Fun Filled Weekend

When I was uploading the content for this post it was hard to believe so much happened in such a short span of time.

On Friday, Owen had a Fall Harvest party at his school. The kids performed two songs. It was hysterical. Owen was hysterical. I think he has the performer gene in him for sure.

They also had a fashion show with the kids in their costumes. Owen was a little gun shy but after he realized everyone was clapping for him, he had a huge grin on his face. Yikes.

Maddi's room got into the action too. She looked so adorable!

Playing in Maddi's room (Owen's old room)

Before the ladybug costume went on, Maddi also had a really cute Halloween outfit on from Nonna Barbara and Papo.

After the party at school we headed for Toledo. On Saturday we had Owen's birthday party. It was low key but still lots of fun!

He looks so old to me in this picture. Already giving attitude...

Desserts. Cupcakes for Owen. Cake for my sister-in-law (10/27), father-in-law (10/28) and Mom (10/30).

Food Spread

Goody Bags

Say "Cheese." Silly boys.

Birthday Craft
Happy birthday boy

Opening Gifts


Gigi playing with the kids

Maddi and her cousin hanging out

Maddi all dressed up for the occasion. First time wearing tights!

Time to play with the toys

Sunday (Halloween) during the day we just hung out around the house.

Maddi in the Halloween spirit

We did stop by to see the Bieber Bunch (Amy, Todd, Cooper, Gus and Murphy.) Maddi enjoyed playing with Murphy and Owen of course had fun with Cooper and Gus.
In the evening, we headed over to Barb and Greg's for trick-or-treating. Owen was so very excited to hang out with his cousins again. The three of them are so silly together.
Mommy and Daddy appreciated all of Owen's hard work getting us candy!

Monday we headed back to Chicago after a nice, relaxing weekend.

Maddi looking stylish

Thanks everyone for such a fun weekend!

Weekly Update

Life has been a little hectic, but good. It was not the greatest weather out last weekend so we didn't do a whole lot. It was a little disappointing since we were supposed to Trick-or-Treat at the zoo, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise as we were able to get a ton of things done around the house (small, annoying things I had been avoiding...)

Today's post is really just a mish-mash of things from last week.

Maddi in a cute outfit courtesy of Nonna Barbara and Papo

Part 3 of Owen's Science Mini-camp

Maddi and her best friend at school, Noemi (born 7 days after Maddi)

For Saturday's date night, Brett and I did a craft. (Can you tell who's week it was to pick?) We made a cheesecloth ghost. Super easy, fast and fun. Unfortunately I deleted the link to the instructions, but I'm sure you can Google the craft and find a ton of instructions out there.

Our supplies

Here is the mold. Originally I had crafting wire out, but Brett had the good idea of using a wire hanger. He's so smart.

Laying out the cheesecloth

Spraying the starch

The finished product (not too bad!)

Speaking of homemade, we received some goodies in the mail from my favorite crafty Aunt Lu and her husband Ed. They always send the best packages! Here is what was inside:

A bunny for Maddi

A cute hat and some booties for Maddi

Even Owen wanted to try on the hat too!

And some adorable bibs

(sorry these pictures are vertical, sometimes it just works out that way on blogger and I have no idea how to fix)

They also sent Owen some pop rocks and a dinosaur keychain that lights up and roars. A hit for sure.

Thanks guys!

I also wanted to post a picture of a homemade blanket we received from Bonnie Wrobel (our friend Jeff's mom.) Her mom made it for Maddi and it's just beautiful. Love handmade gifts!
The next post will be a big one since we are off to Toledo this weekend to celebrate Owen's birthday and Halloween!

Good Big Brother

We had a low-key weekend which was SO needed. Nothing eventful enough to even take pictures of. Probably best since little Maddi has come down with a whopper of a cold.

There was some time for sibling love though. Owen fed Maddi a bottle for the first time on his own. He thought it was great. So did she. Ok, so did we.

Owen added spiders to our fence that he helped our landlord, Merle, decorate.

Maddi Tries Cereal!

Maddi tried cereal for the first time this past Wednesday:)
She especially enjoyed sitting in the big girl chair at the table and wearing a big girl bib.
The cereal, not so much.

Owen also enjoyed moving to the other side of the table for a new special seat!

This week Owen began a science mini-camp at school.
Day 1 they learned about vibrations. Cool! The lesson was about the sense of hearing.
Day 2 was the sense of taste. As you can imagine, Owen was not real into this one. He did taste the blue vinegar and that was pretty much the end of tasting anything.
He wore his cool science shirt that I found. Just like Daddy!
I think we've reached the end of taking cute pictures, and have moved into silly pictures or no pictures at all. Boo.