Scrappin' Evening...

Tonight I played scrapbooking, all by myself. It was very fun. I did 4 LO's, didn't like one of them ..so here are three of them. :)

My Basket of Joy

Look what I found in my basket in the living room!! She even is complete with an adorable flower headband & rattle!

Still More Beach Photos...

The Beach!

While Erin was here, we took a trip to the beach. Here are some photos:

Well, except for this one - this was our coffee date with Auntie Nicole:

Ahhh, here they are - beach pics!!!

Sneaky Nicole, very sneaky...

Self portrait - Daddy & his girl:

Beth's Birthday Continued:

And a few more photos of the event:

Helen, Pirate Princess, Ballerina Witch

Beth's Birthday...

So...technically Beth's birthday is October 1st. However, we thought is would be fun to celebrate her all month :) & end on Friday night with a costume party. We had a grand time & enjoyed the costumes. Here are a few pics from the event:

The food table. Complete with 'mysterious fog' compliments of my piratey husband:

The afore mentioned piratey husband:

The cutest ballerina witch around:

The guest of honor - 'Helen, the not quite certified party planner' :

Weekend Recap...

Is Tuesday too late for a weekend recap? I don't think so...so here goes!

Last Thursday this fine young lady came to visit us. We were thrilled to have her here for a few short days. We jam packed our weekend with fun adventures to be had & lots of girlie time (Tim was a great sport & participated in most of the girlie fun). Here's a quick list of what we did:

Thursday evening: Picked Erin-o up from the airport

Friday: Ran errands for Beth's birthday party (which we hosted later that evening - pictures coming in a post soon), went to Corvallis to have coffee with Nicole, ran more Beth party related errands, came home & got ready for the party.

Saturday: Nicole came over (& there was MUCH rejoicing!!), we went to lunch at Wild Pear - Eloise in costume, shopped downtown a little bit, went home & decided to scrapbook. That's when it started to go downhill...
I had a *little bit* of an unorganized mess on my hands. Now, if you know me at all, you know that messes aren't my thing. But apparently that doesn't apply to scrapbooking for me. So...I pulled out a basket & told the girls I needed to organize it before we could scrap. Nicole took one look at the space & said - that's more than just a basket. I think Erin wanted to get back on the plane right then. :) Two hours (yes, I said two HOURS) later, we finished organizing the space & started to scrap in my newly renovated scrap area. I love it now & I promise girls, I will keep up the good organization in this pretty, pretty area now. :)

Saturday evening we handed out candy & scrapped while watching a Halloween movie & eating delicious squash soup that Erin made for us.

Sunday: we played in the morning, and then headed to the beach after lunch. We went to Neskowin & to the Outlet mall in Lincoln City. Sunday night, Nicole went home. We were sad.

Monday: we went to Busick Court for breakfast (YUMM) & then went & for a walk to take pictures of the fall leaves around my neighborhood. Then it was time to take Miss Erin to the airport. Eloise cried. :) So we took her up there & dropped her off. We ended up going over to Laura's house & staying the night with her, so that helped take away some of the hurt of my girls leaving me. Thanks again Erin & Nicole for a wonderful weekend together! Love my girls...

Here is Nicole in the midst of scrapbook reorg 2009. This is about 1 hour in:

The table:

Erin's true feelings about the project come out:

A Fun Day...

Today Eloise decided to wear her Halloween costume a few days early. She wanted to go visit my friends at school - so we headed out there at the end of the school day. She got lots & lots of ooh's & ahh's. :) She was even a good sport about being passed around from person to person.

After school, we headed to the pizza parlor to meet up with our small group for dinner. They too had requested Eloise in costume, so we didn't disappoint.

Here are some 'Mommy & Me' pictures from this evening:

These are our friends Ashley & Grace. Grace is a Giraffe for Halloween. :)

Such a nice fun day.

7 Months...

My little cheetah is 7 months old as of last Friday. This month I decided to take her elephant pictures in her Halloween costume. I love her outfit & think that the series of events that took place while we were doing the elephant pictures was actually very appropriate - you'll see:

Here she is sitting next to 'the magical shrinking elephant'. Just the elephant & my little cheetah.

The cheetah notices an elephant sitting next to her - hummm...maybe it will taste delish - I should find out...

The cheetah pounces on the elephant.

The cheetah & I agree - elephant ears are the best! :)

This month Eloise is:

Rolling over
Eating food. She likes apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, & tolerates rice cereal. She does not care for peas.
She is learning how to giggle, but it mostly sounds like a fake cough right now. :)
We are taking a Kindermusik class & she loves it! She 'sings' along during all of the songs & smiles the entire time - so sweet.
She is going to bed at 6:45 and sleeping until around 8:00 most mornings. Awesome.
She likes playing in her exersaucer, but only if you'll sit near her. If you get up to walk away, she gets upset & wants to come too.
She is a happy little traveler & accompanies me on almost all of my errands - such fun to take her with me! She especially likes it when we go to Starbucks...I'm just sayin'.