Minnesota Girls!

So apparently our daughters are true Minnesotans. While at our friends over the weekend Payton refused to play Duck Duck Goose... why? Because "it is Duck Duck Grey Duck"! We ended up playing both versions to make all the kids happy! Too funny!

Busy Month Just Got Busier!

The clinic where Tina works just started a flu clinic to help treat patients with the flu.  Nurses will be available from 8AM to 8PM, 7 days a week to asses patients and give IV fluids if necessary.  So Tina will be working a bit more for the next couple of weeks.  The initial idea is to have it run for 2 weeks but I'm sure there will be a constant assesment to determine when best to end it since it is costing quite a bit to keep it staffed. Tina's had both flu vaccinations so she should be alright.  I just hope the kids are ok with me putting them to bed each night.

Busy month!

This fall we find ourselves busier than ever! We have been enjoying the fall weather (it was 60 degrees and sunny this weeked!). We were at the pumpkin patch over the weekend. Brian's parents were in town and the girls whooped it up in the corn maze, leaves, slides, mini golf.... And today Payton's pre-school class is going to that same pumpkin patch. And the best part is that it is usually closed during the week, but they are opening just for Wee Pals. How cool! And since it rained yesterday she has her rubber boots and and extra set of clothes to go with her.

We took a trip to Milwaukee to visit Brian's grandmother. Addison just LOVED her! She sat on her lap and talked to her the entire visit! Payton was being her shy self though. But we did have a nice visit.

Brian is doing an even bigger "set" this year in our front yard for Halloween. We already had our pumpkins, hay bales, and corn shocks delivered. Now he has a black tree with lights, pumpkin yard stakes that light up, orange lights, fog machine, strobe light, and a ghost that with move back and forth on a 25 foot cable. Can you tell we love Halloween?! We will try to get some photos when he is done!

So far we have dodged major illness this fall. Addie did wake up Saturday night vomiting and had a fever, but it left by morning. Payton has had a dry cough for 3 weeks now! Fortunately she isn't coughing at night anymore. Mostly in the morning. No fevers for her yet... I got my H1N1 vaccine (the mist) on Monday and have had a cough and runny nose ever since. Lovely... Our county only has the vaccine for health care workers who work with pediatrics, OB, and immunocompromised patients. so I was on the short list at work and got one. Can't say I am pleased with the side effects of the mist though. But what can you do! Both girls got the annual flu vaccine last week. Payton cried and cried. Addison didn't fight us and could have cared less. My girls are so different. Makes life quite fun:)

This weekend we are off to our godson Jonah's 3rd birthday party! I LOVE that we live closer (and that Amy and Mark moved to MN) so we can make these things!

Closet Organization

I spent a few hours sunday (ok, quite a few hours) re-doing our closet. 
It started out like this:

and turned out like this:

Well, maybe it started and ended somewhere in between.
Anyway, it is much improved.  We looked at several options but decided on the ClosetMaid wire solution.  It was easily customizable to our needs and way cheaper than some of the other designs.  My parents used something similar in their closet and it recently pulled out of the wall and fell down!  So, I had a couple of restless nights dreaming that our closet was coming down.  But I have it secured to a few studs so we should be alright.