Tyler's Christmas Wish List

Here are a few items Tyler is asking for Christmas:



           

Bulletin Board: A Quick and Easy Project

My desk is a mess.  I always seem to have clutter no matter what I do.  I have lots of inspirational images that I have torn out of magazines, swatches of fabric I plan to use, paint swatches, and pictures of my little T-man. 
While at Staples the other day I picked up this inexpensive bulletin board ($4.50 on sale).  I brought it home and got working on it as soon as I put Tyler to bed. 

 I taped the edges off with frog tape (the best painters tape ever!)

 I used the free can of Valspar paint that I got a few weeks ago in True Navy.  They sent it in a cute package complete with two rollers and swatches of coordinating colors.  Way to go Valspar - major points in my opinion!

Here is the finished product hanging above my desk:

Our 2011 Christmas Card

I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and I'm talking about Christmas Cards.  We are hoping to be moving soon and I want to get these cards out early so they don't get lost in the shuffle.  Since I adore all things paper, I look forward to picking out our annual photo card to send.  Here is what I've chosen this year. 

Funny how I always seem to gravitate towards teal and green.  My wedding colors, my guest bathroom towels, heck - even my clothes!  I hope this color combo doesn't go out of style any time soon!  I chose to order my cards through Simply to Impress this year.  I found a deal on Living Social that I couldn't pass up and they allowed me to use my deal with the 25% off sale they are having right now.  Check it out here:

SimplyToImpress LivingSocial Deal

It's Official...

Casa Pena is for sale!  Not the blog, the house.  ;-)

Here is the listing if you are interested in checking out our home.  All pictures were taken by me, the professional photographer has been scheduled to come out soon and take much better shots.  We listed it Friday night and have already had 3 showings.  Yay!

Casa Pena Listing

Fall & A Look Back at My To-Do List

Here is a look back at my Fall To-Do List in case you missed it.  We got a lot done and I am pleasantly surprised how many pictures I got of it all!

Rake Leaves & Jump in the leaves - I combined these two because they go together like peas and carrots.We had so much fun raking leaves that we did it twice!

Make pumpkin bread - made an amazing recipe but sadly didn't get a picture.  Also made this recipe for Pumpkin Pancakes that were delish!  I highly recomend.  They used far less butter and sugar than the bread.

Enjoy a pumpkin spice latte (or two) - I enjoyed several and no pictures of that either.  Although, who really wants a picture of me drinking coffee?

Have a girls get-together - not yet but hopefully over Thanksgiving!!

Visit the pumpkin patch & hayride - We had the opportunity to visit the pumpkin patch October 2nd with friends in Salisbury at Adkins Farm.  We had a blast!

Visit to the Park

With these few days of sunny fall weather Tyler and I decided to get out of the house and visit the park.  Tyler got to play and Mommy got to play with her camera.  I'm still learning all the buttons and things like F-stop, ISO, etc.  Here are a few pics from yesterday's trip:

We started off on the tennis courts (that are fenced in and I can play with my camera settings without him running for the hills):



There's my shaddow!



 

I wish this one had come out better.  Darn buttons on my camera! LOL





Tyler's 15 Month Stats

Lots of changes in T-man's life recently.  He's talking a lot more, most of which I can't understand but every now and them a word or two will come out.  If you ask him to bring something to you he will do it.  If you ask what the cow says he sticks his little lips out and says "moooooo".  So cute!  He has 10 teeth now. 


Bedtime: we have switched to 8:00PM since he only takes one nap now.



Wake Up Time: 7:00am.



Naps: He seems to be pushing his morning naps back a bit from 9AM to 10:30/11:00AM and taking only one 3 hour nap.


Bottles: yes, he still gets bottles.  Only 2 per day, at naptime and bedtime.


Meals/Solids: He eats 3 meals a day and two snacks.  He loves veggies (thank goodness).  I think his all time favorite food may be bananas.  He eats one every morning along with some orange slices and some cereal.  For lunch he will have some veggies, grilled cheese, grapes.  For dinner he eats whatever we are having.  He drinks mostly water or milk out of his sippy cups.


New Foods: pumpkin bread - he loves it!


Developmental Milestones & "Firsts": He has been walking backwards to sit down.  He waves bye bye backwards.  He says "mooo".  He spins instead of dances - sooo cute!


Favorite Toys: His Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Puppy that stays in the car.  He gives him a big hug everytime we get in the car.