My Builders!

We went to the new house this morning to see if the boys would allow us to get anything done there... as expected, they could not be calmed so after a brief time of watching them "build the house" with their own tools, we decided that I would return later (by myself) to get some more painting done! 

I am determined to paint this football field on Ben's wall, even if it takes me forever!

Conner will have a nice street on his walls for some cars and trucks to drive on!

Spray Bottle Mix-up...

So, this morning I was in the boys' room picking out some clothes for Ben, and Conner was in the bathroom brushing his teeth (or so I thought!)  Conner decided that he needed his rock star hair today and grabbed the nearest spray bottle to spray his hair.  Unfortunately, he happened to grab my perfume bottle and managed to drench the front half of his hair before I caught up to him!  He earned himself a quick shampooing in the kitchen sink... and he still smells like Victoria's Secret "Very Sexy!"  

While I was washing Conner's hair, I gave Ben the job of cleaning up the living room.  He sang his clean up song the whole time and he did a fantastic job!  He was very proud of himself and wanted me to take his picture in his clean room! 

We had a great morning visit from Mama, Great Grandma, Aunt Jen, and Aunt Kristin! The boys found their puppy sunglasses that Nana brought them a few weeks ago and enjoyed being puppies for a while before lunch.

No School...

Well, today our school was 2 hrs late and what that means for us is NO SCHOOL!  So we spent much of our morning snuggling on the couch watching Jungle Book 2 and some Curious George.  Maybe not the most constructive use of our time, but it really felt good to have a relaxing morning at home with my kids.  Conner sat next to me most of the time and immediately smiled when I told him I wanted to take his picture.  Ben was playing on the floor and was very enthralled with Jungle Book 2 at this point and could not be interrupted!  After spending every morning this week over at the new house painting, it was a nice break today!

Wild Wednesday...

Nick and I got some more painting done today at the house while the workers started hanging our cabinets and doors!  We took a trip back over later in the day with the boys to check out the progess and take some pictures!  We also ran into a few hiccups today (water seepage in the basement, the furnace not working, and we might not be able to get the brick we wanted for the front of the house) but we talked to the builder about all of these issues and they will hopefully be resolved soon!  This is the down side of building a brand new house!!!  But we were really happy today to see our cabinets and doors and everything is coming together really well! 

By dinnertime, I'm afraid, the little boys had gotten the best of Daddy, who decided to lay in the living room by himself for a while!  Nick has always been a great pouter and I do take comfort in the fact that some things never change!   The boys were extra active today and it was just one of those days where, I think, Nick didn't mind having to go to work tomorrow!

Tuesday Progress...

While the boys were at school today, I spent my time at the new house painting.  I got more of Ben's room done and tried a new color in Conner's room that will be fabulous!  They also put in some flooring while I was there so I took a few pictures before I had to go pick up the kids... Tomorrow Nick and I will (hopefully) be able to get a lot more of the painting done!!!

Ben's room...

Our bedroom...

Conner's room... 

Boys' bathroom...

Our bathroom...

Kitchen...

Painting...

We got into the house to paint on Friday night, only to discover that there was still no power (hence no lights!) and painting with spot lights really didn't work so well.  So while my aunt and uncle watched the kids, Nick and I did some taping and planning!  Nick's mom and dad were here this weekend, so Mama watched the kids while Papa, Nick, and I did some painting on Sunday.  I only got a few pictures so there will be more to come when we are finally finished!

We are going to leave the kitchen and living room white for now...

Conner's room proved to be our problem area... after applying two coats of crayola yellow orange, it just kept getting darker and I really didn't like it, so Nick went back over to the house last night and primed over all the "old" orange and we will be starting all over again... with a newer and brighter "crayola sunglow!" 

We got half of Ben's room done with the blue on the top of the wall.  I will be trying to get a green stripe done under the blue, so that Ben can have his very own football field!  (At least that's the plan right now...)

Nick's dad did an awesome job in our bedroom, but I don't have a picture of that yet!  We will hopefully be getting all of this done in the next coupleof days and I can't wait to post pictures of our finished rooms!  The boys got to enjoy some trike time in the basement while Mom and Dad painted!

Bright White!

The painter came through and painted everything white!  And some of our lighting fixtures were up today!