It's officially Fall...

Well apparently my last post was in June which means that I've totally missed the summer. Oh well - it was great an I'm always a little bit sad when it's over. However..... it means that Fall (and more importantly Christmas) is on its way!

I've recently been sucked into pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/) it is FULL of crafty inspiration and lots of yummy recipes! Despite spending hours upon hours "pinning" ideas to my board, I have actually made a couple of things:

Alphabet Magnet Board for Izzy:

Paper Pumpkin Decorations:

And (possibly my favorite) a Halloween Advent Calendar:

Izzy helped to make yummy (and NOT super terrible for you) pumpkin muffins:

 We are really getting into the holiday spirit around here. My pinterest addiction has led an obsession with DIY play kitchens. So, of course, I am creating one for Izzy for Christmas!!! I'm beyond excited about it!!! Today we picked up the "entertainment center" (appropriately named as I hope it will bring hours of entertainment in the future!) I have been drooling over pictures of these things for weeks now and I just hope ours turns out as cute. My goal is to make it as adorable as possible for as cheap as possible (just for fun!). So the total so far: $25 for the entertainment center and $4 for sand paper. Here is what is looked like:

 Of course I spent all day working on it so it doesn't look like that anymore, although it doesn't look much closer to a kitchen either. I have't decided if I will post progress pictures or make you wait until Christmas to reveal it. (Chances are good I won't be able to wait that long!!) If you've never seen these, you can go to my pinterest page - I have an entire board devoted to DIY play kitchens. (I did realize today that I am going to have to create a matching step stool for my tiny little girl since she won't be able to reach anything yet, but that's okay.... someday she will.)

Tomorrow we are off to the pumpkin farm! Aaron and I are SUPER excited - I'm pretty sure Izzy will be once she gets there! Maybe if I'm really on top of it I will post a blog with pictures about that tomorrow.... I wouldn't hold your breath! :)

Times up - the timer for my 5th and 6th loaf of zucchini bread is going off!