Tuesday Day Off Fun

In an effort to cut down on childcare costs, Ray and I have been switching off Tuesdays and staying home with the kids. Today was my day off with the kids.... And we had a blast on a very rainy day!

I first locked them in a cage:

Then I made Maddy go to medical school:

I pushed both of them down a ledge:

And then gave them chores:

How We Roll

Papa is in Minnesota this week and Madelyn is having a hard time. She talks about him and sadly asks if he is in Minnesota at least every hour. Reed on the other hand? He took full advantage and when we went to visit Nana pulled the spoons out of the drawers, and got right into the marbles. 😂

Also... Another one bites the dust...

Projects

A new house usually comes with many projects. Some are fun... Like picking out paint colors and deciding which room to consider your nap room. Some are boring, like picking out a drain stopper and pulling permits for repair. (thank you Papa for navigating us through that) An example of what turned into a very fun project was... Stools. In our new house we found ourselves with a small breakfast bar in the kitchen. We could not fit a chair in our last kitchen... So stools were a new need for us. I got to work searching for the perfect set... And much to my chagrin they typically cost upwards of $100 a piece. What?! I mentioned this to Aunt Carol and she got to work... She scored the perfect set of stools for $10 a piece at a local yard sale and her and Aunt Joannie gifted them to our new abode.

 

I picked them up, borrowed a staple gun from Papa, fabric Nana Pam-a-lama purchased from Walmart and reupholstered the stools. After learning which side of the gun the staples fly out... The "ping" from the staple hitting the wall was my first clue... I completed my first home project. Check out our beautiful stools! 

Boyfriend?!

I look over at Madelyn who looks incredibly sad and ask her what is wrong. She replies that she just can't find a boyfriend. After I collected my heart from the floor I told her that she didn't need to worry because even if she found one right now that I wouldn't allow it anyway, so she didn't need to even think about it. Ray chimed in that boyfriend finding would be much, MUCH later to which she asked... "Will mom help me?" 

Agh. I'm not ready for this.

Reed is a Comedian

There are times when Reed's NOs! And stops! And screams make me want to light myself on fire and jump out a window. Truth. BUT, then there are times he makes me want to lay on the floor and just laugh with him all day. I usually take pictures of those moments. Hahaha.

Especially when he is relaxing before bed... And.must.have.his.sword.

New House

It's a mess still, but thanks to an amazing family and close friends we are starting to settle in. You can't tell in the photos, but it is also climate controlled at a beautiful 73-degrees thanks to Papa.

Goodbye House

Right before we moved, Madelyn told me she was going to miss our house a lot. I asked if she would like a picture of every room in order to remember it. She loved this idea... and decided she should be in the pictures too.