Baby Number 3!

I'm pregnant!
Baby number 3 is due

May 20th.

We are so excited!

Fall Garland Tutorial

I love fall.

The cooler weather,

hot drinks,

pumpkin flavored goodies,

fireplaces, etc.

I used to have a bunch of cute fall decor but since the move I haven't come across any of it.

I'm pretty sure it's still buried in storage somewhere.

Anyways, that didn't stop me from doing a little fall decorating.

I just decided to make something of my own.

I wanted something to have the essence of fall

without being overly pumpkiny or the typical orange and black.

(I love fall but I'm not such a big fan of Halloween).

Lately I have been loving the combo of navy and mustard so I used that as a base and then added some browns, cream and grays to go along.

Once I finished the garland it was a little plain for me

so I decided to add the words "give thanks" to spice it up a bit and

also as a reminder to me and my family what this season is really all about.

Giving thanks to God for all that he has so graciously and abundantly blessed us with.

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."

Psalm 107:1

In case you want to make some super cool fall garland for yourself I included the how to below :)

Step 1:

Cut a small, medium and large circle out of card stock to use as your pattern.

Mine were approximately:

Small- 1 1/2 in.

Medium- 2 1/4 in.

Large- 2 3/4 in.

Step 2:

Using your templates, cut a bunch of different size circles out of felt (in whatever colors you fancy).

Step 3:

Line your circles up in a pattern that looks good to you.

There were no rhymn or reason to my pattern.

Step 4:

Sew your circles together one after the other until you have a long string of garland. Just keep feeding the circles under the sewing foot as you go. Oh and make sure you leave a tail of string at the beginning and end to hang it from.

For the "Give Thanks" sign:

Step 1:

Print off the letters for your sign in the font and size of your liking.

Hold the printed letter over a piece of card stock as your template and cut through both layers at the same time.

Repeat until you have all 10 letters cut out.

Clip onto your garland with clothes pins and attach your letters.

*When I tried to clip the letters to the garland itself the letters kept flipping over so they were upside down. So I ended up taping each letter to the bottom of the clothespin instead. It worked just fine.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Fall!

Little Tiger

Mackenzie's response to Wesley's new shirt:

"Mom, why does my brother look like a tiger?"

She cracks me up.

And so does my little Tiger.

His new favorite thing to do is walk around the house "Roaring" at everyone.

It's pretty funny and adorable.

What I Wore

Lindsey over at the Pleated Poppy

does a little something called

What I Wore Wednesday (WIWW).

Every Wednesday she posts what she wore the week before.

She originally started it to

keep her accountable on actually getting out of her sweats or PJs everyday (or most days)

and to put a little effort in to her appearance.

What a thought! :)

I've been looking at her WIWW's posts for a while now

and looking at the way I dress most days

and figured I should probably get on the bandwagon too.

I can't guarantee I will post my outfits every week

because let's be honest that means I have to take a picture everyday and I'm super likely to forget.

But I'll do my best.

Before we start off let me fill you in on my style

or lack thereof.

I pretty much wear jeans and a t shirt

e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y.

In the winter it's usually jeans and a sweater

(or a jacket or both because I am always cold!).

That's my standard.

Also I have a confession to make.

I took these pictures 3 weeks ago and am finally posting them.

Partially because I was debating whether or not I wanted to commit to do this somewhat regularly

and partially because I was debating whether or not I wanted to air my lack of fashion to all of you.

Ok here goes...

I can't even remember what I did this day but I was probably just stayed around the house.

t-shirt: Gap

jeans: Nordstroms

Not sure what I did this day either. Maybe that's why you are supposed to post your pictures the week you take them :)

shirt: Forever 21

jeans: Express

(From this picture I just realized I need some new ones. Look at those knees!)

sandals: gift from a friend but from Target

sweater jacket: vintage

This day I had a doctor's appointment, stopped by my parents house for a visit, and ran some errands with the kiddos.

shirt: made by me

sweater: Nordstroms

jeans: Express

flats: Payless

This day I had a bunch of friends over for a crazy, loud, fun play date at my house.

shirt dress: Macy's

(My mom used to work at Macy's so I would get all her awesome discounts. Oh how I miss those!)

leggings: Macy's

Running errands.

shirt: clearance at Walmart

sweater: Macy's

jeans: Express

flats: Payless

This day Aaron got the day off work so we went to Disneyland!

shirt: Macy's

jeans: Express

comfy walking shoes: Puma from Nordstroms

Look at Wesley's face...he's not too sure about those bears!

Church.

I ended up throwing a cardigan over it because it was a little chilly.

shirt: Old Navy

Jeans: Nordstroms

flats: Macy's

That's it!

Hope it was fun for you guys to see what I wore.

Nearly Impossible

Wesley is 14 months old.

In his entire lifetime I have one good picture of Mackenzie and him together.

One.

The other day I was determined to make it two.

So I put the kids in some cute matchy clothes

and danced around like a mad woman trying to get them to both look at me and smile

but I had no such luck.

These were the best I got.

Wesley's looking...

Mackenzie's looking...

Neither looking...

:)

At least I can still manage to get them to smile individually.

That will have to do for now.

Do you guys have any tricks for taking pictures of multiple kids at the same time?

Eaten

Yesterday I found this pesky little fellow

after he had devoured our entire tomato plant.

He was the biggest and grossest worm/caterpillar I had ever seen.

And he had just eaten my tomato plant.

So we did what we had to do.

On our way out of the house we (Aaron) took the little bugger and

ran him over with our car.

Just to ensure he couldn't eat any one else's tomato plants.

Also to serve as a warning to any other insects thinking about snacking on my garden.

Don't mess with my veggies.

thank.you.very.much.

Corkboard Picture Frames

Display your little artist's masterpiece in these adorable corkboard pictures frames.

What a great idea!

Check out the tutorial here at Shannon Makes Stuff.