Snug as Two Bugs!

The kids went swimming in the backyard.  Apparently, these two didn’t feel like swimming.  After all, that ball bucket looks oh so cozy and oh so fun!  The girls loved it.  I’m just so grateful that she has so many little ones her age that she can play with.I guess I have been doing a bit too much check pinching with Annie.  I just can’t help it.  It looks like she has been passing it on to her friends and they aren’t so fond of it either.

She Enjoys Being a Girl!

Annie begs me on a regular basis to paint fingers and toes.  Last time she got it done, my friend Carmen painted them for her.  She actually was a little upset this time that I didn’t paint her toes like Carmen.  I love letting Annie be girly.  I don’t really encourace it, besides trying to make sure her hair gets done everyday.  I don’t want her to get too crazy.

Highway Robbery

I’d like to claim highway robbery when it comes to Hudson and his teeth.  Within a week of the first tooth he lost, his second one wiggle, jiggled free and fell out during his last baseball practice.  There is nothing like running onto the field, getting down on all fours and searching relentlessly in the middle of a baseball practice for a 4 year old’s lost tooth.  My diligence paid off and we found the tooth, just to be lost in the car on the way home.  I can’t say that I didn’t try.  Once again the tooth fairy finds us writing her another letter explaining how we lost the other tooth.  I think after a while, she may just claim neglegence and not pay.  Doesn’t she need the teeth to build her house…or something like that?!  I guess we will just have to see when tooth #3 comes around.

Home Sweet Home

So after many bittersweet hours of unpacking, painting, mowing and arranging the house is just about done. I went a little flamboyant on this house and chose some colors that I have never done before. In pondering the house’s floor plan, I realized that I had to choose a unified color pallet. Anywhere you stand in the house you can usually see into multiple rooms. With this in mind I chose…Gold Buff, Lion’s Mane and Dusty Olive for the downstairs.  Go Behr!!!

Since all of my furniture is so dark I tend to take liberties with the brightness of the paint on my walls.  I don’t want my house looking like a mausoleum after all.

Will has been working hard on trim and fixing a lot of the windows.  I’m so grateful for his acute attention for detail.

It’s amazing that even after we have doubled our living space square footage, we still have managed to fill the space.

We still need to paint the front door, but we’re quickly losing steam.

The kitchen is off to the left.  You can at least see the wood floors…that’s the kitchen.  Even though it isn’t huge, I appreciate that it opens into the family room and dining room.  It makes it feel much more open.

In our bedroom I went blue.  Will LOVES blue.  I’m pretty sure if he had his way, my whole house would be different shades of blue.  On a side note, I try to be good about keeping the comforters not too girly so here was our compromise.  Kind of masculine, right?!  Ok, maybe not, but it could be a lot worse!

I’m not quite done hanging all of the curtains, yet, but at least one of the layers is up.  And I was so excited about putting this painting in our room.  It is a recent aquisition.  I know you can’t really see it, but the idea of a sepia painting was very appealing to me.

The bathroom is red, but I didn’t really give any pictures of the bathrooms, mostly because I need to go buy new towels.  I have just about every color under the sun, but I think I need some khaki ones so I don’t overwhelm people in such a small place  so off I go.  The vanity is behind me and the closests are off to my left and one in front and off to the right.  I’m pretty sure you guys don’t want to see my clothes so I left it undocumented.

Speaking of decorating bathrooms, Will got dumped off the bathroom decorating committee after he suggested I hang one of my favorite quotes over the bathroom entrance.  It reads, “Life isn’t measure by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”  It did put me into a fit of giggles, but in the end, I told him, “No!”

We aren’t completely moved in yet and there are still a few stragglers in which we are struggling to find a home(i.e.- DVD player, printer, etc.).  Obviously, I’m in the middle of laundry as well.

The kids will make it into a post at a later date.  I’m still trying to get everything hung in their rooms and finish off odds and ends.  I’m still trying to find a bed I like for Annie.  I’m actually just hoping that Will will make one for her.

For those photographers who happen to be looking at these pictures, yes, I am aware that I am posting pictures that are completely blown-out.  I promise the grass is green.  We love the size of the backyard.  Most out of staters would probably laugh at this “big” backyard, but it is fairly good-sized for San Diego.  We can hold tag, soccer and badminton games and that’s all that matters.

Click, Clack, Snap

We tried Legoland out as a family today.  We did the whole open to close schedule and found it quite enjoyable.

Will bought Hudson and Annie’s love with some Legos and a magic fairy wand.  I’m sure you can tell who he bought what.

The whole park seemed perfect for Hudson’s age group.  He loved, Loved, LOVED all of the rides.  He was yehawing and giddyuping his horse around the whole track.

I took a liking to the queen…is there a family resemblance?  Prince William, I’m coming…oh wait.

Now Will loves Technics and has been scouring the internet trying to find some so I figured this ride would be perfect for him.  Ironically, he never found the right lego pieces at Legoland.  He pointed out several huge gears on display and would ask workers about those pieces and they would reply by telling him that they didn’t sell them anymore.

Decidedly, the trick to amusement parks is food.  Everyone stayed well fed and happiness ensued(Yes, President Obama’s inauguration is going on in lego form behind me).

This picture was taken for Uncle Brian in remembrance of his Bionicle days.

Hudson wasn’t the only one who enjoyed the rides.  Annie wasn’t even a step behind when it came to rides.

They had a few moments of jitters, but…

they had fun!

Annie was even good to ride by herself…watch out world!

Will and Annie got some good bonding time over the map.

We had to stop for a shot with Einstein.

Maybe Annie and I found a slightly less respectable figure.

After so many Star Wars movies as a kid, what possessed Will to grab the light saber?!

Annie took the wheel and showed Will who was boss.

What can I say, families who play to together stay together!