Helping Others

About 2 weeks ago, we had the opportunity to help out the farm across the street.  Some of his fields got wind damaged from Hurricane Irene.  The combine was unable to harvest all the corn in these fields.  So a group from the neighborhood went over to pick the corn.  The combine had gone through and smashed all the stalks to the ground, so our job was to pick up the corn on the ground and toss it into the wagons.  Brie had a dentist appointment that day, so her and I didn't arrive until later, but Steve and Brady were there for 3 hours helping.  The kids had a blast!  What a great way for us to show our kids the importance of helping others!
Here are just a few shots that I took:

My kids (Brie & Brady)

Brady with his good friend, Rolan

            

Brie and her friend, Cohen

Rolan, Cohen, Brady & Brie

Of course Brady was right beside the tractor the whole time!

Baby Shower

Here is a diaper cake I put together for my sister's baby shower.  I cannot completely take credit for this creation.  My best friend's sister in law helped me with the roses on the top.  To check out more of her items, on facebook search Green Mom Boutique.  She does some really awesome work!  So after she helped me with the roses, I put together the rest of the "cake".  It was so much fun to make and I really didn't want to give it away.

I have decided that I am going to make these for all my baby gifts now. 

Fall Decorating

I hosted a baby shower for my sister last weekend and it inspired me to decorate my house for fall.  Last year I found an idea to make a candy corn wreath and tucked it away in my fall decorating bin (along with a bag of candy corn that I guess I purchased after Halloween).  When I pulled the bin out to decorate, I found it and decided to give it a try.

Supplies needed:
-16 inch styrofoam wreath (can be found at Michaels or ACMoore)
-black duct tape
-a hot glue gun
-wide black ribbon
-candy corn (I used one bag for my wreath)
-spray polyurethane
Step 1:  Cover the wreath with the duct tape

 Step 2:  Lay one row of the candy corn around the wreath to see how it will fit.  Then glue them down.  Always start your circle at the same point because there will be some holes.  This way you can put your ribbon there to cover those holes.  Repeat until wreath is covered with corn.  I did find that the corn easily fell off, so I would recommend using lots of glue.

Step 3:  Spray corn with polyurethane.
Step 4:  Wrap ribbon around the top of the wreath.  You can tie it into a bow, but mine didn't look nice so I just wrapped the ribbon around a couple times and then tied a knot.  I did staple the ribbon onto the back of the wreath to secure it.

The finished product!  Note:  Do not hang on your front door as the candy will melt!  And also, be sure to tell your children not to eat any of the candy corn that may fall off.  I am not sure that I will be able to save it to use again next year, but I am definitely going to enjoy it for now!