Friday, July 11, 2008
"Vintage" Play Kitchen!
Yay, I found a play kitchen for Maidgan, and it was only $3! We were hoping to get a wood one for her birthday or Christmas, or maybe Kyle could make one. But when I found this one for 3 bucks, I couldn't resist it's charm or bright colorful happiness.. The nice wood ones I have looked at have been $150 or more, depending on size and features. I set this one up in the living room downstairs and every day I fall more in love with it....I wish my kitchen window had a pie on the sill every day!
Madigan loves it so far. It came with a bunch of plastic food, which is fine for now, but I'm looking for wood food that has the velcro so she can "cut" it. And I already found her a pots and pans and utensils set to cook with. Both the fridge side and the oven side slide open and there's plenty of storage for food and cooking items. She also has a wooden set of condiments and I have a wooden smores set she'll get for her birthday or Christmas.
Madigan loves it so far. It came with a bunch of plastic food, which is fine for now, but I'm looking for wood food that has the velcro so she can "cut" it. And I already found her a pots and pans and utensils set to cook with. Both the fridge side and the oven side slide open and there's plenty of storage for food and cooking items. She also has a wooden set of condiments and I have a wooden smores set she'll get for her birthday or Christmas.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
1st haircut
Madigan got her hair cut for the first time-professionally. Mama cut her bangs a couple of months ago and it didn't look so good...So, this time we took her to the professionals. Being the cautious and sensitive child that she is, she sat still and didn't smile the entire time. It was pretty quick and I'm very happy with the results. Her hair is out of her eyes and a little shorter in the back. We do love it long, but this is a little more manageable until she lets me pull it back in a clips or a pony tail.
Basement Remodel-Done for now...
So, before I start posting the backlog of photos from our recent vacation, I wanted to show off our basement remodel! 3 days before my parents got into town, the carpet was installed. We bought 100% wool carpet and I love it. We moved furniture in and set up the office just in time for their visit. And WOW, what a difference it made. I'm so excited about this space- it's so fresh and new and has really nice light due to the 2 egress windows Kyle installed. It's also very cool compared to the upstairs.
Here's Kyle building the landing at the bottom of the stairs the night before the carpet was installed.
This is the office area. When you come down the stairs you turn to the left into the office area. One doorway leads to the laundry room and the other the new (3rd) bedroom.
This is the living room/ tv room. We don't have a tv upstairs anymore which is so nice-and what my goal has always been.
This is the bedroom looking to the front of the house. We did one wall in the same "homestead green" (more like slate blue) that we used in the living room. The other 3 walls are "wicker" (brown). We're thinking of painting the whole upstairs in this beautiful brown color since we LOVE how it turned out. Its very classy.
This shows the stairway looking through the office and into the living room. We used "granny smith apple" green and it's so beautiful.
There's still so much to do-trim around the floors and the small windows, doors, railing along the stairs (although we're going to fight the city code on that since we love how open it is), etc. But the most important part is that it's USABLE SPACE!-which we desperately needed for ourselves and for guests. I've promised Kyle no more work for now. He can get back to it over the winter when he's off for the season...or he could wait a few years too. I'm in no hurry for anything else.
Here's Kyle building the landing at the bottom of the stairs the night before the carpet was installed.
This is the office area. When you come down the stairs you turn to the left into the office area. One doorway leads to the laundry room and the other the new (3rd) bedroom.
This is the living room/ tv room. We don't have a tv upstairs anymore which is so nice-and what my goal has always been.
This is the bedroom looking to the front of the house. We did one wall in the same "homestead green" (more like slate blue) that we used in the living room. The other 3 walls are "wicker" (brown). We're thinking of painting the whole upstairs in this beautiful brown color since we LOVE how it turned out. Its very classy.
This shows the stairway looking through the office and into the living room. We used "granny smith apple" green and it's so beautiful.
There's still so much to do-trim around the floors and the small windows, doors, railing along the stairs (although we're going to fight the city code on that since we love how open it is), etc. But the most important part is that it's USABLE SPACE!-which we desperately needed for ourselves and for guests. I've promised Kyle no more work for now. He can get back to it over the winter when he's off for the season...or he could wait a few years too. I'm in no hurry for anything else.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
You're house may not make it...
....if Madigan is in charge of the water hose! We went to see the Forest Service fire truck and Smokey the Bear last Friday morning. Madigan wasn't very interested in any of it and just wanted to nap. She had a little bug last week and her eyes were very gooey and puffy. But she's fine now.
Arteeest
Madigan really likes to paint. I usually set it up on the deck and that way I can eliminate a mess inside (yeah right, but can't blame me for tryin!) This past weekend Dad got to do some painting too. It usually goes like this- a few brush strokes of each color on the paper and then she moves on to her body and anything else in sight. It's okay- it's washable paint!
Mom was doing her own painting this past weekend. I primed all the walls Wednesday and Thursday, painted the ceilings Friday and then spent all of Saturday and some Sunday painting the colors we (I) chose. I am so happy with my color choices! And I'm so happy with my paint job too! I thought I would also paint a little upstairs, but I'm exhausted and am done painting for awhile! Dad and Madigan got lots of time together while Mom worked.
Mom was doing her own painting this past weekend. I primed all the walls Wednesday and Thursday, painted the ceilings Friday and then spent all of Saturday and some Sunday painting the colors we (I) chose. I am so happy with my color choices! And I'm so happy with my paint job too! I thought I would also paint a little upstairs, but I'm exhausted and am done painting for awhile! Dad and Madigan got lots of time together while Mom worked.
Monday, June 16, 2008
What an Excellent Camper
- So, we went camping this past weekend!-yahoo! We were able to get there late Friday night and stay 2 nights. Saturday morning we woke up and drove about 10 minutes to Chico Hot Springs and ate brunch and soaked for a little while. We also went for a hike to Pine Creek waterfalls -about a mile in. I attempted to get Madigan down for an afternoon nap , but she was too excited about camping and the other kids. Madigan was an excellent camper and we're hoping to get out tons this summer-especially since we have the Eurovan and it was totally awesome to camp in:)
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