a corner to play in

a scheduled play date was all the motivation i needed.

it was time to nail out the play area of the basement.  i did some patchwork quilting with carpet scraps and old dorm rugs, and ended up with a softer surface on which to play.  nate was more than happy to see toys which have been gone for a few weeks suddenly pop out of boxes like it was Christmas.  (can’t tell you how ready i am to decorate for that!)  although we still need to do a little work with it, i was pretty pleased with how it turned out.  (don’t you love how the insulation makes it look like a padded psychiatric ward room!)

i also made sure to leave enough concrete exposed in one area to bring in all the fun outdoor riding toys.  (i’m still debating bringing in the sand table to play with in the basement for the winter.)  both kids are super excited about getting to ride these indoors.  unfortunately, the basement is still home to too many packed boxes.  seriously, i’m not getting rid of the vcr tapes, but what am i going to do with them. . .

procrastination, be gone!

what’s a mom to do?  there are two cement trucks hard at work outside, and nate just has to sit on the front porch and watch them.  so rather than be in the basement getting some work done, i’ll sit at the computer and blog so i can easily check on him every 67 seconds.  (no, i’m not a paranoid mom.  what would make you think that?)

you noticed?  i suppose it’s hard not to.  yep, naters got his hair cut this weekend.  it was long overdue.  but talking this kid into a haircut is no fast task.

he’s not wearing his everyday shoes today.  a very excited mom was ready to throw shoes and coats on everyone and head out the door in time for nate to not be late for preschool.  except, nate only had one shoe in his closet.  he only has two pairs.  one he wears every day, and the other has been missing since the move.  after a frantic whole house search by brad and i, i found the pair missing since the move.  unfortunately i’ve exhausted all possible ideas of where the second shoe of the every day pair is.  my luck is that jill threw it in the trash (like so many other things), and we didn’t catch it.  hopefully not though.

jill?  anyone seen jill?

there she is!!!

oh my!  this girl is wearing her momma out.  she is testing how many bumps and bruising one tiny (chubby) body can handle.  a lot.  this girl is a climber!!  she’s into and onto everything!!  whose responsibility was it to warn me about how different number two would be from number one???  she’s a cuddler though.  and i love that about her.

i suppose it’s about time to share the pictures of the kids in their costumes.  they were both adorable and had fun at journey of joy.  good pictures of jilly weren’t quite happening between the masses of people and it being past bedtime for her.

oh, we found the missing shoe.  it was under the tools in nate’s workbench.  ugh and thank goodness.

while i’m at it, the kid’s great grandparents along with some great aunts, a great uncle, and a cousin, stopped by a week ago to delivered gifts to the kids.  the both got a handmade activity book which includes all kinds of fun stuff.

okay, i think i feel pretty caught up now.  a very cranky and tired nate went down to nap a few minutes ago, and i hear a basement calling my name.  off to work!

never a dull day

mini-loaders and dump trucks and graders!  oh my!!

last week was super exciting around our house.  6 dump truck loads worth of dirt dumped on our yard exciting.  then it had to all get spread out and smoothed out.  having 2 kids glued to the window sure helped me have some productive chunks of time. we’re finding ourselves less and less surrounded by boxes.  things seem to be finding new niches in the new house.  pretty soon i’ll be able to get back to normal household tasks rather than trying to fit them and unpacking into too few hours a day.  (blogging regularly is definitely a normal household task in my mind!)

silver and gold

make new friends

but keep the old

one is silver

and the other’s gold

 

well, we packed up and shipped moved out.

we’ve gone from this:

to this:

i love the new house.  for some reason though, i miss the old one.  i look forward to the new one having the sense of familiarity and comfort that i feel when i think of the old one.  luckily, i know it will come with time.  i know we made the right move for our family, but i think i’m still in transition.

in the meantime, i’ll continue the endless work of unpacking boxes, organizing stuff, and trudging through the mucky new sod to move the sprinkler.  (ross, totally expect a call at some point regarding self-installing a sprinkler system.)

and for those who’ve been asking for some pictures of the inside, here’s one to somewhat satisfy your desires.

we’re still tweaking things, and getting things like we want, but we’re starting to get things figured out.  we’re hoping to do some painting of the kitchen on friday.  i’ll post pictures once we get it done.