Counting and Jumping

Passing the time a few weeks ago while Tim was purchasing his car. 

 

The New Playroom

Before we moved, we planned on putting the girls in the larger of the two bedrooms left after the master and office. But, then things changed and we didn’t have a good space for toys, so we decided to put the beds in the smaller room and the playroom in the larger. A little paint (and spackle and sanding and new decorations) later and it’s starting to come together.

The original wall colors – yes nearly every room in the house has/had one wall painted in an accent color. And, that green took 2 coats of prime and then 2 coats of white and then the stripes.

Getting there…

 

And, the only final picture I’ve taken at this point. We still haven’t found the magnetic strips from the art wall in DC. That will make the whole room more finished.

It’s nice to have one room feel somewhat ready to go. This week, the girls’ room. I’m not sure when we’ll get new furniture for them, though, since the experiment putting Q in a toddler bed was a complete failure.

First Post Here

I suppose it is somewhat appropriate for the first post here to be the last post from DC. We did most of the move on our own… had movers to load and unload the truck, but Tim did the driving.

Some cute pics from packing up, checking out the truck, and the last picture there.

Loving the Beach

The other morning, the girls and I snuck out for a bike ride into Huron to play at a playground and a small beach there. It was a beautiful morning and they really enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake.

Last Hurrah in DC

We’re still here… just not exactly sure where we are. We’ve left our DC house, but are not in Shaker Heights yet, so we’re camping out at Papa and Grandma’s for now. Our last week in DC was great, full of packing, but lots of last activities, too.

We saw some memorials, hit up Union Market - twice, took a trip to the US Botanic Garden to see the Corpse flower, which had bloomed, but sadly wasn’t stinky, took in a Nationals game, and hit up one of our favorite playgrounds.

George Mason Memorial

Thomas Jefferson

Root beer float at Union Market (trip 1)

Pit stop on the way to the Botanic Garden

Not stinky

How cool is this

Union Market (trip 2)

Go Nats!

Little Gymnasts

I can’t believe this actually happens in our house, but there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to stop it. And, Quinley doesn’t help things – she might be more of a dare-devil than Reagan. (Apologies for the yellow pictures… something wasn’t set right.)

Yes, she does think it’s all quite amusing.

Joining in on the fun.

Koalas Graduation

Reagan’s class has a graduation ceremony for all of the kids going to kindergarten, and the others in the class get to participate. They make a big deal out of it and the kids love it.

All ready to get started.

Getting her certificate from her teacher.

The start of their performance – The Goldfish Song by Laurie Berkner. It could not have been any cuter.