the.painted.bathroom

The bathroom is near completion!

Mirror, lights, counter:

Toilet...this picture and the last picture are the most accurate pictures of the color (the other ones make it look tan, but it's Valspar's "almost gold"). And we've had people look at it and say, "Well, you know, it's almost gold." Yes it is!

Linen cabinet, lights (you can see the shower curtain in the mirror.

Shower curtain rod. Endorsement here: if you don't have a curved shower curtain rod, you should consider getting one. You get so much extra space in the bathroom!

I'll post some before and after pics in the near future!

question.of.the.day

From Claire:

Mom, can you come help me think?

the.speller

So, Claire and Meredith were having a discussion the other night about how to spell names. This was how the conversation went:

Claire: Who do you want to come to the party?

Meredith: Mikenna.

Claire: Ok, how do you spell her name?

Meredith: I don't know.

Claire: (trying to sound out her name) Mmmmmm. M. Mmmmmaaaaaaa. Mmmmmmmaaaaa. How do you think you spell it, Meredith?

Meredith: I don't know.

Claire: Why don't you ask someone?

Meredith: I don't know who to ask.

Claire: Her. (pointing to me, as if I don't have a name)

Meredith: (to me) How do you spell Mikenna?

I tell her. They move on.

Claire: Who else do you want to invite?

M: No one.

C: We have to invite more people!

M: I don't know how to spell anyone else's name!!

C: Just ask the speller...she knows how to spell LOTS of words.

Great....a speller. At least I'm good for something. :)

meredith's.shoes

These are Meredith's favorite shoes. She wears them everywhere. Everywhere....and with everything. I picked them up at the resale for a couple of bucks. I figured she'd like them.

I didn't know how much. She's been wearing them for months. I thought they were probably getting too small. I think she's stretching them out.

This particular picture that I've posted was taken at some point over the summer. The girls love taking pictures of their feet, so I assumed that I would be able to find a picture of these shooes in my files. It was easy.

Well, our little Meredith is wearing a hole right through one of her shoes. What do I do? I encourage her to put on different shoes, but they just don't "feel right" to her. She's particular like that.

They are Circo brand (Target), but I know they don't sell them any longer. So, I jump on eBay....really what can't you find on eBay? I don't even know what to type in. I try "Circo Black and White Shoes". No size, no girl, no nothing fancy.

It was like a sign from above. Up pops 1 listing for Circo Black and White Shoes size 9 (like new)which was ending in 3 hours. She's currently in size 8. Wow. They were only 89 cents...of course the shipping was almost $6.

Pure craziness. She is going to be thrilled.

 

happy.thanksgiving

We're especially thankful for this one....

...this one...

...and this one.

Thank you, Lord, for our children.

 

baby.shower

Oh my goodness did we have a good time at Jill's baby shower! I cannot wait until this baby girl arrives...I'm going to be such a baby hog. That is, if I can steal her from my mom.

Here are some pics from the shower. These are just the detail ones...I'll have some fun ones of Jill and me and the girls later! Enjoy!!

You're driving down the road, and of course we live in the country and not too many people have been to my house. And even if they have, they just might miss the driveway...I did several times even after we moved in. So, I made little signs for the end of the driveway...

And then one in the middle of the driveway where ours splits with the neighbor's. If you've not been to my house, you don't know which driveway is ours!!! I wanted our guests to go the right way!

On a side note, I totally scored with those pumpkins. I wanted to get real pumpkins, but you can't find pumpkins once Halloween is over. What a crock. Anyway, because it was almost Thanksgiving, I got those puppies at Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago 80% off! No joke. Originally $16.99 each...got them for $3.40 each. What a deal...and they are awesome looking.

Not like you couldn't figure out which door was the front door (yes, there was a time when you had 3 to choose from), but I really wanted a pink fluffy wreath for the outside.

Some yummy cupcakes.

And chocolate covered peanuts for favors. My big girls filled the bags...they were so happy to help!

Can't wait to meet your baby, Jill!

thankfulness.

This is what Claire made at co-op today. Everyone was supposed to draw pictures of things for which they are thankful, and then they made them into placemats.

She had drawn a picture of Jesus dying on the cross and of ice cream! How could I love this any more? Jesus AND ice cream....hey, she knows where her priorities lie.

Josh and I were both beaming with pride as she showed it to us. We're so proud of you, Claire.