Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sophia's Birthday

We took a break from the bathroom tiling to go to Sophia's birthday.  We had a wonderful time.

 Lilly enjoyed taking a turn at the pinata.
 We hadn't seen Fiona in a long time, it was great  to see her there.
 Beautiful birthday girl
 Mark spent much of the party in this hammock.. I guess we should get one of those for the new house also.

Friday, October 14, 2011

more from my gym

Here are a few more from the gym.  
Mark loves this large ball with a tube in it.  He like when he lays in it and I roll him around in it.  And he likes when I take a big ball and bump him on the head and he falls down.



 They like bouncing each other around on the trampoline.  Our new house has a large trampoline we have been thinking about weather or not to get rid of it for safety reasons.  But the kids oh so love this one.  I guess we may try it out.


Thursday, October 13, 2011

My Gym

There is a kids place called My Gym that I have enrolled they kids in a class.  I had tired a few classes with Mark two years ago through our rec district and, while we had fun, I didn't find them great.  I was expecting this to be the same quality.  But I was wrong..  the class is great!  There are two teachers and they are both amazing with the children.  I got a half price deal making it reasonable, I was going to quit when that was ove... I am on the fence now about continuing.  It is expensive but it is really amazing.







 That is my child sitting in circle time participating in the activity!



Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Plane on a train

I was driving up Santa Fe and saw this plane on the train.  I have never seen a plane without its wings.  I was thankful they were stopped right were we hit a red light.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

An awesome day at preschool

I know this isn't the first time I have said it but it bears repeating: Mark's preschool is awesome.  They were given surveyors tape to do anything they wanted with and they decided to make spiderwebs.




Sunday, October 09, 2011

a lovely evening

A nice evening to sit on the steps and enjoy the view as the sun goes down.






Saturday, October 08, 2011

Tile in the bathroom

Bathroom update.
I understand that carpet is inexpensive... but in a bathroom, really.  I have been wanting to change this out since we bought the house.  We just haven't gotten to it.  Note the carpet is on the side of the tub also.

 First goes the carpet.  When we took the carpet off the tub wall the plywood just fell down- it was just sitting in place.
 And then tile went in.  This is my first tiling project, I wish I could say it went without issues, but I will say it went without unresolvable issues.
 Lilly helped me install the new toliet.

 And today I got the tile on the tub side.  There is a little grouting and sealing left, but for the most part it is done.


It's about the process not the product

Here is our inspiration (thank you Pintrest for collecting awesome things for me to do )
This photo is from http://gordongossip.blogspot.com/search/label/decorating

So we got pumpkins, and paint ("black" that turned out to be light grey and sparkle purple) and ribbon and had at it.  They didn't turn out so much like the inspiration, but we had a good time and made some pretty pumpkins.





 I was there too.
 Pictures look so much artier when taken down low.

Goodbye


All good trips have to come to an end, goodbyes were had all around.



Lilly did not want to say goodbye

She is actually asleep here on our way to the airport- she was so grumpy about leaving that she slept with her grumpy face on.
Mark was very happy with his bag from Nana.