Front Door Fall Decor.

I've been inspired.
We are celebrating fall.
Painted pumpkins.



Sunflowers on corn stalks.


Tonight I made acorns like these:

(This is not my picture. I forgot to take a picture of mine).
A hershey kiss, mini vanilla wafer, and peanut butter chip all glued together with peanut butter.

Pumpkin Pickin'

Such a sweet pic from the pumpkin patch.

Pretty vegetables.

Hi. I'm the Toolwoman and I have an addiction to Pumpkin Pickin'.
We visited a local farm this afternoon so we're now the proud owners of five goofy looking pumpkins, three normal, and five tiny pumpkins. We had intentions of only bringing home a few, but now I'm all set to decorate the front porch. The farm owners told us to protect them from frost and not to get nicks in them in order to preserve them.
In addition, I'll be using this fun tip from pinterest.com to protect them from mold.

Use silica gel packets to keep pumpkins/gourds from molding.
(I've been pinning a lot lately since pinterest is my other latest addiction). SO.MUCH.FUN!

Look how much the Wild Thing has grown!



His teachers tell me that he is well behaved and QUIET in school. This blows my mind and makes me laugh. He's quite the actor, that one!

The Mini LOVES kindergarten. He enjoys writing and doing his homework. All of my anxieties have been put to rest. He's adjusted very well and has matured so much in just a few weeks. I eat lunch with him once a week which makes my day to see him in his element.

Funny Updates

I thought I would put some of the funny (and not so funny) things that have happened lately around our house. Most of these are Facebook statuses, but I wanted them documented here on the blog.

9/6/11 Two sick kids + two well kids = stick a fork in me! I'm fairly certain they loved being in charge. Supper consisted of a lunchable, Popsicle, and ice cream sandwich.

8/20/11 Has failed as a mother by not teaching the Wild Thing not to stick his head in toilet water to gain praise like we do swimming pools. Picture this: a Wild Thing grinning ear to ear..with water dripping from his head and down his face. Now picture the horrified look on the mom's face. It happened.

8/10/11 The Wild Thing completed his 3rd day of daycare/preschool. His teacher commented that he is "adjusting well" and described him as "very sweet". I'd agree with "adjusting well" since he waited until he got home to proudly display the stolen loot from his pockets. He did all of this while wearing a shirt that read "Everything I Know I Learned on the Street" with Sesame Street characters.

8/7/11 The Wild Thing starts daycare/preschool tomorrow. The goal..don't get kicked out. Tonight he threw a cookie and hit an employee at Academy Sports. We have our work cut out for us. I've warned his teacher. The flip side..even I was impressed with his arm. He nailed the poor guy right in the head. The guy standing next to him said "I'm glad that wasn't me and laughed". Sigh...this encouraged the Wild Thing.

8/1/11--We pulled off a birthday party for Grandaddy! He was completely surprised so it was a success. The sister and I asked our friends to send him birthday cards to keep the party going. He loved it all.
The Mini said "you're not old, you're just not as new as me".