Halloween 2009

Here is Kate at her Kindergarten Fall Party. Notice her ferocious mad kitty face... :)

Here is Kate's Kindergarten class in their costumes. How cute are THEY!? I volunteered to help with the party and got to lead a craft. We made spooky picture frames. It was a lot of fun to meet all of her little friends!

We went to my parent's for Halloween weekend. What cute cats. :) We only trick or treated to a couple places, but they still got a TON of candy!!

Brian and I hadn't planned on going out Halloween night, so we didn't have costumes planned. We raided my parent's closets and this is what we came up with - - bikers. Once we got to the Belview bar and the BrauHaus in Lucan, we realized that we sort of just blended with the locals more than anything. Oops! Someone came up to Brian and said "Hey - I like your Jim Weidemann costume!" ha ha. We had fun singing karaoke and hanging out with Jon, Christi, Joe and Ashley.

Jon and Christi as pilot and stewardess.

wow...

I can't believe I haven't posted since Sept 3rd. I'm so terrible at this! I PROMISE to get some photos and stuff posted this week.

Sorry! Thanks for putting up with me! :)

Katy is growing up too fast...

We took Katy to her Kindergarten Open House yesterday. Wow. It still hasn't fully hit me that in 6 days, she will be getting on a bus and going to school...all by herself! I think it's going to be a lot harder on me than it is on her. She'll do great, though. She was really excited to see all the fun things in her classroom. She got to meet her new teacher, Mrs. Bauer, who seems to be just the sweetest lady ever. Kate was a little shy around her, but when we came back to the room for one last look before leaving, she had a chance to bond with the aide with a little conversation about their favorite animals.

After the open house, we went out for supper at Applebee's to celebrate my birthday! The kids were a little rambunctious, but we had a fun time anyway. Then we all went to Michael's and I got to look around as much as I wanted to with no complaints or comments from Brian whatsoever. What a great gift! Thanks, Honey. :) I got lots of fun stuff to add to my scrap collection. I can't wait to get it out and start using it!

Well, time to go finish getting ready for the day. (we start out a little late around here...which will have to change starting next week with Kate going to school! Yikes!) Hope everyone has a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!!!

{Lazy Saturday and the Indestructible Balloon}

We love lazy Saturdays. It's after 2:00 and we're all still in our PJs. :)

There were several balloons left over from Kate's birthday party, so we decided it would be fun to pop them. We thought it would be easy for Kate and Jack to just jump on them, but those darn things were virtually indestructible! I haven't laughed so much in a long time. It was hilarious watching them jump on them trying to get them to pop. They even had to pull out the "family sandwich", which sadly proved to be an unsuccessful technique.

{pictures that make me smile}

These are just a few recent pictures of the kids that make me smile. As much as they make me crazy sometimes, they are pretty darn great.

The kids and I went to the park the other day for a picnic. It was gorgeous out! They had fun playing on the playground while I caught up on some reading.

Jack working on puzzles...with a mess face, as usual.

Kate taking a nap on the couch with her new best friend, Baby Cheetah. This was a birthday gift from Grandma and Boppa Weidemann and it goes EVERYWHERE with her!

Jack was being silly and playing peek a boo with me. (yeah, I realize the door is see through...it was still funny, though!) :)

Jack + orange pop = mess

We had those little orange cans of pop at Kate's birthday party. Since it was a special occasion, we agreed to let Jack try a can. He hid in the corner behind the fence drinking the whole thing, then showed up with the most hilarious orange mustache. He even had a little soul patch going on! This kid is too funny.

Then, after thoroughly soaking the front of his shirt with orange pop, he proceeded to take a seat right on my chives. Little punk.... but it's hard to be mad at someone when they're this darn cute! Just look at that little expression...you KNOW the wheels are turning! (side note: I DID get his shirt clean - -not sure how, but it all came out!) :)

Kate's Birthday Party

A little late, but here are some pictures from Kate's birthday party. I STILL can't believe my baby girl is five!!

Kate was NOT very excited to have everyone staring at her while also singing happy birthday. I thought this was a pretty funny picture of her shy, yet annoyed face. :)

Kate opening her presents...

Brian arranged some games for the kids. This is Kate and Luke trying to play the cotton ball on the spoon relay. Neither of them could get it to stay on the spoon and they couldn't stop laughing. It was so cute.

Here's Kate trying out her new T-ball set that Grandma and Grandpa Surine gave her. She's a natural. :)

Katy is FIVE!

I can't believe it. My little girl turned 5 yesterday. She has grown up so much lately. She starts Kindergarten in less than a month! AHHH!

We had a pretty low-key birthday yesterday. I took the kids with me to Party City to get supplies for the big party on Sunday. Kate had fun helping me pick out prizes for games and decorations for the house/garage. Then we made rice krispie treats with chocolate chips in the middle. The kids loved helping! For snack time we made our own lunchables, then had the rice krispie treats for dessert. :) The kids also helped punch out shapes and make kits for our craft project we have planned for the party. We had Little Ceasars pizza and breadsticks for supper. Yum. Katy opened a present from "Great Janet" (Great Aunt Janet), which she LOVED. She got this awesome coloring/activity book with all wild animal stuff inside and a cool pink cape to wear! So cute. We're saving the rest of the gifts for Sunday so she has lots to open all at once. Fun!

Today we're going to meet Brian at Chipotle for lunch and then it's back to cleaning and getting ready for the party. (my place has never looked so good - I love it!) I'll post pics next week after the party.

closet update

My closet is CLEAN....and ORGANIZED! YAY! Now that that is done, it is time to deal with the multiple boxes of misc. junk. UGH. I forgot why I had been putting this off for so long -- it's a LOT of work!!! :( Hopefully by the end of the week I can post some pics. (but no promises!!)

cleaning closets

Do you ever find yourself super motivated to clean a closet, then get about 1/2 way through and want to quit?? UGGHHH!!! That's where I'm at right now. I have 1/2 of my bedroom closet sitting on my bed and on the floor, and the other half is still in there. How I ever accumulated this much junk is beyond me. I thought I got rid of a good amount at the garage sale, but obviously I have a long ways to go. We are bursting at the seams in this house!! HELP!!

my funny little boy

Jack is cracking me UP this morning.

Out of the blue he goes "Mommy, I wanna go to the zoo with Mer-Mer and see the doll-uh-fins!" (yep, dolphins is THREE syllables in Jack's world...) :)

Then he saw all my scrapbooking stuff out on the dining room table and yelled to me "Mommy!!! Go to your SCRAPBOOKING!!" (I think he meant Scrap Mania, which I did last weekend...?) Apparently he wants me to leave the house?? ha ha.

Just now he came over to me with a little tiger puzzle piece and was teasing me with it and said (in a taunting voice...) "Mommy...look out!! The tiger's gonna bite your BUTT!"

Kate is currently upstairs b/c she said Jack stunk too bad and she couldn't stand it. (note: changed the diaper...nothing in there!) You should have seen the look on his face when Kate was plugging her nose and yelling that he smelled. It was priceless. It was kind of a "what's wrong with me???"

NOW he is spinning in circles in the dining room and falling over from dizziness. What a funny little boy. :)

Time to get dressed (yep - 10:47 and we're all still in pj's! I love the summer.) We're heading to the grocery store. Wish me luck!

Can't sleep...

I can't sleep, so I figured why not FINALLY update my blog??

We had such a great weekend - - Saturday we met the Petersons at the MN zoo. (Kate and Jack got to feed the giraffe some crackers!!) It was super hot and crowded, but fun. I love the new Africa exhibit!!

Aren't the giraffes cute?? I just love them. Kate was pretty intrigued by the giraffe's long purple tongue. :)

After that we drove around looking for this garage sale that was supposed to have stampin up stuff....but they had already closed it down for the day. :( Brian ran into Fleet Farm and found some things for his little boat. He's so pumped to get it out again over the 4th!! :) I love seeing him so excited.

Then Brian and the kids stayed home and I went to Scrap Mania at Archiver's all by myself. It was awesome. There was hardly anyone there so we all had our own table. I even won the grand prize drawing - woo hoo!! (a 12x12 paper pack, in case anyone is wondering) :)

THEN we made last minute plans with Beth and Cory Citurs and drove up to Plymouth to have a bonfire with them. It was tons of fun - - we even got to play a little Wii! :) We spent the night there and were up until about 2:30 in the morning. Of COURSE Jack decides he should wake up at 7am then. UGH!! Kate and Jack love playing with the dogs and cats and are already asking when they can go back again. (hopefully soon, b/c I forgot Jack's favorite blanket there - - oops! Bad Mommy!)

We went home Sunday morning to shower and then drove up to my Grandparent's in Oakdale. (My parents were there too.) The kids had fun helping Great Grandma water the flowers. Jack even gave Great Grandpa a big kiss when we left! So cute.

I tried making Brian a yummy Father's Day dinner, but it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. :( I promised him there would be a re-do sometime this week. :)

I think that's about it! (Oh, and I have a little idea in mind for starting up my own business ....but more on that later!)

Hope everyone is having a great week and staying out of the heat. Ugh, it's hot! :(

ScrapBee at the BrauHaus

ScrapBee hosted its first ever 7 hour crop at the BrauHaus in Lucan on Saturday!  We had a GREAT time.  I hope we can do this again soon - it was so much fun.  All of my siblings were there at the bar along with their significant others (even my German sister, Tina and her boyfriend Torsten!), so we had a lot of fun after the crop was over too.

Here is one of the cards that was in our card kits that everyone got at the crop.

This is a picture of some of the tools we had out for everyone to use.  Between me, Laurie, Mer and Krista, I seriously think we could open our own scrapbook store and send at least one of our children to college with that money...

Mer, Laurie, Krista and Christina scrappin' away.

Me and my BFF.  Mer, can you believe we've been best friends for 17 years???  That's amazing.  (and wow - that ages us too, huh??) :)

The whole "Weidemann clan" - me and Brian, Christi and Jon, Ashley and Joel, Tina and Torsten.  It was so much fun to have us all together.  I love this picture.  

Tina & Torsten's visit

Tina and Torsten were able to come from Germany for my brother's wedding and spend the week in MN.  We had SUCH a great time having them here!!  We visited the Belview Bar and Legion, went to a Twins game, the MN zoo, scrapbooked at the BrauHaus, and ate at Benihana.  Brian even taught Torsten how to play softball.  He was a natural.  :)   Jack also learned some German from Tina!!  I'll do my best to keep teaching him some words every now and then so that next time Tina and Torsten come to visit, he can impress them with his Deutsche speaking skills.  Thanks for coming to visit, Tina and Torsten!  We will miss you!

Brian & Torsten playing softball

Joel, Tina, me and Jon - the Weidemann siblings all together in one place!

Tina and I at the MN Zoo.

Me, Torsten, Brian and Tina outside the metrodome.

Jon & Christi's Wedding

We had a BLAST at Jon & Christi's wedding this past weekend.  Here are a few photos from the day.  I didn't have my camera on me for much of the night, so I don't have a lot of great shots, but you get the idea. :)  Welcome to the family, Christi!!!  

I love the Ribbon Ring!

I purchased a little system called the "Ribbon Ring" this week.  I LOVE IT!  Below are my before and after shots of my ribbon collection.

BEFORE - - my messy stash of ribbon:

AFTER - all nice and organized and pretty! :) (sorry the pic is sideways...)

This is the basket of left-over spools.  The kids had a great time throwing them around. :)

Katy's dress fitting

Kate is the flower girl in her Uncle Jon's wedding in May.  "Grandma White House" and I took her to a lady in Redwood Falls to get fitted.  Doesn't she look so grown up??  I just wanted to cry.  She's not my baby girl anymore! :(  

My son needs a hair cut!

The title says it all....Jack needs a hair cut....BADLY!  Luckily "Grandma Red House" is coming on Saturday to chop some of this mop off.  It's below his eyebrows!  I do have to say, however, I still think he's adorable. :)

Happy Birthday, Jackie-Bear!

This is a little late, but I wanted to post a few pics of Jack on his second birthday.  I can hardly believe he is already TWO!?!?  They grow up so quickly.  He's been saying so many new words lately and copies EVERYTHING we say.  So cute.

Tonight for some reason he just did NOT want to go to bed - - he sat in his crib yelling for Kate to come into his room b/c he wanted to play and read books with her.  As much as it annoyed me that he didn't want to go to bed when it was WELL after bedtime, it was also very sweet that all he wanted was to be with his big sister.   :)  Kate didn't know what to do - we kept telling her to go back into her room, but she felt badly that Jack wanted her and she couldn't play with him!  Jack is lucky to have such a good big sister. :)