Weekend Recap

On Friday I posted my 'Weekend To Do List'... It was rather ambitious due to the husband being gone and it just being the baby and I.

Here was my list:

I did enjoy Chai Tea Lattes from my new Keurig - I am so glad that I got one.  I love it!

I FINALLY painted my toenails! They have been polish-less for about two months now.  They are now an orangey color with sparkles on top...Olivia thinks they are funny and keeps pointing at them!

We did go shopping with my mother-in-law.  We found snow pants, a winter jacket, and some other clothes for Olivia - score!

We did visit my brother and sister-in-law! Got to see their cute new house and had some lunch.  Olivia was so good and not afraid at all - my brother even got to hold her which is huge (she is still in the stranger danger phase and doesn't really like men).

I did make Olivia a fun Halloween shirt!

I made a couple headbands for Olivia as well...She tends to keep headbands on a little longer then clips and her hair is getting so long in front that we need to keep it out of her eyes! I bought some stretchy knit fabric that I am going to make a couple headbands out of that as well!

I did get some relaxing in as well - Olivia slept in until 8:20am on Sunday morning!! Usually she wake up right around 6:30am...this mama was extremely happy for the extra sleep. 

The only thing I wanted to do but didn't get to was making wood pumpkins for the front step...we just didn't make it to Lowe's to get the supplies.  Oh well, next time.  I would say that I did pretty good on that to do list!

And becuase we can't have a post without a picture of Olivia...she learned how to do TaDa this weekend!

Who needs toys...

One of Olivia's FAVORITE things to do is play with the gourds that we have on the front step.... as soon as we go outside to play she runs straight for the steps!

Last night she was having fun carrying them around and throwing them on the grass.  Once she gets something in her head, that is all she wants to do... She did not want to go inside to get ready for bed - she wanted to keep playing!

 

 

October

We spent this weekend up at the cabin. Alone.  Just myself, the husband and the baby.  Pure heaven.

The weather was cool and rainy, the colors on the trees are turning and beautiful, the weekend was perfect. 

We took Olivia out on the canoe to enjoy the lake and the trees.  She loved it!  She loves watching for birds and looking at the water and spent some time standing up in the canoe and looking around.  I love being able to offer her these other opportunities that I never had as a child.  I hope she grows up to be an outdoorsy person. 

Now if only we can get a house on a lake so we could enjoy this all the time!

My Fall Bucket List...

I am so excited for Fall! Today gave me a taste, and I want more.  The day started off at about 50 degrees, I enjoyed a wonderful pumpkin spice latte, I ran outside today in a sweatshirt while it drizzled on me.  

If there is a place where it is Fall year round, someone needs to tell me! 

Since I am a crazy list person, I made our Fall Bucket List.  Writing things down helps me not forget them, and am more likely do them!  I kept the list pretty simple, Olivia is only one so she doesn't totally get the awesomeness of fall yet.  But she will - trust me! 

What's on your fall bucket list? Am I missing anything super awesome??

Oxbow Park Zoo Fun!

We headed over to Oxbow Park Zoo which is a pretty little area where they have Minnesota local animals.  We went with some good friends who have a little boy who is 10 days older than Olivia.  They had a great time looking at the animals and enjoying the excellent weather. 

We will definitely be going back soon!

 

Pure Happiness!

If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen this picture...

 My first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season! And it was great....another reason why I love Fall!

Labor Day Weekend...

We spent Labor Day weekend at the cabin enjoying food, family, and amazing weather (for the most part!)

Olivia loved playing at the beach!

 

 And insisted on carrying the noodles to the car...

 This is one determined little girl!

  We spent some quality time on the boat...

 Dan got his skiing fix in.

 I tried knee boarding for the first time!

We had a great weekend! The first couple days were very warm so the water time was awesome.  The end of the weekend really cooled off so we played inside while the boys took the dock out of the water and got the boat lift pulled up on shore too!

Our last hurrah of the summer.  Kind of sad.  But you know what that means right?! Fall is coming!

I love Fall! Planning some Fall projects here soon, be excited!

Fall Fun!

This weekend was amazingly nice out so we did some outside work and Olivia got to enjoy some outside time!

While we were out - I couldn't pass up taking her picture with the awesome yellow leaves that were falling from the tree in front of our house.  It is the only tree that still has leaves!

Is it Fall yet?

I LOVE FALL! It is my most favorite season. 
The crisp fresh air, sweaters, scarves, jackets, boots, pumpkins, latte's, crunchy leaves.....

Pinterest is making me anxious for the next season...