The little things...

Sometimes simple things make them so happy. And that makes me so happy.

I sure love these kids!

It's done

I finally got around to painting Sadie's room. I decided to do the stripes, and just figured I would have to spend a few days working on it. It could have been done within a few days if we didn't have everyday life happening as well, but because we did have other things going on, we had to extend the life of this project to about 2 1/2 weeks. I am so glad it is finally done and I can get back to my normal routine. And I can let Sadie back into her room!

Here it is on about day 5. After 2 colors and all the measuring, leveling, marking and taping.

The finished room. I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Lessons learned:
1. Don't wait until your baby learns how to crawl to start painting her room. It makes it a little harder to work while she is awake!
2. Never use Ace brand painter's tape again. It left nice blue residue. Really made me smile.
3. Don't let your 3 year old play with your straight edge if you want it to stay straight.

I'm starting to think...

...that this girl is going to be trouble!

I went to get her when she woke up from her nap yesterday, and this is what I found. She is pulling herself up already. Yesterday she only got to her knees. Today, she pulled herself to standing. Can't someone tell her she is not supposed to grow up too fast!

...that "stuffed" animals are kind of cool.

We finally went to the Wildlife Museum. I had heard about it a lot and thought it sounded a little weird to go look at a bunch of taxidermied animals, but we decided to go check it out. We had fun. The kids loved it!

...that I am still not cut out to raise boys!

Ethan was so excited about this frog he caught, and he couldn't understand why I wasn't more excited, and why I wouldn't want to hold it. Sorry boys. I'll wrestle, camp, play superheros and build forts, but I draw the line at slimy creatures. (Especially this little frog that looked half dead.)

Guess who's crawling

I hope we're ready for this. This little girl is on the move already.

We're Here

Ethan started 1st grade last week. So far he is loving it! We are really excited about his teacher and about all the fun things he will do this year. He is already seeming so grown up!


While Ethan is in school, poor Colby is without his best buddy. He had a lot of fun for about two days having all the toys to himself. Then he started to miss Ethan and get really bored without him. Here is what happened earlier this week:

"Mom, can I play with this basket?"

"Mom, come find me."

"Mom, come find Sadie."

I don't think she liked the game as much as he did.