Fun in the sun and a little home improvement

So this past week the kids and I stayed pretty busy running errands and going to appointments and the library. A.R. had her one year check-up on her tubes in her ears and everything looked good. One of the tubes is about to come out and the other one is still in there, so we'll go back in 6 months to see if they've come out and if everything is healed up good. By the end of the week the kids were seriously upset because we had not had been to the pool, so I pulled out our dinky little excuse of a baby pool and hoped that would pacify them. They actually played in it both Friday and Saturday morning...it was a lot more fun once I put the slide in it! And don't you love the shades...

So after 4 years we have finally gotten around to doing some painting! Perhaps we were inspired by Drew's recent paint fiasco? In any case, Saturday morning we decided that we wanted to go get some paint, so we did. We bought a new quilt for our room and some paint for our walls, and then we bought this bright blue paint for the kids ducky bathroom. This was only our second experience with paint, so we're still learning, but I must say I'm pretty proud of our work. Just don't look at the ceiling...Someone (not me!) had a little trouble controlling when to stop his roller!!! Such an improvement over the blah "eggshell white" that was in there before. Guess all those years of watching "Trading Spaces" finally paid off...

Oh No He Didn't...

I wanted to post this earlier in the week, but have been having computer problems so I haven't been able to. On Monday afternoon Drew wanted to play outside while I put A.R. down for her nap. He was out there maybe 15 minutes before I came to check on him. I walked into the garage and the first thing I noticed was the distinct odor of an aerosol spray. Now I just know he couldn't have been spraying anything because just a few weeks ago we had a major discussion about not spraying things (he sprayed white Kielz primer on our garbage can and on the front of the truck!). I mean, surely he is smart enought to know better...right? WRONG!!! As I looked around the garage this is what I saw...

and this...

and then this... Florescent yellow spray paint. What in the world could have possessed him to do such a thing?! Thank goodness he didn't touch any of our vehicles or I don't know what I would have done. But he painted the front of the house!!! He also painted a bunch of spots on the grass too, I just didn't take pictures of those. When I asked him why, here's what he said..."I wanted to make a hot ride" (that's why he painted his car and bike) and said that he sprayed the house because he was "killing bugs". Needless to say...he felt the wrath of Mom and Dad for the rest of the day and it's going to be a looong time before he is allowed in the garage alone again!!!

The Land of Blog

So I am finally venturing into the land of blog! Over the past year or so I have discoverd "blogworld" and have come across some great blogs and people that I really enjoy. I have been toying with the idea of my own blog for a while now, so we'll see how it goes. Just thought this might be a good way to share what's going on in our daily lives with our friends and family. So I hope you all enjoy...