Black Eye

Well, first it was a chipped tooth, and now Cooper has a black eye.

He pulled out a kitchen drawer too hard last night and it whacked him in the eye.  He has a little cut and of course it's black and blue all around it.  And, even better, it happened on the night before his 18 month appointment, so the doctor would be sure to be suspicious of our parenting skills!  But, truly, we feel so bad for him because it just looks so sad to have a baby with a black eye!

And, yes I have been totally slacking at the blogging business, but I think that being gypsies for two months is a pretty fair excuse for not keeping up with the blog.  Now that we are settled and into a routine, hopefully I can get some more blog posts up!

Lynn's Paradise Cafe and Louisville Slugger Factory

This morning we had planned to go to Lynn's Paradise Cafe for breakfast.  Before we could leave, Cooper tripped in the bathroom and hit his head.  In addition, he chipped his front teeth.  Poor baby!  I will see if I can get a picture of the chipped teeth.... =(

We did make it to Lynn's for breakfast, after we checked with Grandma Janet about Cooper.  Lynn's Paradise Cafe http://www.lynnsparadisecafe.com/ has been featured on the Today Show for being a great little diner.  The breakfast was fantastic and the environment is crazy and eccentric!  It was a lot of fun and Michael loved all of the statues outside of the restaurant.  I wish we weren't leaving so that if any of you come to visit, we could take you there!

After breakfast, we headed to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum.  http://www.sluggermuseum.org/ We took the tour and saw how they make the bats.  It was pretty cool and Michael even got to hold some amazing bats.  We had a great morning checking out some of the greatest sites that Louisville has to offer.

Colin and Marko

More fun in Kentucky!

Well, we had a great weekend in Kentucky.  The weather was truly gorgeous.  On Friday night Marko and I got to go on a date to Morton's Steak House in Louisville.  Thanks to our friend, Amy, who bought us a gift card, we had a great time and great steaks at Morton's. 

On Saturday morning we woke up and Marko had gotten the stomach bug from Michael.  Saturday was not a fun day for Marko.  Michael, Coop, and I had a birthday party to go to, so we headed to the store early to get Thatcher his gift.  Then, we headed to the birthday party in the afternoon.  Michael had a great time at the party - he got to decorate his own pumpkin and his own cupcake.  It was perfect!  When we got home, we watched the Bobcats game and were so happy that the Cats had another win!  Yay - Go Cats!

On Sunday, Kellee and I headed to Bardstown for the Bardstown arts and crafts festival.  http://www.visitbardstown.com/tourism/events.php  It was a great little arts and crafts show and we had a good time walking around.  I got a cute sign for our front yard for Halloween and a fleur de lis necklace charm.  The fleur de lis is a symbol for old Louisville, so I bought it as a Louisville reminder.



Colin is arriving today on his way through to Virginia.  Colin LOVES sugar cookies so the boys and I made some more this afternoon for him.  We made pumpkins and bats today and I think they turned out pretty cute again!

We are looking forward to seeing Abbie and Sally this weekend as they are driving from New Hampshire to Montana.  There are some cool things to see around us, so we'll try to show them the sites!

Here you go (Herego all as one word!)

Halloween Cookies!

I had to take the day off of work today because I had a doctor's appointment, so I figured it was a good day for making Halloween Cookies.  I have never, ever varied from the traditional orange pumpkins with chocolate chip faces...... that is until today.  Michael begged for bats, and I figured I had to give into him.  We actually made the dough last night and then rolled out the cookies today.  Thatcher came over to frost the cookies with Michael and after about 4 cookies each (and hundreds of sprinkles and m&ms consumed by two little boys) I kicked them out of the kitchen and finished the rest of the cookies up.  Here are some pictures from our day!

Birthday fun

Well, we have now celebrated two birthdays this week and it was a lot of fun!  Michael had his party at Blazers, which is a big place with tons of inflatables.  The kids had an awesome time, and so did the adults! Michael was of course totally spoiled with gifts from his friends.  It was a great party for a great kid!

On Monday night, we celebrated Michael's birthday as family.  He opened his gifts from everyone and the living room looked like it was Christmas!  He tried out his new scooter and then we went to Ginza, a Japanese Hibachi restaurant, for his birthday dinner.  He was quite the charmer at dinner telling the people at our table that he was already married.  Funny kid!

It's definitely a good birthday present for myself to have Michael's birthday so close to mine!  On Friday, the students at school were super sweet about all telling me happy birthday and making cards and treats!  It was a great day at school.  After school, Marko and the boys came to meet me and we went up to Louisville for the annual St. James Art Show.  http://www.stjamescourtartshow.com/ It was pretty crowded, but it was a gorgeous fall day and we had a good time walking around and checking out everything for sale. 

We had planned to go to dinner after the art show, but instead we ended up having corn dogs and kettle corn at the art show and eating outside.  It was truly a pefect day!  Marko bought me a Kindle and as soon as the boys went to bed, I tried that out.... love it! 

It was a great birthday week all around...... and now the packing begins =(