A Few Things Fallish

 

Snack mix...candy corn, fall-colored m&m's, peanuts, pretzels and raisins. 

 

 

Treats for Madelin's class...idea found here.

 

 

Remember these from last year? I had to make them again because they were so easy to make!

 

 

The girls playing at the Pumpkin Patch. 

 

What's a trip to the pumpkin patch without taking a picture in one of these? ;)

 

 

Chris and the girls picking out gourds and pumpkins.

 

Anders playing in the corn pit.

1: Kate's Rainbow-Themed Party

Last year my friend had a rainbow themed birthday party for her daughter.

I loved the idea so much that I knew that that was what I wanted to do for Kate's 1st birthday.

So here you have it...

The rainbow image is from Google images; I then added the text on Photoshop.

This cake was a labor of love!!

With some help from Chris we created this masterpiece together.

It was NO easy feat; there was a lot of cutting involved and leftover pieces.

Some of the leftover pieces became this little masterpiece...

 A miniature rainbow cake for Kate; with a slight lean to it. :)

 A tray full of fruit.
Need I point out the obvious? ;)

 When Madelin turned 1...she DOVE into her cake and "demolished" it!!

When Anders turned 1...he was bit timid at first and then took charge of his cake!

Well, Kate was a little less of a cake destroyer...there was no destroying at all, just picking here and there!

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 Little miss and her crumb covered face! :)

 Kater with one of her presents.

 I, of course, had to make tissue paper pompoms that are all the rage right now.

They were so easy and quite addicting to make.

Here are some more pompoms.

I created the "one" with cardboard and painted it with craft paint.



 

 

1: Kate's BIRTHday

This little lady is a busy little thing and quite feisty!

She LOVES to climb, dance, adores her family, eat fruit and not much else, give love, and get up in her brother's space (which drives him up the wall).

She's not too fond of sleep, her car seat or car rides and Anders pulling on her!!  

 

We started the day out with a trip to the Farmer's Market...a Hansen favorite.

 Kate swam with her brother and sister and the neighbor girl.

Not quite sure what is going on with Anders... 

 

Sister "helping" sister open presents.

 

 

Now this is more like it!

Anders and Madelin in the background opening the presents while Kate is throwing a fit amidst the chaos.

Welcome to opening presents for.the.rest.of.your.life.Kate!!!

 

Kater Bug timidly eating her "Husker" (first football game of the season) cupcake.

 She loves that frosting and sprinkles!

 

Happy 1st Birthday to our baby! :)

The Last Four Months of Kate's First Year

Do you remember this post just a few short months ago?

Here is a follow-up to the last 8 months...

 

 

9 months

 



 

10 months

11 months

 



 

And wouldn't you know at 12 months she would be sitting oh-so-nicely for her big sis!!

Girlfriend is quite the little mover!

Remember these from when she was born?? I swear that JUST happened yesterday. :)

The First Eight of Kate the Great

That was nice, wasn't it? ;) It's crazy that little miss is already 8 months old. She was pretty fussy for the first 7 months due to a sensitive tummy. Now that she can crawl and (to some degree) keep up with her brother and sister, she is much happier!! :) She has been a blessing to our family; Madelin adores her and Anders still isn't quite sure of her (especially now that she can get into his stuff).

 1 month

2 months

 3 months (This is pretty much what the first 7 months looked like!) :(

 4 months

 5 months

 6 months

 7 months

8 months

It's unbelievable to think that in just 4 months Kater will be 1!!!

Lovey for Kate

 I figured Kate might like a taggie blanket after being nearly accosted by her brother for playing with the tag on his coat!!  To be the woman that thought of those blankies...ingenius!

I found the fabric at JoAnn Fabric and had a stash of ribbon in my craft drawer.

It was so incredibly easy to make and cheap, too! And I like cheap; like a total of $3! ;) 

My blue-eyed babe and her lovey.

If only she liked it as much as she likes Anders' taggie! ;)

Wouldn't ya know?

Purple Stars

An outfit full of purple stars for Miss Kate...

On a recent shopping trip to Old Navy I found this cute skirt/leggings combo for $5.99. I wanted to find a onesie or shirt to match, but no such luck. As I was shopping, I remembered the above white onesie that a friend had found at a garage sale for FREE. I didn't have any fabric that matched the purple on the skirt but I did have some craft paint that matched. I drew a star on freezer paper, cut it out, ironed it onto the onesie, painted three coats of purple on and then finished it off with a white floss border.

Here is my little chunky girl sporting her new "purple stars" outfit, all for about 6 bucks! :)