Fall Baking Giveaway!!

Finally, I've gotten together some sweet goodies for my Fall Baking Giveaway...

still may add a couple more things too:)

So here it is...

Here's what ONE lucky gal will win...

1. Pumpkin Quick Bread by Pillsbury... we love this! So quick and YUMMY!

2. Yankee Pumpkin Spice Votive candle; to make your home smell like you've been baking all day;)

3. Mini Betty Crocker Fall Baking cookbook

4. Set of 4 Halloween cookie cutters- pumpkin, bat, skeleton head and a witch hat.

5. Some Halloween sprinkles for decorating cookies!

6. A green soft towel with a pretty pumpkin on it

7. Vintage Pumpkin cupcake liners.

8. Sugar Monster faces for your cupcakes: 2 Draculas, 2 Werewolves and 2 Frankensteins (edible)

And maybe a couple more goodies too:)

~All you have to do is leave ONE comment, telling me "YOUR FAVE THING ABOUT FALL"~

GOOD LUCK!!

Winner will be chosen ONE week from today, on Sunday, Sept. 26th

Noelle ♥

Curious Kids Museum

Wow, its been 13 days since I've blogged... so so sad!

My job sucks the life out of me, not to mention the college course, raising 2 kids and caring for a home, whew!

I miss all the fun things I USED to have time for... blogging, crafting and scrapbooking :(

For some reason, blogger has decided to make the blogs I follow DISAPPEAR, again... UGH!

So I really am behind visiting everyone, sighhh!

Enough of my whining, right?!

Here are some pics from the trip the boys and I took to St.Joe, MI a couple weeks ago to the Curious Kids Museum, what a FUN place!!

Gavin up top the Volcano Slide; every 60 seconds it would "erupt"!

Gage loved feeding these dino's :)

This station was cool- you could build with blocks on a "plate" and then put a button to replicate an earthquake which would make the blocks fall down, Gavin found this very interesting.

Gage's fave part of the museum was the building area...

He got right in there with the tool belt, safety goggles and saw:)

He loves to pretend to build and it was so fun with all these wood planks!

Gavin popped in to help his lil bro paint!

Gage was so in love with this lil old paint can and roller!

I had a hard time getting Gage out of this area, to try to explore with his brother.

My boys are 3 and 9, and both have totally different interests; it was challenging taking them here by myself because they both wanted to be in seperate areas.

Water play station is always fun...

Gavin enjoyed the old fashioned water pump, that really worked!

Onto the apple orchard...

This area was SO cute!

The children go to load apples onto a lever which would roll them down into the trees; the trees had holes that held the apples in place so the children could pick them.

It was the most popular area in the museum, kids were fighting over who was going to pick the apples!

Gage wanting to find some apples to pick...

Their was a cute store set up and these two LOVED to play store!

Gage ran the register while Gavin shopped!

He loved the scanner, so cute!

The funny thing is we have play food and a cash register at home...

do you think they'd play that together at home?

OF COURSE NOT!

Gavin found interest in the fire truck and fireman dress up clothes; do you see his face?

He was acting out the sound of the water spraying from the house, lol!

Gavin gearing up to fight a fire...

He said the coat was super heavy, and he wondered how firefighters are able to move in that gear!

Now he's off to fight a fire, mask and all :)

While Gavin was off fighting fires, Gage the builder was hard at work...

Loading up a huge tool box, he cracks me up!!

Gage went fishing upstairs, he loved this boat too!

Gavin found interest in the pretend News Station...

Thats my boy on the left, being very studious as he read the script!

Look at how cute he folded his hands?!

Thats some random kid on the right... lol!

I ♥ Him!

I told him he could become a meteorologist for the news; since he's fascinated with the weather:)

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At the end of the museum day, we walked downtown to find an old fashioned dime store, and to get some ice cream... look how precious they walked hand in hand!! ♥

We found a cool toy store where Gage FELL IN LOVE with this Thomas the Train table!

He "weally weally wants Santa to bwing him one for Cwistmas"!! :)

It was a sweet day...

nice weather and we all had fun ♥

I'm hoping to get my Fall decor up to day since its rainy here!!

Noelle ♥

Fall Face-lift

I got some time to myself today in the house and did some cleaning AND decorating for Fall!

I can't believe its September:)

Had to show some of my yummy fall faves... Affy Tapples... yum!

Pillsbury Pumpkin Quick Bread is super easy and GOOD!

Found these cute Fall Rice Krispie treats too, the boys love them!

I will ADMIT that I FINALLY took down all the Red, White and Blue decor off my hutch today, 

sad huh?

I've just been busy and have been neglecting it.

I pulled out one tote of Fall decor and gave my hutch a "fall face-life"!

Love it!

Love the Fall colors of everything, and how warm and welcoming it is ♥

Here are some close ups...

  Filled my cute tea cup planter with some faux gourds and wrapped a glittery leave ring around the base... aren't those placemats cute?

Better Homes and Gardens and I found them at Walmart awhile back for $1 a piece.

The top of my trifle bowl filled with some Apricot scented potpourri...

big bag of it for $5 at Walmart too.

Isn't she cute?

I found this sweet doll shelf sitter at Cracker Barrel when I took the boys to St. Joe, MI last weekend (more pics from that trip to come).

I loved that she was holding apples, since thats the them of my kitchen :)

Added my fall cookie cutters in this jar so I wouldn't have to search for them when the boys and I do some Fall cutout cookies...

This pumpkin filled with flowers was from our wedding last year and this candle is the won I recently won, isn't it cute?

Smells so good, just like a Pumpkin Roll!

  My recent find... the cute apothecary jar filled with Reeses Pieces and fall colored M&M's!

 My fave cute plates from Walmart too, made by Better Homes and Gardens... scored them for $1 a piece too awhile back:)

 Cutest lil pumpkin statue, huh?

It was my grandma's ♥

Pumpkin tea light holder...

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This white plastic dish was a GW find too and in it is one of my bridesmaids bouquets from last fall... isn't it so pretty?

(I was having a GREAT picture taking evening here!!)

 Fall centerpiece for the kitchen table, made by me ♥

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I was SO thrilled today to have a little bit of time to clean house ALONE and decorate... I even started a lil craft:)

Here's a sneak peek...

2 little wooden signs I found at Hobby Lobby last Fall...

I painted and glittered them...

And here's whats going on them...

 These cute lil wooden shapes were from HL too last fall... they were like $0.50 each.

I can't wait to see how they turn out!

I'm loving this 3 day weekend!!

I wish I could work like 4 nine hour days then have 3 day weekends all the time, lol!

I feel so much more relaxed and productive!

On a brighter note...

My job is getting BETTER!

The babies seem to be adjusting better as well, which makes for an "easier" day (I use that term loosely here!)... the teacher I am working with has finally "reached out" to me and we clicked finally... and I have to say I'm becoming attached to a couple of the teen moms we have.

So I do feel like I want to stay in this position now... it was SO hard at first, I did want to give up.

Now my children have adjusted better to my schedule, as I have too.

Gavin is LOVING 3rd grade!

Lil Gage started preschool last week and LOVES it SO much too...

here's his first day of preschool pics...

 He needed to take his Bee Pillow to show his teacher Miss Cindy and "needed" to finish his chocolate milk too, he cracks me up... such a doll baby ♥

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I ♥ him!

Can't believe he's almost 3 1/2!!

Here's what preschool does to him...

Knocks him out, lol!

He sleeps just like daddy... with his mouth hanging open :)

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Also my oldest Gavin has signed up to be on Student Council!!

I'm so proud of him wanting to take on a leadership role ♥

We are also attending the 1st Cub Scouts meeting this Tuesday as well; he too wants to join them!

Here's my oldest doll on his 1st day of 3rd grade!

Holy cow, I have a 3rd grader!!!

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I'm so glad to be able to put together a HAPPY post:)

Things are going pretty well right now, and its almost like a huge weight has been lifted!

Although I'm still pretty stressed with trying to manage all that needs to be done...

oh well I don't feel like SuperWoman for nothing ;)

Hope you all are having a FABULOUS weekend too!

Noelle ♥

Hello out There!!!

Where oh where have my commenters gone?

Oh where oh where can they be?

Am I too boring to read or what?

Oh where oh where can they be?

Must be a busy time of year for many,

I know its been for me.

I'm trying my best to catch up on bloggin' but I sure miss all my gals chatting with me ♥

~Noelle ♥

Fallen in ♥ with Fridays!!

Hey dolls!

Woo hoo its FRIDAY, doing the HAPPY DANCE!!

3 day weekend also:)

Today is SO SO GORGEOUS here in Northern Indiana!

Sunny and cool!

Have the windows open in the house too:)

Tomorrow is the 1st game of the Notre Dame football season...

My hubbys aunt is having a football party and I'm making this...

Taffy Apple Dessert Pizza, yum!!
Screams Fall doesn't it?


Sunday I am taking off to the Blueberry Festival for a bit...
I have an allowance of what I can get some goodies with, can't wait!!

Lots of crafts and anything blueberry you can think of... blueberry pies, doughnuts, ice cream, etc!
Yummmy time:)


Monday, not sure what we are doing... maybe taking the boys to the zoo?
In the midst of all this I'm gonna clean house a bit and put out some fall decor!! ♥
I looooove this time of the year!
I can't believe that hubby and I's ONE YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY is coming up so soon, 
Nov. 14th!!

I ♥ HIM!!


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I MAY even try to sneak in a few more blog posts, I have lots of new pics to share!!


Have a SUPER Labor Day weekend!!


Noelle ♥