Weekend Project

Last Thursday I went to a jewelry-making Girls Night Out, even though I hardly ever wear jewelry. Before I left I remarked to Zach that I might wear it more often if I had someplace to keep it that was visible and accessible, instead of stuck at the bottom of my closet in a bunch of different little boxes.

The next day, inspiration struck. I've had this bulletin board for practically all my life, push pins are easy to come by...and voila.

So far at least, my reasoning is working out: I wore a necklace today. Austin was fascinated. Note to self: no delicate chains for the foreseeable future.

Comparison

The first picture is August 2008; the second is now. Wow! My baby is not a baby anymore.

Just a Few Pictures

I love this age! It is so fun to watch him figure out his world day by day.

Visit from Grandma

Austin had a visit from Grandma Susan recently. She quickly made it to the top of his list of favorite people--she let him play on her bed, climb on the couch, and other normally off-limits activities. :-)

Austin loves books and asks to be read to many times a day.

Grandma brought this hooded towel. Austin loves to run around the house wearing it like a little froggy superhero.

We went apple picking while Grandma was here. (Leading to the applesauce making mentioned in my last post.) Austin liked putting apples in the buckets. I don't think he has made the connection between the whole fruit and the apple bits he eats at home--he didn't try to take a single bite out of the apples. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time wandering around the orchard.

What Would I Do Without Google?

Let's just say it was 10:00 at night, you'd spent ALL DAY in the kitchen making and canning applesauce, and you had a pan with scorched applesauce on the bottom. And you'd really like to kick back and relax, only this yucky pan was staring you in the face. Did you know that a little bit of baking soda and water in the pan, boiled for a few minutes, makes the stuff come right off? Thank you, Google!