Wordless Wednesday

Shutter time!

Before (with the old gutters).....with my model!

Before (with the old gutters)

After....we added a set to the living room windows.

New shutters....musket brown is the new color.

Rob and I installed them ourselves!

We need to work on the bushes out front, but that is going to wait. I have an idea on how I want it to look, but will research plants/bushes for this area and then maybe in the spring we will tackle that project. I thought about keeping the existing bushes but most are dying and there is so much under them that is going to need to be dug out and removed, I think it will be easier to remove everything.

Tent, smores and more

I'm going to start off this post with the most important thing that happened today! Skip the next few sentences if you don't want to read something that could be put under TMI (too much information).

Sarah used the potty for the first time EVER today!! She likes to sit on it but that is as far as we have gotten with it. Well, at dinner tonight she said..."Mom, stinky"....I asked if she wanted to sit on the potty and she put down her food and I got her out. Her bathroom routine was funny. She was "reading" a few books and was talking to me then would say...."MOM" (which means don't look), so I would look away. Yes, I stayed in the bathroom with her because she wanted me too, but she only wanted me to look at her when she wasn't trying to go! Well it happened....no pee pee....but poo poo!haha I'm so proud of her! The whole house was cheering and clapping for her! Not sure if she will do this regularly, but she did it first today!

I wanted to take a picture of her on her "big" day, but not in the bathroom. I washed her up after her "potty break" and she finished her smores. This first picture is cute to me because she was trying to say cheese for me...but I caught her with her eyes closed.

Sweet girl offered me some of her already been licked graham cracker.

Chilly day outside so Rob put the tent up for the big girls in the Florida room. They are having a blast in it!

Thanks Jenna for the cheesy face!Haha

They were playing Candy Land in this picture.

They even have their dolls camping out with them.

Fall is in the "air"

Long pants, jackets....

canned pumpkin on the grocery shelves again.....

Standing by the stove to warm up.....

Pumpkin bread and all other yummy fall/winter treats filling up the house with wonderful smells.

Fall is my favorite season!

I love to cook when it's cool/cold outside and I love the crisp chill in the morning air.

Happy Fall.

Columbus Zoo part 2

I wanted to share just a few more pictures of us just hanging out at the zoo...and how fitting to show who else was just hanging around at the zoo with us!

These were the biggest bats I've ever seen in person....

I told Meghan to climb on this statue and act like she was fighting with it......she would so be his lunch:)

Jenna wanted a picture at every statue:)

Polar bear Dad, Brown bear Meghan, Panda bear Jenna and Sun bear Sarah;)

I love that I caught Rob and Meghan chatting and walking along. Look how tall Meghan is!

Jenna and I (and Sarah) were on the hunt for a warm location to have our lunch in this last picture!

Well that wraps up the zoo trip!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as we enjoyed the zoo.

Columbus Zoo

Welcome to the Columbus Zoo! It started out like a dreary, cold English day...but warmed up and turned out beautiful!

We all (except Sarah) got a cup of warm coffee/hot chocolate to start off the trip at the Zoo. We had to sit down until the girls sipped some of theirs because they were spilling and walking at the same time.

Rob and the girls checked out the petting area and got up close and friendly with some goats.

They also petted a snake, star fish and a crab.

If you ask any of us who our favorite animal was....we all decided it was the Grizzly Bear!

She/he was very big but seemed chilled out...thankfully it looked well fed!

The brown bears put on a show for us by fighting over a spot on the rocks.

I also got some video of it...might try and show it later.

Sarah walked a lot of the time, but late in the day she was tired and needed a push.

Jenna told me to put this picture with the two Orangutans because she said this was her and Meghan!ha

We all had a fun time at the zoo. Meghan told Rob she had an awesome birthday!!

Happy Birthday Mem