Even Ricky Likes to Sing

Isaac has a motorcyle and guy that he loves to play with. The guy's name is Ricky Carmichael. Isaac even had a dream about Ricky and told us all about it, in great detail of course. Well according to Isaac Ricky doesn't just ride motorcycle - he sings too! :-)

By the way, in case you are confused Isaac has always called a microphone an "igody". We do not know why but he can't seem to remember the real name :-)

Weekend Warriors

Okay so it took us more than a weekend but as you can see worth every minute of scraping, pulling, spackling, mudding (thanks dad!), scrubbing on our hands and knees, painting 2 coats paint, 1 coat primer and 2 more coats paint, and everything else involved in transforming a room :-)

when we pulled the wallpaper off these fancy stripes were staring back at us. It was quite a temptation to leave it as is but . . . :-)

Painting is finally done - now to tackle the carpet!

We knew that there was hardwood under the carpet but didn't know what kind of condition it would be in. We were so pleasantly surprised to see it was in EXCELLENT shape! Some glue to wash up and some staples to take out and that was it!

The floor took quite a bit of work - we used Dif (wallpaper remover) and scrubbed on our hands and knees with scotchbrite pads!

We decided to make this into the guest bedroom and the former guest room into an office/homeschool room (I'll post pics of that too later) Doesn't it look GREAT!! :-)

"I'm Back . . .

to play!" said the rag!!

I'm a Mess Mom!

Hannah got her first popsicle and loved it :-) Brock and I usually have a smoothie in the mornings with lots of fruit, yogurt, flax, coconut oil, carrots, kefir and anything else I have around that sounds good :-) I use the leftovers to make popsicles for the kids and they don't know the difference between these and the store version. Yeah :-) Hannah agrees with the others - GOOD!
It made quite a mess and I am still trying to get the stains out of her outfit (I think it was the blueberries!) Oh well - I got good pics and she enjoyed herself :-)

How do you like the rigged up wagon? I put the swing inside the wagon so I could buckle her :-) It worked good - kept her contained so that is always a plus :-)

Hannah & her rag!

Hannah loves to suck on rags :-) I used to think it was a teething thing but she has done it for so long and on a regular basis so I think she just likes it :-)

She prefers it to be wet but will still likes the dry ones.

Now that she knows where they are in the kitchen she tries to get them herself :-)

A present for ME!

Hannah had fun opening her present from grandpa and grandma

and even more fun playing with it!!

Thank you grandpa and grandma!!

She loved playing in the water, splashing in it and watching the fountains and the boats. She has always loved the water so having a water toy is heaven to her :-)

As you can see it isn't just Hannah that is enjoying her present - they all played with it forever!