It's nice to have a friend

We are so happy to be living so close to our good friends. Tate has fallen in love with their daughter Madison. He gets so excited to play with her. Just yesterday he heard her voice in the hall and went running to the door squealing with excitement. He loves to hug and kiss her (she doesn't always love it so much), but they play really well together and are so cute to watch.

You Are A Child's Play Thing!

Tate is in love with Toy Story! It's the cutest thing. He can only say a few words and two of those are Toy Story. He always says it in a pursed whisper. Which is so adorable. We found an on sale Woody and potato head. He doesn't leave the house without Woody. The first 2 days he had a death grip on him. Today in the car I could hear kissing noises coming from the backseat. Tate was giving woody kisses! He won't give either of us kisses but has loads for Woody.

These were just burning a hole in my camera to get out and on the blog. His diaper bonnet! Hilarious!!!.........Oh he's just the best..........Don't worry it was clean.

What I've been up to lately

I've been having a lot of fun doing things around the house to make it feel like home. I feel like a mama bear getting ready to hibernate for the winter. I want to make our home a cozy place when winter hits and we are snowed in for days!



We have those ugly vinyl blinds in our apartment and we wanted to find a way to cover them and hang our curtains. My friend Ashlynn who is very creative and amazingly crafty came up with making boxes to cover the track and hang the curtains inside. I love how it turned out, it makes it feel like a completed room.



I just finished these coasters and I love love love them! I'm glad I do because they took me a long time!

Stroll to the Zoo

I love our new location. At first I thought I would really miss our old neighborhood because of it's character, and I do, but I love that we are in walking distance to some great parks and the Zoo. To put a cherry on top, the zoo is free! Which is right in our price range. It's a good zoo too, Tate loved the animals. He liked watching the seals swim and tried to jump in with them. He also was awe struck by the gorillas and the monkeys (since a monkey sound is one of the animals he knows) he probably felt some fond connection.







I don't want this summer/fall to end. It's gorgeous here right now and I love all the green and the humid air. The parks are so wooded and thick. Donny won't let me walk alone. He's probably right though I for sure would get lost! The birds are starting to fly south and I wish I could follow......(sigh) winter is coming too quickly.

Home sweet home.

I'm in LOVE with our new home. I love that the decor in a space can make it your own. When I first saw our apartment without anything in it, I thought it looked kinda dumpy. After we got all our stuff in and we went to town decorating.....it finally is feeling like home. It's not quite done yet, but I know there are some out there that want to see it. I just keep coming up with new ideas, so I guess it will always be a work in progress! I hope you all like it.

Our State Fair is the Best State Fair

We went to the Minnesota state fair yesterday and it was so fun! I have two blisters and sick tummy today to prove it. Tate did great, he was such a trooper! We can't wait till next year!

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Let's be honest, we all know Donny and I were most interested in going to the fair for the food. Let's also just say it didn't disappoint! Here is a list of everything we ate at the fair, please don't judge us, it was a splurge for sure!

• Honeycomb
• Fried cheese curds
• Fresh Lemonade (Donny said it tasted like Lagoon)
• Grilled Corn on the Cob
• Fried Oreos (Best thing we ate!)
• Fried Alligator with Hush puppies
• Crab Cakes
• Homemade Root beer
• Korean BBQ Tacos
• Sweet Corn Ice-Cream with Caramelized Cayenne Peanuts
• Fried Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream
• Fried Reese’s (They were nothing compared to the Oreos)
• More Fresh Lemonade (This time it didn’t taste like Lagoon)