Flashback Friday



"A moment last all of a second, but the memory lives on forever."

(unknown)



Have a great weekend!

Halloween 2011

I'm feeling like I needed to do a Halloween post today...just for memories sake.

I feel like I have a Halloween hangover today.

Halloween this year wasn't all that exciting, really.

Maybe it's because we live in a BORING neighborhood!

The houses are far apart and it takes forver just to hit the 20 houses in our development.

Brady usually comes home with a quarter of a bag of candy.

The good thing is, he doesn't know any differently!

Or maybe it wasn't all that exciting because Brady wasn't excited.

He told us about a week ago that he had something to tell us...but didn't want us to be disappointed.

Boy, did my ears perk up!

Thankfully he just wanted us to know that he doesn't really enjoy trick or treating.

He said  he doesn't understand why we knock on neighbors doors (some who are like strangers) and ask for free candy.

I love that he worries about hurting our feelings.

I also want him to always be honest about his feelings.

He said he would rather just pass out candy next year.

So, unless he changes his mind...that's what he'll do.

Don't get me wrong...he does enjoy the candy and grandma and grandpa coming over for dinner.

This year he invited his cousin to trick or treat with us.
I think he really enjoyed doing this with Ethan.

Look at these characters!



I love this one....we were telling Brady that he needed to SMILE for the picture..he was getting mad!

Brady never puts any effort into his costume...

he usually wants the first scary mask he sees.

I'm not a fan of masks...it creeps me out to see someone I know wearing one.

I'm thinking maybe next year we should try something different....

maybe go to a different neighborhood where there are lots of kids and lots of houses!

Sometimes when we are trick or treating...we only see a few other kids.

When I was tucking Brady in bed last night, he thanked me for making the day fun.
I love him so much.

I hope that when he is grown, he always remembers that I tried to make the holidays special for our family.

Seriously?!

We woke up to snow on Saturday morning.  What a strange sight to see snow on the fall leaves that are still on the trees.  The earliest I can remember it snowing was a few flurries on Thanksgiving. Usually we do not see snow until mid to late December.  The newspaper said we haven't seen snow in our area in October since 1972.

We were lucky to have only lost our electricity for several hours Saturday afternoon.  Many people in our area are still without power.  I'm hoping the snow is gone for trick or treating tomorrow night.  I'm also hoping that this early snow is not an indication of a long winter yet to come.  Although I do get excited every year for that first snow to fall...I was not as excited as a certain someone in our house to see it so early!

I do have to say though...we really had a great weekend
just hanging out together at home.    Maybe the snow caused us to slow down a bit...and it was just what we needed.


Hope your weekend was great too!
~Kerri

Fall Flashback Friday

Home Depot Boy

Grandma passing out candy at our house.

We're looking forward to trick or treating in our neighborhood

Monday evening!  Such FUN times!

Have a great weekend!

~Kerri

A Suprise In The Closet

Yesterday, I was looking in the front entryway closet for

 shoes that no longer fit Brady (for my friend's garage

 sale this weekend)...and what did I see?  Behind my

stash of wrapping paper and gift bags was Brady's backpack

from last year.  I had a funny feeling when  I saw it. 

And, when I lifted it up...I could tell something was in there. 

 Here's what I found:

Brady's lunch from the last day of school...back in June!  Yikes! How did I miss this?  (And I only have one child's stuff to keep track of!)  Thankfully there wasn't anything growing in

there....just a few goldfish and a half empty water bottle.

So, to my friends and family who think I'm always on top

of everything....now you know- I'm not!

~Kerri

Goodbye Barn Bed

Last weekend Eric disassembled Brady's barn bed and packed it away for keeps.  Eric put so much time into designing and building this bed for Brady....lots of love went into it for sure.  And, although Brady hasn't slept in this bed for months....I was sad to see it go.  It was to me, one of the last "little boy" pieces of evidence left in our home. 

But, we're moving on...and Brady's really excited to change his bedroom.  He's been sleeping in the spare bedroom because he likes the bigger bed.



I'd like to put this bed in his room...although I need to see it with

boy bedding on it so I can determine if it still looks girlie.  I might need to paint it and roughen it up a bit!

Eric and I have been looking at (affordable) comforters...but as with everything else, I think the boy selections are limited.  Right now, this one is topping our list.

Bed Bath and Beyond

We have everything off the walls in his room...Eric just needs to spackle a bit and then I can paint.  Brady gave me the okay to paint  his room tan.  I'd like to add a few tennis accent pieces without the room looking too theme-y.  I have been

collecting wooden tennis raquets...I might try and do something behind the bed.  I saw this on Pinterest....

...although it might not look right on the long wall that

Brady's bed will be on.  I'll figure something out.

Before I paint, we have to figure out what to do about this...

Eric said that he would copy down the exact measurements so

we could redo it on his painted wall.  We can't think of any other way to do it. 

It's been over a week since the bed was taken down and I am

trying to get excited about decorating a new room.  As for the spare room, we are going to look for a couch and turn that room into a Wii and hangout room for Brady.  Our spare room has only been used twice in the last three years...so it will be nice to see this room hopefully get more use.

(This was the first time Brady slept in his bed...before we bought a real mattress!)

And who knows...maybe Brady will use the barn bed one day for his children...or Grandma and Grandpa will have a cool bedroom for when our grandchildren spend the night! even if they are just living next door.

~Kerri

Fall Flashback Friday

To INFINITY and BEYOND!

Brady loved Buzz Lightyear and the movie Toy Story.

My dad bought this costume on eBay for Brady...

and he sure got his money out of it!

  He not only wore it for trick or treating...

he wore it the entire year.  What a sight for the

 neighbors to see Buzz Lightyear riding around

 our yard on his tractor.  Such sweet memories!

Have a wonderful weekend!

~Kerri