Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone survived the crazy weather, and had a wonderful Halloween weekend! Here Chase is checking out his stash, not realizing that Mommy and Daddy will be eating his treats.

Too focused on the spider and web to look at the camera.

We did manage to get a few shots of him looking at the camera after trick or treating!

The day after the slush. People were a bit chilly in their costumes. Jason didn't have much covered with his homemade Tarzan outfit.

Roomies:)

One of the best couple costumes of the evening. If you don't watch "Big Bang Theory" you won't get it. And only those who truly know Woody- know we've been calling him Sheldon for a while now!

"Sheldon and Amy"

Chase chilling with "Amy's" glasses after getting changed out of his costume. Oh and that's his Uncle Kyle as "Khloe K." beard and all!

The best costume of the evening by far....I should have gotten a full length shot. Kyle is 6'4" and that dress was mighty short. He and LJ came as Khloe and Lamar. Perfect costume for two of our tallest friends. Sorry you guys bump into our light fixtures all the time.

The beekeeper and his bee-the first beer pong game in the new house. I thought we'd left it in Baltimore. Nope...

Hanging with the girls

Padden and Julia

Shawn's tools were required twice that evening. Once to attach Kristin's tail and the other time to protect the partygoers from a rogue cave cricket.

Tarzan, Jane, and our little monkey

So my costume was a little less traditional than Jas', but it was wicked cold out. My Jane costume came from the wonderful Jersey store, Joyce Leslie. Yes that is an actual tomahawk in his hand-he has all this random crap from when he was younger. He couldn't find his knife or machete. I suppose this was the least dangerous prop. Speaking of which, I don't think monkeys eat carrots, but Chase decided he wanted to hold something in the pictures too. Daddy's tomahawk was off limits, and will be put away until Chase is a teenager.

Chase and Uncle "Lennon"

Playing with sushi and a laptop. Two of mommy's favorite things.

Taking Julia for a ride

Random shot of Chase while I was prepping food that morning. Putting him in the trike buys me a little time to get stuff done some days:) He decided the bucket was a hat. I tried to teach him how to say "Boo" when he took it off.

Still not a fan of the headpiece. Both the kids were super warm in their costumes though!

All in all it was a wonderful holiday weekend. Chase was quite finished by Monday night, and all he wanted to do was go inside and warm up. We only went trick-or-treating to five houses. It was too cold, and he can't eat the candy anyway! Before we know it it will be next year and he'll be running from house to house.

Pumpkin Carving

Last year we never got around to carving our pumpkins. Mostly because the squirrels beat us to it! Since Chase picked out a great big pumpkin at the farm, we were determined to make a Jack O' Lantern this year. The little man was very interested in digging out the inside(the kit had a small shovel), he tolerated touching the guts and even snuck a raw seed while we weren't looking!

Digging in!

Still not so sure about this

While Daddy was carving, we took a break to get a bath. Wardrobe change to pjs!

No candle needed yet. Just hold it up to the light:)

Chase was too mesmerized by the pumpkin to look at the camera

Not too bad for our first attempt. Templates don't hurt:)

Before and After

A while back I posted pics of the main living spaces in our house. Chase's room was the first room finished- but I keep forgetting to take a picture, and currently he is napping so his room's pics will be in a future post. We still have a lot of work to go, but we've been trucking along painting, getting new light fixtures etc. Always a work in progress right? The house was very outdated when we moved in, and I think that some other prospective buyers couldn't see past the pink, green, and beige walls, lovely wallpaper, and mint green carpet upstairs. We still haven't tackled the "purple" bathroom, but we did finally get the chance to rip up the carpet in the master bedroom. A huge thanks to my parents for taking Chase to the shore and keeping him overnight so we could get the work done, and go to our first Flyers game of the season last night!! No need for a long post. I think the before and after pictures are enough in themselves.

This is what the master looked like at our walk-through. Super hot right?

I think we asked the previous owner and our realtor at least ten times to confirm that there was hardwood throughout the upstairs.

We painted about a month ago.

4 hrs. to yank everything out. Lots and lots of staples. The floor was in near perfect condition however!!

I've always wanted to throw a carpet, or anything to be exact out of a second floor window!

The finished product. The columns give it character:)

One more small renovation...

We had a lovely pink flowered glass pendant in our breakfast nook. Not really our style. Jas walked me through the process and I wired our new pulley pendant light!

Need some help fixing stuff?

We Love Fall!

Look at my crazy hair

Please don't let go! I'm still not ready!

Hanging by the creek

Fall is my favorite time of year. Although some days it seems like we might bypass the season all together-I went to the beach on Monday, and this morning its time to use the fireplace again. Despite the nutty weather, we've moved into high gear with participating in this season's activities. Since the beginning of the month we've attended a local Oktoberfest, an apple festival, and went to the farm for a hayride and pumpkin picking. Jas likes to say that these events are actually for me, since Chase is too young to remember. Well, to be exact Oktoberfest was actually a mommy/daddy event, and compared to Baltimore's, quite a change for us. It's not to say that our town's shindig was a bust, it was just different. One of the attractions for us down in MD, was that we were surrounded by such a diverse crowd. You were surely never at a loss for entertainment, and who doesn't love people watching? Don't get me wrong, I love our new area-it's just a little cookie cutter. Like I said- not bad, just different. Somedays I feel like I am drowning in a sea of UGGs. Thankfully the Jersey hair phase has passed:)

(Yes Jason, Chase may be too young to remember going to these places. Your loving wife however, is rarely without her camera and I am determined to excessively document as many moments as possible. Have I not moved away from making you wait as I take pictures of the dishes that I create?) Juggling getting food ready for the impatient little man has put that hobby on hold for a bit.

Ready to go fast!

Yay! Pumpkins!

I'd like this one please

Why does it have to be orange?

Okay, Let's get this one!