Sam's Suit

Shirt? Check. Tie? Check. Vest? Check. Pants and Jacket? Check. Check. Shoes and Socks? Double check again. Whew! Dressing a little boy for a wedding is way more complicated than a little girl! (I think maybe more expensive too!). My heart literally melted when he tried this on. With a little pink rose boutonniere, he is going to be darling! (And, unlike a flower girl, doing his hair on the day of the wedding will be a piece of cake! But keeping him clean is another story!).

One of these is not like the others

Taking a picture after Easter service with all the boys has become a tradtion (we missed you this year Peter!). But Ben was having a hard time...(maybe his uncle hurt his feelings making fun of his pink shirt?).


Here is a better one of sweet Ben-
Oh, watch out little girls- this one is taken by his mama!

PS- Pink is your color Ben!

Bridesmaid Dress...

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Here is the pink dress I will be wearing this June (about 6 months pregnant). The pluses are it's a good color for me, it's not short and the empire waist will be good for my prego belly. Now for really good hair and a spray tan...I think I can pull this off!

Projects - Projects - Projects

Right now we are rearranging some rooms in our house (to get ready for baby #3). This Friday Eric and I are having a work day to get started on the l-o-n-g list of projects. One of these is to turn our home office into a playroom/den.

I love this PB daybed to serve as a place to sit and watch tv, a guest bed, another napping spot (if I need to separate the boys) and storage! It is pretty pricey, so my plan is for Eric to build it. Right now the mattress cover is on clearance for $50 and I have a coupon for $25 off... so I think I'm going to order it asap (before they are sold out!). This means the playroom colors will be blue and green and these Land of Nod prints I've had my eye on forever will look perfect!

What I've been up too...

Faux painting!!!!!! Well, really I apologize for being such a loser blogger this month- I've actually been working. I had a great opportunity to sub this month- but today is my last day! Yahoo!

This month I've been redecorating our Master Bedroom. Don't worry- what you see above is only tape. I promise this doesn't look as scary in person. Now that I'm not working- I'm hoping to wrap this up this weekend.

More pictures to come! This century! Really!

*Edited- I did finish this wall- but not the room yet. Lately, I'm really great starting cool projects...but not good at finishing them. This is the most time consuming wall, so only (!) three to go.

Christmas Morning...

The big Santa gift...

I love this picture of Ben waiting for help to open his gift (a youth rei sleeping bag for the many camping trips he'll take with dad this year).
Sam loves anything and everything Thomas...espcially real, moving trains!

Snow Day!

These pictures are from Christmas eve morning. This year we finally had what we always wanted our Christmas eve to be- playing in the snow as a family. It was so fun-- and the boys loved it! Sledding was their favorite.