My boys were ready for Halloween!!
Andrew is a cowboy.
Jacob is the Red Power Ranger.
Caleb is a baby tiger. He will even growl when you ask him what he is!
This is such a great year. All the boys are big enough to enjoy trick or treating. We are planning to go to all the great grandparents then Trunk a Treat and on to MiMi’s.
The kids and I went outside to enjoy the beautiful fall afternoon. Sure it has rained for the past day, week, month, but the kids just needed to get out! Jacob rode his bike. Around and around in circles.
Andrew made his own target including the numbers for points and kept score.
The baby played in the water. He loves to put things in and take things out. This is especially true of water!
Such a fun time!
How much is that baby in the window…
The one with the camo cap…
How much is that baby in the window…
I do hope that baby’s for sale…
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~Charissa
After reading this week’s blog hop, I just had to join in. In our family, time together is precious. With work schedules and life in general, time gets away from us. When I began student teaching this year, I knew that I really wanted to start a tradition in our family that I cherished when I was little. Growing up, every Friday night was Pizza and TGIF. We all gathered around and enjoyed some time together. Well, I couldn’t let my kids watch Friday night TV so we decided to make Friday night movie night.
To make it simple, we signed up for Netflix and set up a queue of movies our family would love. I love that it is so simple. I don’t have to remember to stop and get a movie. Although, I did accidently throw one away (but that it another story altogether)…. I did find it before the trash went out!
Every Friday night, we pop popcorn and the kids get out their sleeping bags, blankets, cuddle buddies, pillows, etc. and we turn on the movie!
We are loving it.
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Using the random number generator at www.random.org, the lucky winner was comment number 33.
Result: 33
Congrats to Cindi of Tally’s Place. She just won a set of 3 hand knit dishcloths in her choice of the colorways below.
Carribean Getaway Colorway
Lemon Lime Colorway
Playtime Colorway
All these colorways are available at our Etsy Shop – MiMi’s Babies. Thanks for entering!
**Cindi has 48 hours to respond with her choice and address or another name will be drawn.
Caleb – Are we ready to go yet?
You want some?
At the zoo – better watch out for the zookeeper, he might put you in with the monkeys!
Camel Ride anyone?
I can write my name all by myself!
Friday is Movie Night
Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s pictures!
~Charissa at MiMi’s Babies
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So, I am always up for meeting new and interesting people and making new friends. I read about the Blog Party Hop that Lynnette Kraft of Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground was hosting and thought it would be fun to join in.
I hope that you will comment and let us know that you stopped by. If you would like to join the party, just visit The Harvest of Friends Blog Party Hop.
1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while you're blogging?
Because I am always afraid of spilling something on the computer, I don’t snack here, but I do love to snack on popcorn.
2. What is one thing you wouldn't want to live without?
The Internet – How else could I find out about all these great blog hops!
3. Beach, Mountains or Farm? Where would you live if you had a choice?
A farm. I am in love with the idea of farm life, but I am not so sure that I would be a good farm hand!
4. What's your least favorite chore/household duty?
Cooking dinner. I hate all the prep that goes into it. It just bugs me!
5. Who do people say you remind them of?
I can’t really think of anyone…
6. Prefer parties and socializing or staying at home with the fam?
Staying home with the family, but it depends on who will be at the party. I am always up for a trip to MiMi’s to hang out with the rest of the family!
7. What's your all time favorite movie? Hope Floats or maybe Grease.
8. Do you sleep in your make up or remove it like a good girl every night? I don’t wear much makeup so I figure that it wears off before I go to bed…
9. Do you have a hidden talent or a deep desire to learn something that you've never had a chance to learn? What is it? Most of my talents are out there for the world to see, but I would love to learn more about knitting.
10. What's one strange thing you're really good at? After reading Lynnette’s answer, I have to agree, I can do this too and it really grosses people out!
11. What first attracted you to your spouse? His pretty smile!
12. What is something you love to smell? Cinnamon – It reminds me of Grandma Dee Dee’s house.
13. Tell something about you that you know irritates people. That I talk way too much about things that don’t matter way beyond when they do matter.
14. When you have extra money (HA!) what's the first thing you think to do with it? Do I need more yarn?
15. Are you a silent laugher or a loud laugher? What makes you laugh the hardest? It depends on who is around. When the kids do silly things. Tonight, Jacob and Caleb put on googles and asked if it was swimming time because they were ready. It was 35 this morning and 60 this afternoon!
16. Where is your favorite place to shop? Hobby Lobby!
17. What's one thing you'd do more often if you had more time? Knit and crochet!
18. Are you a big spender or frugal? In between. If I know that all the bills are paid and we are not really tight with money, I spend a bit more freely.
19. Who is your favorite character of all time (from a movie or book)? I love Fudge from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
20. Would you want to be famous? No. Too much pressure and I love my life the way it is.
I am really looking forward to reading everyone else’s responses. This blog hop will be really fun!
~Charissa at MiMi’s Babies
Is there always a wedding shower going on in your church or office? We have lots of young people in our church so someone is always getting married or having a baby. Sometimes there will be a shower for a young couple that we just really don't know. Maybe we are acquaintances of the parents or maybe they are just members of our church and therefore members of our family. Either way, you need a gift.
Well, it happens to us too and I'm so bad to put off making a decision as to what to buy them I get behind in my gifts. We fixed it. This is now our favorite "go to" gift for wedding showers.
It is a generously sized white flour sack towel embroidered with "Love Never Fails" and scroll work. Then 3 of Charissa's famous dishcloths in coordinating colors(which we all know I dearly love) and a colorful towel with the initial of the couple's last name monogrammed on it.
If we can find a wedding registry for the couple we coordinate the colors to match what they have picked out. If not, black and white usually work!
This way we have a gift that we would not only use but enjoy using. It's not just a go to the W store and buy some dishcloths kind of gift, but it's not a break the bank kind of gift either.
It's personal and usable. My favorite kind of gift to give.
So, if you are like us, have lots of gifts to give and really hate to make decisions this is a gift that you can always count on. Give it a try.
Check out our Favorite Shower Gift at MiMi's Babies Etsy Shop.
Baby items are so much fun to make. This week, I had the pleasure of making a newborn sweater and beret hat set. Complete with crochet flower on sweater and hat. Made with 100% acrylic yarn, it is soft and machine washable/dryable. Check out the pictures below.
Packaged and ready to give with a Boo Boo Bunny.
So what do you think? Should we start carrying this in the shop? Leave us a comment and let us know! Thanks for looking!
~Charissa
So, I enjoyed answering and reading the answers to the Five Question Friday posts at Five Crooked Halos so I thought I would join in again.
1. What phrase, or phrases, do you say a lot (holy cow, geez, seriously?)
There are probably a lot of them that I don’t really even notice, but I do notice myself saying “But anyway” a lot. Also, when the kids are being mean to each other, I hear myself telling them that they are being ugly.
2. Swimming: Are you a kamikaze off the boat, take the plunge from the deep end, or a gradual, slow submersion from the shore or shallow end kind of person?
This one really depends on where I will be swimming. In the pool, I prefer to jump in the deep end and get the initial cold shock over with. In the river, I prefer to be the second one in!
3. Have any tattoos? If not, what would you get?
I do have a tattoo on my hip from when I was young and a bit wild. Just a little butterfly. There will be no more tattooing happening in my life.
4. What is your favorite tree?
Cherry Blossoms. I would love to go to Washington, D.C. during Cherry Blossom season and see all the trees in bloom. They are so pretty.
5. Two pronged question: What is your favorite non-physical thing about your spouse? What is your favorite physical thing about your spouse or significant other?
I love everything about my spouse! My favorite non physical thing about my husband would have to be that when he is off work, he brings the kids to their practices, games, cub scout meetings, etc. My favorite physical thing about my husband is his smile and his eyes.
Hope you enjoyed this round of Five Question Friday. Be sure to come back next week to see what crazy questions there will be.
~Charissa
Don’t forget to enter in the dishcloth giveaway here.
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Since MiMi has gushed about how much she loves her dishcloths (see this post if you missed it), I thought it would be fun to give one lucky reader a set of their own. So this giveaway is for one set of 3 dishcloths. You can choose which set from those listed in our shop.
Visit our Etsy shop at http://www.mimisbabies.etsy.com and come back and leave a comment sharing what your favorite item in the shop is.
-Blog about this giveaway and comment with the link to your post (1 entry)
-Tweet about this giveaway mentioning @mimisbabiesetsy and linking to the giveaway blog post at http://www.mimisbabiesgifts.blogspot.com/ (1 entry)
-Become a follower of MiMi’s Babies blog (1 entry)
-Follow us on Twitter – www.twitter.com/mimisbabiesetsy (1 entry)
-Become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/mimisbabies (1 entry)
-Grab our button and add it to your blog (1 entry)
-Purchase any item in the shop (5 entries)
Make sure that you leave your email or a way to contact you in your comment.
The winner will be given 48 hours to respond and then another name will be drawn.
Winner will be drawn at random on October 22, 2009 at 8 pm using a random number generator.
Dishcloths will only be shipped to addresses in U.S.
~Charissa
Josh and Caleb are friends. Best friends.
This is my favorite picture of the two of them.
