Lost Socks

I have seen lots of ideas like this for organizing your lost socks on Pinterest lately.

 Three clothespins for three lost socks?

I don't think they understand the problem at our house!

Today the boys and I matched 50 pairs of lost socks and still have 39 singles left!  

We would need a lot of clothespins!

Flowers

Caleb has a new adorable habit of picking flowers for me any chance he gets.

 Last night, we had a campfire and both boys were picking flowers for all the 'duls', as Caleb calls girls.  Even Baby Lydia.

Another of Caleb's habits I'm enjoying lately is how he pats me on the face and says, "Oo bootiful, Mama!"

A New House

Lately we have been looking into buying a home of our own.  We would still work at camp, and maybe even stay in Shady Nook in the summer!  The first house that we loved we call The 'UP' House.  If you don't know the UP house, it is from the delightful movie, UP, and it is pictured above.  Our UP house was shaped JUST like this house, with one extra dormer upstairs on the left.  So cute!  It was also on 2.5 acres in a nice neighborhood, had its own woods, a beautiful view, and near the lake.  It also needed LOTS of work!  All new floors, eventually, and much, much more.  Oh yeah, no central heating and air and only one bathroom.  So when we found the house pictured below, our affections quickly shifted.

 This house doesn't have a catchy name like the UP house.  We've called it the New House, but that isn't very accurate because it is actually quite old.  Built in 1923, in fact.  But guess what, it does have central heating and air, beautiful floors, two bathrooms, tons more square feet, and my personal favorite, FOUR fireplaces!  (Not that they work yet, but they are so cute!)  It also has a 'spooky' (according to the boys) cellar and a huge attic.   So this is the one with which we are currently in love.  Chris got to crawl in the attic with an inspector yesterday and survey the scene.  I'll let you know if anything exciting happens!  We should know in the next couple of weeks!

Crafting

Hello again!

 We have been doing a lot of crafting around here lately.

Here the boys are stuffing lots of felt strawberries.  Cuties!

 Fall wreath a la Pool Noodle.

 Jenny Lou's burlap wonder.

 Camera strap covers.

The ever popular apple/pear wall hangings.

Ta da!

Grandma & Grandpa Corkie

Chris's parents came to visit us this week!

 We had a great time!  The boys did lots of coloring, painting, and scratching their cool scratch boards Grandma Corkie brought for them.

 We also did our traditinal trek to McKay's.  A good time was had by all!

Working in the Rain

Josiah and I spotted Poppa working out the window today, and we decided he should go down for a little visit.

 Caleb decided to join them, and the visit turned into a work party.

 Work was followed by mud puddle jumping and truck climbing.

 With plenty of engine-inspecting on the side.

The joys of having boys!

What We've Been Up To

Caleb has been learning his letters.

Starfall.com is the place to be for learning letters and their sounds!

Josiah is starting to take things apart and put them back together.

We washed Caleb's car seat, and Josiah decided to put it back together.  He couldn't figure out how, so this is him taking apart his seat to figure out how to put Caleb's back together.  He ended up with two carseats taken apart instead of one, but it was just too fun to watch.  He's making a face like Chris would make in a similar situation.  Cute!

We've been picking wild flowers.  

Caleb has started picking flowers for me any chance he gets.  I love it!  At night, when I'm tucking him in, he often tells me about the flowers he'll pick for me the next day.

I've been doing a little crafting.

Come to me with all your bunting and monogrammed pillow needs!