Manic Monday #169

Imagine you're packing a picnic lunch. What would be in your basket?

• a loaf of french bread
• cheese
• strawberries, grapes, and pineapple
• red wine
• blanket
• cups
• plates
• knife to cut bread and cheese

If your life were a weather vane, which direction would it be pointing right now?

North, I am ready to go back to my hometown and spend a few weeks!

What's something that people do in traffic that really annoys you?

Hello!!! Please use a turn signal and don't just slam on your brakes and turn.

banana tree

So tonight I was sitting out back on the swing relaxing and enjoying the peace and quiet since the kids and hubby were inside. I looked over at our banana tree which actually started as the neighbor's banana tree but it decided to regrow on our side of the fence. Anyway I thought to myself that tree doesn't look like it is doing very well which made me sad as we have gotten bananas from it like 3 times. Then I observed a little closer and noticed there were bananas growing. I was super excited that I ran in and grabbed the camera just so I could blog about it. (I know pathetic...but hey that is who I am.) We leave on vacation in about 3 weeks oh I hope they are ready to eat before we leave. I will be watching them daily now.

sleeping boys

So we are getting one step closer to the boys sharing a room. Eric painted the chair railing in the soon to be play room and the furniture in there is pretty much sitting in the middle of the room. I decided tonight would be a good trial run of seeing how sleeping in the same room goes. It went fairly well, they went to bed and then watched about 1/2 hour of TV and fell asleep almost instantly when the TV was turned off.

It will be interesting to see how well they fall asleep once Reed has had a nap and just isn't tired.

Tonight was easy so I can't complain. Tomorrow we will get one step closer on getting the play room completed.

Manic Monday #168

If you could completely redecorate any room in your house at no expense to you, what room would you choose?

Above is a picture of our room that we are currently working on redecorating. Money is an object so this isn't the room that I would redecorate if it wasn't. The first room that came to mind that I would love to redecorate at no expense to me would be my master bathroom, it is so blah and just a typical bathroom right now. It is small and I would love a huge bathroom with a gigantic tub, double sinks, huge shower that would have water spraying from every direction. Of course I would love a maid to come along with it to keep it tidy.

Which hour of the day do you feel goes the slowest?

Some days it is the 8 p.m. hour when I put my kids to bed, I look forward to some peace and quiet and adult time. It is 9:17 and the youngest is still awake...uhhh...we are past the 8 p.m. hour and are now into the second hour tonight. Gee wonder what prompted me to pick this hour right this minute. :)

If your birthday could be in a different month of the year, when would you have it?

I really enjoy having my birthday in the month of July. It has always been a non school time and it is usually a beautiful summer day. If I had to choose a different month I would say that anytime between September or May would be great that way it would make my second graders happy and they could celebrate their teacher's birthday! Thank goodness for half birthdays!

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feelin' like a kid again...

Yesterday was my friend's daughter's birthday party at a gymnastics place. Oh my gosh what fun I had jumping on the trampoline! The feeling of freedom was amazning. I wasn't going to get on there for fear that the springs would pop, but boy oh boy after the first attempt it wasn't the last time I jumped on there! :<) Such fun.

Here is my little man in the foam pit. Yep I went in there too! Hopefully that picture will be coming soon, my friend's husband took one with his camera. My little one here turns 4 next month and I am going to call and see if they have any available dates close to his birthday for a party. My fingers are crossed! (I wanna jump again!)

my husband

I took this picture of my husband on our 11 year anniversary last month. I love this picture and all the colors in it.
Just had to add it to my blog!

Coming Along...slow but steady

This is what we started with. Back in 2001 when I was pregnant with Tyler we painted the front bedroom a bright yellow for the nursery. I even stenciled the bugs around the windows, light switch plate and down the middle of the closet doors.

April 1st we started cleaning out the room and prepping to paint. Reed helped us wipe the walls down.

My mom was here during spring break so she was put to work as well. Here she is vacuuming the walls.

We painted the next day...I was too busy painting to take any pictures of that. {opps!}

This weekend I ordered this chair railing online from Lowe's and Eric went out and picked it up Sunday afternoon. He tried to go pick it out, but wasn't having any luck. I wasn't able to go with him because Tyler was sick.

Our corners do not match up so now we need to fill in the corners with caulk or whatever manly thing Eric can find to make it look nice.

Anyway we are going to bunk the boys in one bedroom and this room is going to become the kids playroom. I am so excited about this room for the fact that I can gain control over the TV again {not that I am not in control, I just give in to the kids and let them watch their shows} and the kids will have their own domain to play in and not my living room. Maybe it will be completed before school lets out, but I am not holding my breath. :)