New Room

We have been working really hard on changing up Logan's room. It was originally done when he was three and has been great for the past four years, but lately he has been asking for a change. So voila, here is is 'big boy room'. We got rid of the bunk bed (the same one that put a hole in Neal's head - read his blog for that story) painted everything, even spruced up the paint on the trim and doors. I still need to make some window treatments, but other than that, it is pretty much done.

We are still doing swimming lessons for Adrienne, I will take those pictures tomorrow. Other than that, it is pretty quiet around here.

We have been busy busy busy! Lots of swimming, play dates and running errands. We found out this week that Adrienne can swim! She just took a huge breath put her face in the water and started kicking. She swam half ways across the pool before she came up for air. She kept doing it and kept getting better. So we are going to put her in swimming lessons next week.

We've had our friend Katie with us this week. She is staying with us during the day for the next two weeks so her daddy can get some work done at home (he works from the house). Adrienne LOVES her, she is 8 and is so good with the kids.

Started shopping for back to school stuff for Logan. My big first grader needs lots and lots of stuff. We got his lunch box and backpack all picked out. Those are the important necessities. He is into the magic 8 ball right now. He thinks it is cool.

Lanie did something funny this morning (however I didn't think it was funny at the time) While I was trying to get all the kids packed and in the car to go to our friend Deshee's house, she got into the pantry and pulled out the box of instant oatmeal. She ripped open the box and took out one of the packets, opened that and spilled all the oatmeal on the floor. Tried a hand full and must of thought it didn't taste right, so she pulled out another packet and dumped that on the floor. Fast forward to three more packets and I have a nice pile of oatmeal to clean up. I should have known sometime was up when it was too quiet.

Lanie had her 2 year old well check today. She is very healthy and is in the 90th percentile for her height. This means that only 10% of 2 year olds are as tall as she is. She is just a couple of inches shorter than her BIG sister. Adrienne better watch out, little sis is going to open a can of whoop ass on her one of these days.

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Lanie is 2!! Hard as it is to believe, she still seems like a baby to me. Probably because she will always be the baby of this family. When Logan turned 2 we were trying to get pregnant so we felt like he was a big boy and we were ready to do the baby things again. When Adrienne turned 2 she already had a little sister which made her seem so much older (I think that was a false reality my tired brain created for me, like a coping mechanism... making it seem like I didn't have three kids under the age of 4!!!)

Well we had our good friends Brandi and Jason and their two kids over for supper last night to quietly celebrate Lanie's birthday. We are going to have a big birthday party for all three kids at one time later this summer. We turned the sprinklers on and the kids ran through them, threw water balloons, played in the mud and had a great time. We also had the bounce house out and lots of toys to play with.

Today we opened presents and she spent the rest of the day feeding her new baby Gigi in the new high chair she got. And after baby was full she took Gigi for a stroll around the house in the little pink stroller.

The weekend is almost over and I got most of the stuff on my list done. While Logan was spending the weekend with my friend Jennifer, I gutted his room/closet and voila, it's beautiful! One utility sized garbage later, and it is looking pretty good. I didn't paint this weekend like I told Logan I would because I want him to help me pick out a color/design that he likes. I am thinking about taking down the border which is cars and truck themed and doing something more grown up like this room - http://cgi.ebay.com/BLUE-AND-BROWN-4-pc-TWIN-KIDS-CHILDRENS-BOY-BEDDING-SET_W0QQitemZ230148120501QQihZ013QQcategoryZ66731QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Lanie stayed home with me today while Neal took Adrienne to pick up Logan. She is so funny! We spent most of the afternoon playing dress up. She had a great time seeing as how Adrienne wasn't there to take all her stuff back. Yes, we played in your room Adrienne... hehehe!