Painting Projects

In between paint jobs this summer, Bert's been working on our house.

Kids' bathroom - I think it's now Emma's favorite room

I think these pictures kind of make it look weird. It's a blue color wash over a white background.

And Kaylie's room, during the project..

and all finished!


Next up is Emma's room. She's requested purple, I think we'll do something a little more blue. After that I have to figure out what to do with our pea green bedroom.

Places I find my kids

Yes she climbed up there by herself



At least the dishwasher was clean




This is the bathroom cabinet, under the sink. I think Emma is in there again right now.


And this morning. They're eating a second breakfast and this is probably the one activity that they've done this week without fighting!

What was I thinking...

...leaving her alone with markers.


At least she didn't color on the furniture.

Emma Turns 3!!!

My baby turned 3 yesterday! We had a birthday party today with her cousins and spent the afternoon playing with water in grandma's backyard. It was a gorgeous day, after a week in the high 90s it was only about 85 or so.


I bought this sprinkler toy, which wasn't as exciting as I hoped but the kids still had fun running in the water. In the pictures are Kaylie, Emma, Uncle Joe, and cousins Cole and Ethan.


I just loved this picture of Kaylie. There is always something in her mouth.


This was Emma's favorite present, she wouldn't even look at anything else until we brought out...


..the tricycle.


She immediately went with Dad and Ethan to try it out.


And of course the cake. She decorated it herself and was not content with just 3 candles.


Bert and Emma actually share a birthday. Last night we left the kids with a sitter and went out for a yummy steak dinner with some good friends and had a fantastic time!

Dinner and the Dentist

So this picture really doesn't capture the silliness of the moment. While I was fixing Emma lunch yesterday she proceeded to fix her own lunch with her toy microwave. It consisted of a plastic croissant and grape soda. And instead of eating the lunch her mom prepared, she sat and blew on her croissant until it was cool enough to "eat" and sipped at her toy can of grape soda. I don't think she touched a thing I gave her.


Today Emma went to the dentist for the first time! And she did really well! She watched them take pictures of my teeth, "count" and clean my teeth, and she got to practice brushing a giant set of teeth with a giant toothbrush. When it was her turn she loved riding in the chair, was very still for "pictures," and only got timid for a minute when she saw that the hygienist wanted to put her little mirror in her mouth.

When we got home Emma spent the afternoon playing "dentist" with me. I lay down and she told me to "open wide" while she turned all sorts of random toys into I don't know what dentist instrument that she would put in my mouth.