The weekend started off by Griffin cooking breakfast.
He made waffles & they were delicious.
He tries to be so helpful.
He tries to be so helpful. He helps cook....he helps vacuum.....he helps fold laundry. Of course everything takes 20 minutes longer because he wants to help. I love that he wants to do what Mommy & Daddy are doing.....even if it takes all day!
Saturday I went to Des Moines to visit my sister, spend a lot of money at Babies R Us & get a massage. I hadn't had a massage in over a year & I was definitely due for one. The masseuse told me I had a lot of tension in my shoulders & suggested I get a monthly massage---I strongly agreed. Hubs strongly disagreed. If I win the lottery or money starts growing on trees I'll be scheduling monthly, scratch that, weekly spa days.
Today we visited the local apple orchard. I didn't realize how much walking was involved. Thank goodness for the hay rack ride back to the car!
Griffin had a blast picking the apples & he loved running around the orchard.
We were able to pick about 10 pounds worth of yummy apples. Can't wait to make some apple crisp, applesauce, & some apple turnovers.
I'm glad we took a family picture, but by this point in the afternoon, I was exhausted, sweaty & starting to get a little grumpy. Wish someone would have told me to cover up those fat arms! Oh, the joys of pregnancy.
Griff also picked out a pumpkin that we'll 
Oh, and the Hawkeyes whooped up on Penn State last night--Hell yeah!
Saturday I went to Des Moines to visit my sister, spend a lot of money at Babies R Us & get a massage. I hadn't had a massage in over a year & I was definitely due for one. The masseuse told me I had a lot of tension in my shoulders & suggested I get a monthly massage---I strongly agreed. Hubs strongly disagreed. If I win the lottery or money starts growing on trees I'll be scheduling monthly, scratch that, weekly spa days. Today we visited the local apple orchard. I didn't realize how much walking was involved. Thank goodness for the hay rack ride back to the car!
Griffin had a blast picking the apples & he loved running around the orchard.
We were able to pick about 10 pounds worth of yummy apples. Can't wait to make some apple crisp, applesauce, & some apple turnovers.
I'm glad we took a family picture, but by this point in the afternoon, I was exhausted, sweaty & starting to get a little grumpy. Wish someone would have told me to cover up those fat arms! Oh, the joys of pregnancy.
Griff also picked out a pumpkin that we'll be carving in the next couple of weeks.
What a great fall day!
Oh, and the Hawkeyes whooped up on Penn State last night--Hell yeah! And that's what ya call a perfect weekend!
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The lamps I had--I just spray painted them white & threw on an inexpensive purple shade I found at Target. I added the crystal bling & the little flowers. Very girlie! The little chandelier in the corner of the room came from a thrift store. I spray painted it white & added some short candles & some little green crystal beads. The shelf on the wall was a wedding gift. I painted it white & accessorized it with some picture frames from Hobby Lobby, & a pitcher & teapot I found at the local consignment store. 
Griffin turns 2 tomorrow! We celebrated his birthday on Saturday with our families. I'm a terrible mom & didn't have a themed birthday party. I didn't send out fun invites. I didn't hang up streamers. I didn't even make a fabulous cake. But, I DID make german chocolate cupcakes from scratch---so I guess that is a little fabulous. OK, not fabulous in the eyes of a 2 year old--but the adults enjoyed them. I frosted a few of the cupcakes with vanilla frosting & let Griff decorate them with M&Ms. 
We've been practicing blowing out the candle for weeks. Griff had no problem doing it. In fact, we lit the candle about 4 more times because he liked blowing it out so much.
