Sunday, September 30, 2012
Afternoon At The Park
Yesterday after lunch, while Eddy was at baseball practice, I took the kids to a park we haven't been to for awhile. The weather was beautiful and they were excited to go.
I nervously waited for one of them to get sick....
Then it was on to the swings
Then we went walking along a stream, and Isaac REALLY wanted to have his picture taken!
Of course then Piper wanted in on the action
Well, then I wanted in!
After Piper saw our self-portrait, she wanted to do it again, but this time SHE wanted to kiss me!
And then Isaac wanted to take a picture
We had a great time at the park!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Tattoos
Eddy came home with some UWS yellowjacket tattoos recently. Isaac wanted it on his arm to go along with his UWS shirt and eyeblack.
Piper wanted hers on her back.
Yep. My daughter has a tramp stamp. At least it's temporary.
Piper wanted hers on her back.
Yep. My daughter has a tramp stamp. At least it's temporary.
Projects
Over the past three weeks, I've slowly been working on a few projects. I really thought of get them done this summer, but we traveled WAY more than I thought we would--lots of baseball and cabin time!
Eddy's birthday present last year from his parents was having his dad redo the railing on our lower deck. Since he used green treated wood, we needed to wait until this summer to stain it. I would still like to stain the deck boards again, but I don't think you'd be able to see a difference unless you were up close.
Then the weeds behind the swing set were taking over and it was difficult to stand behind Piper to push her on the swing! I forgot to take a before picture, but here's after I pulled weeds out.
I decided to continue the landscape timbers that were already there, to finish off the border from the groomed yard to "the woods". After pulling weeds and roots, putting timbers in, laying down landscape fabric and cedar chips over that, making a rock border between the chips and woods, and transplanting a LOT of ground cover plants I got from a coworker, this is the final result!
Here's the before and after pictures of our front door after a new color of paint.
A few days after Eddy left this summer, I pulled the cranberry colored indoor/outdoor carpet off of our front steps. He wasn't happy because he like the carpet, but it was new when we moved in, but after 4 years of wear and tear, I think it was ratty looking. Here's the picture I texted Eddy after my handywork!
I was planning on taking the carpet off and staining the wood underneath. However, the wood was in really bad shape. So, for Eddy's birthday present this year, we bought wood and his dad replaced the steps!
The kids "helped" Papa. To our surprise, there were concrete steps underneath. We considered just using the concrete step, but they were really steep and the platform up by the door was not very deep.
It took some reconfiguring and we added another stair tread.
I need to restain the railing. Next spring I'll stain the new wood. I think it looks great!
Eddy's birthday present last year from his parents was having his dad redo the railing on our lower deck. Since he used green treated wood, we needed to wait until this summer to stain it. I would still like to stain the deck boards again, but I don't think you'd be able to see a difference unless you were up close.
Then the weeds behind the swing set were taking over and it was difficult to stand behind Piper to push her on the swing! I forgot to take a before picture, but here's after I pulled weeds out.
I decided to continue the landscape timbers that were already there, to finish off the border from the groomed yard to "the woods". After pulling weeds and roots, putting timbers in, laying down landscape fabric and cedar chips over that, making a rock border between the chips and woods, and transplanting a LOT of ground cover plants I got from a coworker, this is the final result!
Here's the before and after pictures of our front door after a new color of paint.
A few days after Eddy left this summer, I pulled the cranberry colored indoor/outdoor carpet off of our front steps. He wasn't happy because he like the carpet, but it was new when we moved in, but after 4 years of wear and tear, I think it was ratty looking. Here's the picture I texted Eddy after my handywork!
I was planning on taking the carpet off and staining the wood underneath. However, the wood was in really bad shape. So, for Eddy's birthday present this year, we bought wood and his dad replaced the steps!
The kids "helped" Papa. To our surprise, there were concrete steps underneath. We considered just using the concrete step, but they were really steep and the platform up by the door was not very deep.
It took some reconfiguring and we added another stair tread.
I need to restain the railing. Next spring I'll stain the new wood. I think it looks great!
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Photographer
Both kids LOVE to take pictures with our iPhones. Below are Isaac's masterpieces from today.
Self portraits
His mid-morning snack
The most abstract one...
And last but not least,
Talented, right?!
Self portraits
His mid-morning snack
The most abstract one...
And last but not least,
Talented, right?!
Friends
Last week I watched my goddaughter, Carly, while her mom ran some errands. It was self-serving on my end; I had a few things that I needed to do, and a friend was just what Piper needed to stay occupied!
The girls are only 6 months apart in age, but it's just been the past few weeks that they are somewhat in the same developmental stage. It was so cute to listen to them with their imaginative play. I heard, "you be the mom and I'll be the sister". And then they came upstairs to ask what I needed at the grocery store. When they "got back", I asked if they would go to Target because I needed paper towels and toilet paper". Carly's response was, "We have toilet paper at our house!".
They had coordinating shoes, so it was an opportunity for a photo shoot.
Showing off the shoes
And one I altered, via Instagram
Such cuties!
The girls are only 6 months apart in age, but it's just been the past few weeks that they are somewhat in the same developmental stage. It was so cute to listen to them with their imaginative play. I heard, "you be the mom and I'll be the sister". And then they came upstairs to ask what I needed at the grocery store. When they "got back", I asked if they would go to Target because I needed paper towels and toilet paper". Carly's response was, "We have toilet paper at our house!".
They had coordinating shoes, so it was an opportunity for a photo shoot.
Showing off the shoes
And one I altered, via Instagram
Such cuties!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Piper's (almost done) Room
If it weren't for the decorative paint treatment I want to do on one wall in Piper's room, her room would be completely done!
Our awesome neighbor painted it pink a few weeks ago. I didn't think the trim/doors needed to be painted, but once the fresh paint was up, the rest looked bad. It's taken a few different blocks of time to paint it, but now it's done. Eddy and I put up the pictures up on the walls last night. I got the headboard last summer at a garage sale for $2. A can of black spray paint later, and I'm pleased with how it came out.
I bought this letter "P" on super clearance from Michael's about two years ago! I've been waiting until the crib was gone and her room painted before I did anything with it. Thanks to several ideas on Pinterest, this is what I came up with!
The plane is a Piper airplane. I think I've blogged about it before. My mom contacted the company about getting a picture of their plane, and they UPS'd this to her! The picture on the right is the bedtime prayer I grew up saying and was in my room growing up! We say it now each night as a family.
I think she likes her room!!
Our awesome neighbor painted it pink a few weeks ago. I didn't think the trim/doors needed to be painted, but once the fresh paint was up, the rest looked bad. It's taken a few different blocks of time to paint it, but now it's done. Eddy and I put up the pictures up on the walls last night. I got the headboard last summer at a garage sale for $2. A can of black spray paint later, and I'm pleased with how it came out.
I bought this letter "P" on super clearance from Michael's about two years ago! I've been waiting until the crib was gone and her room painted before I did anything with it. Thanks to several ideas on Pinterest, this is what I came up with!
The plane is a Piper airplane. I think I've blogged about it before. My mom contacted the company about getting a picture of their plane, and they UPS'd this to her! The picture on the right is the bedtime prayer I grew up saying and was in my room growing up! We say it now each night as a family.
I think she likes her room!!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Kindergarten!
Today was Isaac's first day of kindergarten. Preparations started awhile ago with school supply shopping. Then over the weekend I took out the next size up tub of clothes...definitely didn't need to buy any more clothes! Last night there was an open house at his school, so we could re-introduce ourselves to the teacher and drop off supplies. Isaac did really well, but I did feel bad at one point. He didn't realize who his teacher was--he thought he had a different teacher (put the wrong face the right name). Once home, he and I were going through the papers we got, and he got tearful that his room was down one hallway, and not down the other hall. But after a chat, he was ok. Isaac had gotten a book, "The Night Before Kindergarten" for his birthday, so we read that. That was my turn to get choked up.
But today, after some tears, a lot of discussion, and preparation, sending our oldest child was very anti-climatic! We got up a little early to take some pictures.
He LOVES his dolphin backpack and lunch box!
Papa even came over to wish Isaac good luck.
Big dag for our family!
The bus stop is right at the corner of our house. Our new neighbors have a son who is in Isaac's class, so they are both pretty excited about that.
Here it comes!
He's ready! Barely even said goodbye to me.
And yes, I was one of THOSE parents who drove to school to make sure he got to school ok.
School had a whole welcome committee there!
He pretty much walked right past me and to his room.
Saying good morning to his teacher and shaking her hand.
He sat on the carpet with his classmates, waved goodbye to me, and that was it.
No tears. No long goodbyes. No "I'll miss you"s. But this is what we prepared him for, right? I got a little choked up leaving the parking lot, but otherwise did ok. I took the day off work, so was able to meet the bus after school. He seemed to be pretty excited about school.
I asked him what he learned today, and he replied, "we learned how to be quiet during rest time". Sounds like a successful day! I'm so grateful for our awesome friends and family. Many of them called Isaac to wish him a good first day. And I got several emails and text messages from people, hoping things would go well for Isaac AND me! The next chapter of our life has definitely started.
But today, after some tears, a lot of discussion, and preparation, sending our oldest child was very anti-climatic! We got up a little early to take some pictures.
He LOVES his dolphin backpack and lunch box!
Papa even came over to wish Isaac good luck.
Big dag for our family!
The bus stop is right at the corner of our house. Our new neighbors have a son who is in Isaac's class, so they are both pretty excited about that.
Here it comes!
He's ready! Barely even said goodbye to me.
And yes, I was one of THOSE parents who drove to school to make sure he got to school ok.
School had a whole welcome committee there!
He pretty much walked right past me and to his room.
Saying good morning to his teacher and shaking her hand.
He sat on the carpet with his classmates, waved goodbye to me, and that was it.
No tears. No long goodbyes. No "I'll miss you"s. But this is what we prepared him for, right? I got a little choked up leaving the parking lot, but otherwise did ok. I took the day off work, so was able to meet the bus after school. He seemed to be pretty excited about school.
I asked him what he learned today, and he replied, "we learned how to be quiet during rest time". Sounds like a successful day! I'm so grateful for our awesome friends and family. Many of them called Isaac to wish him a good first day. And I got several emails and text messages from people, hoping things would go well for Isaac AND me! The next chapter of our life has definitely started.
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