For Kendra...

Busy week of trying to get our house back in order (have yet to accomplish that) and working on getting things ready for Hunter's party.

Monday, 2/4:

Austin dug out the box of costume accessories and had many many different combinations going on.

Then I went to bed and found this on my pillow...I guess Winnie wanted to play.

Tuesday, 2/5:

This is what I found when I woke up...spiderman on the chair, 

toy car on the keyboard, 

and an ear on the floor.

Spiderman came over to play on the keyboard for a bit.

I worked on capes for Hunter's guests for his Captain Underpants birthday party.  I started with 8 yards of felt and was able to cut out 24 capes with about half a yard of material left.

I used one of Hunter's capes as a "pattern."

24 capes cut out.

I used blue sheets of felt and cut out 24 trapezoids.

Then I used sheets of white felt to cut out the first initial of each child coming to the party.

I used fabric glue to get the white letters to stick to the trapezoids.  It took a few hours for it to dry.  At first it didn't seem like the glue was going to stick, but once I left it alone it did.

We still had lots of play time too...Cam was using this ear as a phone.  "Hello, can you hear me?"

Hunter had a game, but I stayed home while Chris took the boys so I could glue the blue trapezoids to the capes.  I had capes drying all over the house when the boys got home.

Wednesday, 2/5:

We had some fun play time at the gym at Lake Lynn.  Then we headed out to the playground and took a walk down to see the ducks.

Cam was NOT a fan of the freaky ducks or their noise.

Thursday, 2/7:

Austin was so funny this morning.  Here was our conversation about breakfast.

A: You have turkey?
M: No, I don't have any turkey.
A: You have any dog dogs?
M: No, Austin...you're not having hot dogs for breakfast.
A: Oh, you have any meat?
M: No, we need to go to the store.
A: You have cucumbers?
M: No, we really need to go to the store.
A: Ok, I'll have water.

haha

His hair was getting a little long in a few areas and since I have no clue how to cut hair I took him for his first "real" hair cut today.  He was so cute (and excited).  There was a boy around his age in the chair next to him screaming his head off so I was afraid Austin may get scared, but he did really well.

How grown up does this almost three year old look?

We ran a few errands and the kids were great.  Then we went to start the car and it would not start...boo...I found a guy to help me figure out my jumper cables and we got it started.  When I told him thanks he said, "It's a marines duty to help a lady."  I didn't know he was a marine.  

We drove over to Auto Zone and they tested my battery which was bad.  So they took out the old one and gave me a new one.  Well, I bought the new one, but regardless...they were fast.  

Austin was busy taking things off the shelves.

A lot of the capes with the blue trapezoids glued on.

My last step was to iron on velcro that fuses with heat.  

I was trying to take a picture of Hunter with his new cape on and Austin had to do it too.  Then he took a few pictures of me taking pictures of him.

Hunter is ready for his Captain Underpants birthday party on Saturday!  

 (Kendra, I hope your Friday is a great one...even with all the snow!)

Out with the old, in with the new...

This week has been so busy.  We had something going on every night of the week and during that we had to get prepared for the floors to be installed.  Our old camera is MIA at the moment, so I do not have all the pictures that I took this week.

Monday evening, 1/28, I went to a workshop that was provided by a school in our county on helping children cope with anxiety.  It was quite helpful and I learned a lot about how to handle some of the issues Hunter has been having.

Tuesday, 1/29 was a beautiful day, so we played outside most of the day. Hunter also had a game.

 Wednesday, 1/30

It was a much colder day.  Wednesday night we had to move EVERYTHING that was in our closets and on the floor downstairs in preparation for the floors going in.  This is how tired Winnie was after we finished moving everything.  Luckily she has my big belly to rest her head on.

Thursday, 1/31

The floor installers came first thing this morning and worked all day.  They completed Austin's room, Hunter's room, the hall area, our bathroom, and part of our room.  

Here is what the rooms looked like before the carpet was ripped out.

Austin's room:

Our room with a bunch of the flooring in boxes.  We also had to take our bed apart.

Hunter's room:

The boys bathroom with a bunch of guitars piled in it.

Our bathroom packed full of stuff.

Austin playing in the sheets that I had to wash.

Toys from Austin's room in the living room.

 A bunch of clean laundry waiting to be put away.

And, the playroom piled high with items from our closets.

This is looking into Hunter's room from the hall area.

Friday, Feb. 1st.  The installers came and finished our bedroom in less then two hours.  The upstairs looks like a new house...kind of.  But, it certainly seems so much cleaner without the carpet.

All of the 1st graders at Hunter's school had to create a poster and dress like a famous American.  We went into his classroom this afternoon to see all of the students presenting their posters.

Austin's room:

Our room:

Winnie hanging out in our bathroom:

Hall area looking into Hunter's room:

Hunter as Harry Houdini.

Austin found the sink in Hunter's classroom and had to wash his hands.

Sat. 2/2.

Chris spent the day painting the quarter round, painting the trim in Austin's room (soon to be the room both boys share), and installing the quarter round.  It was an all day process.  

The boys had to run a bunch of errands with me so we had a quick bite to eat at Char Grill.

Sun. 2/3.

Chris finished up the quarter round, Hunter went and played at a friend's house, and Austin and I went and helped Emily register at Babies R Us.

This afternoon I went to Home Depot and purchased closet maid items for the closet in Austin's room.  Hopefully we will get that installed this week or next weekend.

We had Emily and Jay over for dinner and to watch the Super Bowl.

Muffins for breakfast.

Super Bowl dinner...chili, salad, and a bunch of appetizers from Trader Joes.

Hoping to get to bed early and get ready for another busy week!