2 in a Tent

I love seeing the kids play together...I think it is so "quwoot" ("cute" as Mal would say).

After Dinner Entertainment

Daddy drew portraits of the fam after dinner tonight...I didn't have the camera out in time to capture mine...SADness!

Carter chillin on his side like always these days...

Can't wait...only 4 more days til summer! :)

Sweet And Scary

I had a great time with friends this morning at Playgroup, then scurried home, fed the kids, and put them down for naps before the ladies from Bible Study got here....When I went to go wake up Carter to go get the kids off the bus this is what I found.... How cute! (but also a bit scary!) I usually check all the "cat sleeping spots" before I put the kids down for naps, but in my haste I forgot to check the closet today.... and Mags is such a love bug....she can't resist a snuggle! :)

Slow and Steady...

After much debate (thanks for putting up with me Fam and Friends!) we traded in our "Tea Cookie" for a "Baked Scone" color...after much analyzing and far too many trips back and forth to Home Depot. (and samples to boot!)

Many thanks to PaPa (aka SpiderMan) for scaling the walls and painting our super high ceiling and walls!!! And to MiMi for watching the kids all weekend so we could get lots of work done without little Bug-a-Boos around...And Susan for the final paint choice color! (Do you see Waldo (I mean Mike) in the above pic??)

The trim, windows, and door are our Nemesises right now...coat after coat...(Thanks MiMi for coming and painting today while I was at Playgroup!!! :) We think with one more coat it will be good to go! We had to put the sofas and TV back out today so I could keep kids...We can't wait for it to be totally done!! I will def. post a pic of the finished room sometime later this week! Yay! :)

"Cheerio Then?!?!?"

We think we might have settled on a color..."Tea Cookie!" (fun name!) Went to get a little batch tonight to try it out before our "Paint Party" this weekend...(the pic in the mag above sold us on it...hopefully it will look as nice) We def have a lot of work to do this weekend! I got hyper and wish I could do more tonight.... :)

And here is our little "Floor Man"...he is constantly sitting on his side like this these days and gets up and rocks like he is gonna be crawling soon...what in the world?!!?!

What Would You Choose?!?!?!?

I always love going to other people's houses to see how they decorate and paint (thanks Katherine!)...I'm just always too chicken to do anything! Well after months of looking and finally choosing our laminate (Thanks MiMi and PaPa!!!!!) it's now time to choose our paint! There are so many colors of EVERYTHING!!!! We love dark wood and so our furniture it dark so we picked a light wood for the floor...to contrast and also bc our house is itty bitty and we didn't want it to look smaller with flooring...We love other people's modern houses, but ours is kinda traditional....So what colors would you pick for the chair rail and walls if you lived here? We don't want to do a ton of work with nothing to show for it, but we also want to keep the openness...decisions decisions! (The great room has a vaulted ceiling...)

Fireplace, picture, and couches are our "jumping off points"...

All of our rooms connect so it's hard to stop one color and start another...although we do know how if we want to paint the dining room a different color (Thanks for the tip KB!)...

Thanks for your help with this...we are so excited! Just wish someone would say, "This is what you will do" and then we could do it! :)

The Adventures of Meow Meow and Quow Quow

I've returned to "Nannyhood" this week and I am watching one of my After School kids little brothers during the day. He and Mallory have been having a blast! I get to sit back and watch their adventures unfold...so fun! They chase Maggie and Stella all over calling them Meow Meow and Quow Quow...it's neat to see her follow his lead with their storylines...He is 4 and is as good as gold. It has been hard to miss out on all my playgroups this week, but I'm def. grateful to have so much freedom this year during the day...it has been awesome! We have spent many an hour in Park Morin these last 3 days...but tomorrow and Friday are going to be raaaaaaaaaaaa-iny! Had to take advantage of the awesome weather while we could! :)