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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Winter Fun!

Just some random shots of our winter days. Since Kate is in afternoon 4k, we usually do one of three things in the morning; either we go to the gym & I get ready there so we can go out to lunch before school; we lounge around at home and play; or we go somewhere nearby (the library, open gym, etc.) and then out to lunch. Then after taking Kate to school, Owen usually falls asleep on the way home and then naps while I work before going to pick Kate up again at 2:45. I love being home with my kids!

 Our new playroom wall
 Owen took a selfie when we were at Kate's music class, waiting in the lobby for her to finish.






 On our way to an Ugly Sweater party! 




 On Tuesday mornings, we go to Owen's music class at 9 and once that's over, we head to Animart for storytime. The kids LOVE seeing the animals; it's so cute!













Saturday, January 3, 2015

Our New Home

I realized that so many of our family haven't seen our new home yet (or it was when we barely moved in, and therefore not very decorated, etc.) I should upload some pictures of it (especially since we just cleaned today, so I figure now is the time to do it!)

 Our living room as seen from the kitchen/dining area. I love the turquoise!

 Dan's Xmas present to me was $$ to buy new chairs; now I just need to find the time to go to the store and pick some out! But until then, these will do.

 Our toy box and toy shelves are between the windows


 Pantry and bathroom (two separate rooms, obviously! ;)) We are also planning on buying a bigger dining set; this one worked great for our old place, but now we have more space so might as well get a bigger table.

 Love this picture my mom got us! It's kind of hard to see, but it's a watercolor of Paris. LOVE. Also I'm going to turn this coffee table into a bench since I don't like the way it looks now that we have a chaise lounge. It will go under the window where the Christmas tree currently is, and then it'll provide extra seating plus the toy storage it currently gives us.


 Lighting is weird, but when you come up the stairs, there's a linen closet (not pictured), the guest bathroom, and then our bedroom

 Our huge master bedroom; love it! I didn't take pics of our closet and bathroom, but we have a nice walkin closet and a master bathroom with double sinks.

 Our laundry closet; love having it on the upper level!

 Kate's bedroom; it was already painted these colors when we moved in, so she was sold!




 The playroom (Owen is currently in our room and will be for at least a year, and then will be in with Kate for a couple years, so this will be a playroom for quite awhile since we won't have to use it as a bedroom until he's at least 5).







 And just some shots of Buddy playing



 Washing the clothes spin is hilarious!

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Our gift exchange!

As mentioned in a previous post, we exchange most of our gifts on New Years Day so we don't have to haul the gifts back and forth. Plus it extends the holiday celebration! We had a great New Years Day; I was so excited to see them open their gifts. They loved everything!

Kate got:

  • A horse for her American girls (which she has been BEGGING for)
  • A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game
  • Sorry! game
  • Magnatiles (which she loves; her teacher says she plays with those every single day at school)
  • A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Donatello) pillow pet
  • Books (TMNT and Minnie Mouse)

Owen got:
  • A Fisher Price toy workbench
  • Toddler-safe Legos
  • A stacking train (a train with three cars where he can arrange the blocks as desired)
(Yes, poor Owen gets the shaft; such is the life of the second child! Luckily he's only 15 months so he doesn't realize the discrepancy ;))