Belated Halloween Project

Well, first things first... Our sleeping arrangements are working out great. We have a new thing with Elia. Instead of getting into bed at 7:30, we get her ready earlier and put her in bed by about 7:10. She can then read... or rather look at books by herself while I feed Ethan and get him ready for bed. I put him to bed and she can read about 5 more minutes while I pick up a little. I then go in and tell her it's time for bed. She looks at books for about 20 minutes! She stays in bed and is quiet! It is working like a charm. I feel she is more willing to go to sleep and I feel less hectic too. A victory for the parents!!! Yeah!!!

Our friends Craig and Lynette left yesterday. We went by their house yesterday evening, but we missed them (Sorry guys!), but before they left they gave us this Halloween gingerbread house kit. Today, we attempted to make the kit with Elia (Lynette, be glad you didn't do this) :)!

Below you'll see what we were trying to make and what we did make. Of course Elia was more into the frosting. Here are the results of her beater licking:

Doesn't she look cute with her mustache and goatee?

We both tried to help make the house. She wanted to squeeze the frosting onto the gingerbread herself...

But after a while, decided to go straight for the frosting:

So the results? Here is what our house looked like compared to what our vision was. So, we didn't quite make it, but we had fun (and made a mess). No more orange and black frosting projects! And, so Ethan doesn't feel left out, here is a random bath picture of him. He is moving even more and pulling up on things. Danger! We're really going to have to start baby proofing. He's been sick again (story of his life), but when I took him in the doctor said his nose and lungs sounded fine. Now, though he's developed this hacky cough. Hopefully it will go away soon.
Well, not much new for Eric and I, we're just staying busy with the usual things. Eric is definitely looking forward to this tri to end. He'll be done with student government and be done taking an overload of classes like he had to do this trimester, plus he's so distracted about this job stuff. Go figure. Pray for us to find a good one!