I Do Apologize...

...for turning my blog into a Winter Wonderland BEFORE Thanksgiving!!! I'm soooo against starting to celebrate one holiday before the other's over, but I'll admit I got sucked in by the cuteness of the "Cutest Blog on the Block" site again. I just went there to peruse the winter/Christmas backgrounds to see what I wanted to change to ON FRIDAY and kinda decided that I'd save myself the trouble of having to go back & pick it all out again. :) Of course then I HAD to jump on over to Scrapblog (my fave digi scrapbook site) to make a cute header to match my new background. It all just kinda snowballed. haha--get it?

This year I have just been in the Christmas Spirit early and I owe 98% of it to this. [the A-maz-ing Ali]
I've been creating a "December Daily" album to scrap on-the-fly during the busy month of December. I raided my scrap stash and pulled out EVERYTHING winter & Christmas a few weeks ago & have been happily creating while humming Christmas tunes to myself. It's almost ready to go & as soon as it's done, I'll post it on my other blog, Daily Chrysalis for you to check out.
I also think that this year will be so much fun with Mason! He's at a fun age to enjoy the season. So, just this once, I am full speed ahead into Christmas!

On Sunday, the weather was just [barely] warm enough for Wayne to grill hot dogs (as if it's Summertime!) so we all played in the backyard for a little while. Mason had fun running around & sliding while Wayne tried to throw a quick game of Cornhole.


Look at my new hat & mittens, Mommy!

He loves to slide on his belly!



Must...run!


If you remember the story-Wayne made the boards this Summer & just recently painted the hogs on. I think he did a great job. I love how they look like a graphic stamp.

Cornhole (the game)

Some of you may be familiar with the lawn game of "Cornhole" and some of you may not. Wayne & I first played the game years ago with our friends & it was called "Baggo." I thought it was the same thing, but turns out Cornhole is just slightly different in rules and size of the board. Anyway, I still like to call it Baggo, much to Wayne's dismay. (Baggo just sounds less like something off of Beavis & Butthead)

So, basically the game goes like this: 2 teams throw bean bags (or corn bags in this case) at the boards, trying to make it in the hole for 3 points or at least on the board for 1 point. (it's harder than you think--the board is slick)
Teams alternate, so an opponant can try to knock your bag off the board. Whichever team reaches 21 first, wins. It's really fun once you get going.
Here are a few links to some stuff about Cornhole: Here and Here and Here

We've always thought it'd be neat to own a set and although they do sell them online, Wayne decided he was going to make them instead. (we thought it'd be cheaper to make them, but turns out it really wasn't. Nevertheless, it's cool to have our own handmade version.) They are not completely done yet, but almost. They're just lacking a red razorback on the top of each board. (Wayne did order the bags online.) I think they turned out great--he did a nice job!

These pics show the progression so far...