Not like I was in August, messing around with Halloween crafts and stuff, but the real, serious, nitty gritty type of Fall decorating.

OK, I’ll buy more paint and re-paint that wall.But then he said that if he was going to be doing that, he might as well build some bookcases into the wall there like I’d been insisting we need to add into every room in the house.

I was interested.And we were off!Within the next 3 hours, we had planned out exactly what depth and height the shelves would be, where to put them on the wall, bought the materials and started installing them.

Now that’s what I call a productive morning!.First, here’s how Chris usually works.

This is him finishing up the beadboard ceiling in there:.

Everything piece had to fit just right.. And it doesn’t matter if it takes 6 months to complete one ceiling..All parents of toddlers are nodding their heads right now.

We’ve never really gone out driving around to look at Christmas lights, but last year it seemed like the perfect activity one boring Friday night, mostly because little baby Jack could sleep in his car seat the whole time and we could all relax.It turned out to be really fun for everyone with Christmas music on the radio and drive-thru hot chocolates.

That’s definitely one we’ll be adding to our bucket list again this year.I can’t wait to see what other fun things we’ll come up with as the years go by and we have another family member who’s able to voice an opinion about something other than wanting to see more tractors!