check them out.

http://adorningelements.blogspot.com

Beaded Watches

My friend and I have fallen in love with these interchangeable watch bands. They are so much fun and add such a unique and useful accessory to any outfit! So we have launched this new blog to make them available to you as well!

We have numerous bands and watch face styles to choose from. We can also resize any of the bands that you like. If you would like to see more of a particular color, just e-mail us, and we can send you all of the options that we have on hand in those colors. We are also thrilled to do custom orders as well! We are creating new bands all the time--but we don't necessarily post all of the new bands on the blog, so just let us know what you are looking for and we will be sure to help you out!

http://beadedwatchboutique.blogspot.com

The prices are just $12.00 per face/band!

We hope that you stop by. Have an awesome day!

~Kristen