Grannie and Bubbie Visit

We were so fortunate to have my parents come for a visit in early-mid October. My dad and brother-in-law Al along with Bob were able to install a brand new furnace in our home. We already notice a huge difference in the warmth in our house, it is so exciting. I will feel so much better about paying the heating bill this year. My dad and brother-in-law needed to get back to work and only staye the weekend, but we very blessed to have my mom all week long. We finished up some painting in Amelia's room. She has an original Mary Ann Lesnau mural of a house on her wall. It looks pretty fantastic, and I added a tree on the opposite wall. I still have to add the leaves, I found some great scrapbook paper to use.
Grannie also got to participate in our normal everyday activities such as art class and gym class. We had fun and the time flew by like it always does. My mom took the train system home, not sure she was so fond of it and of course the price of the ticket went up right before we bought it. But it is definitely an option to look at in the future and if you do it right, you can get here for about $32.

Trick or Treat

Lake Geneva has their trick or treating on the Sunday before Halloween, so we braved the winds and was blessed with sun (the forecast said rain, maybe snow). Amelia was a ballerina princess with wings. She absolutely loved the tutu I made her and the magic wand was the icing on the cake. I was so happy that I could make her happy! We started at the Lake Geneva Museum for a parade down the museum's main street, then we went downtown as most of the stores participated in handing out candy and then we moseyed our way back home.

All tired out!

Here are the afters.....

First Haircut

This was a very dramatic day for Bob and I. Her first haircut was brutal on the emotional side. I think it went downhill when I said we were cutting off her baby hair....boohoohoo. She was growing up and not so much a baby anymore. Amelia on the otherhand did great, she sat there like a champ and did not cry at all. Here is a before .............

Grandpa & Amelia

Amelia had a lot of fun when Grandma and Grandpa Furlo came for a visit in September. We packed alot of fun into just a few days, I think Amelia had the most fun when we went to the playground and Grandpa was trying out all the playground equipment. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of both Grandma and Grandpa going down the slides, but it was pretty fun to see. The picture is from when we were walking around downtown.

Apple Orchard

I am obviously terrible at keeping up with blogging, although I am great at reading other people's blogs.

Anyway we have been to the Royal Oak Farm Orchard twice so far this year, once with Grandma and Grandpa Furlo and once 2 weeks later, beacuse I am an apple hound and we needed more apples. We had a great time although I was embarrassed when my child along with her grandparents engulfed $100 worth of raspberries when we only paid for $6 worth, but once I was able to drag them all out of the patch we were okay. Here are some pictures.