This morning she beaded a necklace all by herself. I was impressed! Some of the holes in the beads were really small and there were even hard for me to do it. She did a great job!

Andrew's best friend and his wife came over in the evening to bring presents to the kids. It was a nice surprise and Chloe got to stay up a little late and had *drinks* with us.

Thank you uncle Danny and auntie Renna for wonderful gifts!!

I turned our breakfast nook into a creative space for Chloe in the kitchen. Now she can hang around after dinner and do her art projects with me while I do dishes and cook for the next day before she goes to bed.

 Chloe and I came out to the deck and played.

Chloe and I are busy every other night making stuff, weather it’s a hair piece, a necklace or a sticker button. After dinner is our craft time together. She’s wearing her new felt ball necklace and a purple polka dot feather hair piece, our recent creations.

Jen (our nanny) took the kids to the Children’s Museum in Paramus this afternoon and I joined them after work. 

Shane dressed as a monkey

and Chloe was a flower fairy!

Chloe & Jen decorating the pumpkins

We went apple and pumpkin picking this weekend in Warwick, NY. Chloe had fun getting her first face painting and both kids really enjoyed eating apples from the trees. 

Shane kept wondering off somewhere at the farm. Now that he’s walking he doesn’t want to be held or even hold hands and wants to be free. 

Here’re some collages I put together with photos from Dreamscape Photographs.  Thanks David for capturing the moments!

Kids and I pretended the lego figure as daddy because we didn’t expect to see him after Shane was already asleep.

Andrew came home before Chloe’s bedtime, so she wished him a Happy Birthday and blew his candle. Twice. We had to light the candle for the third time so Andrew could make his birthday wish. Happy birthday, honey!

Besides getting him a couple of shirts as a birthday gift, I also got him a night out pass and a forgiveness card. Now that’s a gift of love. 

We had some of family members over for another celebration of Shane’s first birthday. Still more pictures to come…