Converstion with my kids - "My Moon"

I was on my way to aerobics tonite, and as we were getting in the car, Carter saw the moon. He loves the moon. He said, "Look, my moon!"
So, on our way it went back and forth looking for the moon out Carter's window and out Anah's window. And they were also fighting about whose moon it was...."my moon," said Carter. "No, it is not his moon, right Mommy," said Anah.
Then Anah just asked, "Why is the moon following us?" So I tried to come up with an answer that she would understand and it didn't work out so well. So then she asked if grandma could see a moon at her house. I said, "Well, actually, Grandma sees the same moon you see. Everybody has the same moon in the whole world." Then out shouts Carter from nowhere, "God made the moon." Then Anah piped in, "Jesus made the moon." I commented yes they did. Then Carter went on to say that God made the stars, too. And then I told him God made the sun for us, also. So we just continued to drive and then Anah went on to say that God made the trees and the water for the trees to drink. I kept going and was just amazed that they understood all that. Then they asked if God made the cars.....I said, "well, God made the people that made the cars." They were ok with that. Then Anah said, well Daddy made our house!!!
It was all just so cute! Carter still loves "his moon!"

More Basement Pics

We are nearing the end of the painting. I guess I should say Erich is nearing the end of the painting. He has done the majority of the painting. He thinks he is a professional painter now. I am trying not to let this all go to his head....

Kitchen picture--trying to get the contrast of the orange and the yellow, but it doesn't pick up on the camera.
Erich is going to have help in starting to hang the kitchen cabinets on Friday!! Here is a picture of one of them.

Now I tried to get the orange and the taupe to show up in the picture and it just doesn't show up.

That really is taupe paint on the wall.

The bathroom--it is called 'Asparagus'.

And last, but not least....THE SCRAPBOOK ROOM! I know you were all waiting to see this one for a long time! But it was a fight for the color. Erich finally gave in and let me have purple in his 'man cave'. But doesn't it look beautiful? It is called 'silverberry'.

See, it is really cute isn't it?

I knew you would like it!

New Family Pictures

We had new family pictures taken. The kids weren't too happy during the session, but we were able to get quite a few good pictures to choose from. Jane is so patient with the kids. What more could we ask for! Check out her website at http://imageevent.com/janeharrisphoto.

Trick or Treat

We went trick or treating at my mom's house since there aren't too many houses by us yet. Anah was a lovebug. Carter was a bat.

They had a lot of fun and they actually said 'trick or treat' this year!!

More Painting

" Carmelized Orange"

We started Painting

We finally finished priming all the walls. So now we are on to the painting. Does anyone want to know how Erich chooses his paint colors? By the name of the actual color. Who does that? This color that we painted the kitchen is Quiet Verona. Erich doesn't like it because he says it sounds 'gay'. Of couse he says that. The name of the paint color isn't manly enough for him. But it looks good on the walls. (Please note: The orange color isn't the finished color. It is just the primer.)

The kitchen
The guest bedroom (Also Quiet Verona)


The kitchen

Anah helping?

Janet wins first place!

One of the Exercise Physiologists that I work with ran in the Grand Rapids Marathon this weekend. She took first place for the women!! Here is the article about her.


http://www.mlive.com/grpress/sports/index.ssf/2008/10/greutman_becker_win_grand_rapi.html

Carter's Twinkle Twinkle

Carter was singing in the car on his way to daycare and I thought it was so cute! I told him he was doing such a great job. He said, "not Anah!" Of course, Anah wasn't with us, so he was ok to say that. Check out his version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (If the video doesn't show up on this blog, click on the title of this post and it will link you right into you tube.)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffYkSZdgarc

Kids getting ready for church--

'Cheese'
Don't they look like they really love each other?
Don't really know where he was going with those hands??
Anah wanted to say 'cheese' one more time, too.

New Christmas Dress

I picked up Anah's new Christmas dress this weekend. She was way excited to wear it to church already. Of course we had to go find the "perfect" shoes to go with it, too. They had to make just the right noise. She is all set for Christmas now. It is almost 2 months away now!! Can you believe it?

Good Night Hugs

Drinking Daddy's Beer

Drywall is all finished--Let the priming begin!

Can you feel the love?

Anah wanted to pose for a picture with Carter. She had to hug him. Awww! How cute!

Carter Pics

Carter didn't have quite as much time to stop and take some pictures tonite, but he still posed for a couple.