string 'em up

last weekend the weather was gorgeous by late november standards, so kyle took advantage and overhauled the yard. as part of his mile long list of tasks, he also put up the christmas lights. it's so nice to do this in the daylight and when you don't need to risk frostbite to get them to clip into those pesky little clips along the roof! miles was more than happy to lend a hand. he is a pretty good little helper and enjoys working along side daddy.

this is the newest favorite...BOING!
collecting the clips was probably the most fun
gotta love extension cords...perhaps an outlet on the front of the house uncle clayt?
no railing? no problem.
such a helper!
this looks safe. (don't worry, the power was off)
on a side note...during the decorating, we discovered that our house had been egged. kyle had to scrub it off before stringing up the lights. nice huh?

guitar hero

here is miles playing the "drum" (a.k.a. guitar). not sure why he insists it's a drum, but I'm thinking it has to do with watching people play beatles rock band at my mom & dad's. in any case, we were amused that he actually wanted to wear the strap and strum it.

the chute

even though miles is feeling a bit under the weather, he was gracious enough to be mommy's helper this morning while we stripped sheets off of the beds and put them in the wash. his favorite parts were trying to jump on our bed while I repeat, "sit down miles" and putting the sheets down the laundry chute. I just may regret showing him how it works when I start to find mysterious things in the baskets downstairs.

northwoods scrap-a-thon

while miles and kyle were busy entertaining ethan and scott, I had my buns planted on a chair at my own personal scrapbook station in poplar, wi. I arrived on friday afternoon with a mere 450 photos of miles. my goal was to get all twelve of his "monthly photo shoots with mom" scrapped and with the exception of month three (which I did not seem to order enough pictures for) - mission accomplished. I was joined by anna's mom, linda, and aunt mary. mary was gracious enough to bring along her extensive cricut collection. if you aren't a scrapper...you won't appreciate having nearly a dozen cartridges to choose from!! anna was a stupendous host and made sure that we were never without food, beverages, country music (sorry mary), and door prizes!

this is me on sunday...a special thanks to linda for the comfy chair!!
the hostess with the mostess - anna

the other goal of the weekend was to meet the newest addition to the harms family - miss addison karen harms (born on september 26th). thanks to her fabulous grandma bachman, she did not go a moment without some sort of girly outfit.

outfit #1 - look closely at those fancy socksoutfit #2 - with matching bib, of course

outfit #3 - ruffles? check. hair bow? check. shoes? check.
so peaceful

I think her photo was snapped at least 100 times and she spent lots of time getting spoiled by everyone. here is anna's mom, linda, taking yet another picture of princess addie!
it was a very fun and relaxing weekend. here is one more picture to prove that I did, in fact, scrap.