What Not to Wear

For the past month-and-a-half, Victoria has been on a pj kick. The second she gets home from school, or anywhere she has to wear regular clothes to, she puts on her pajamas. It started the week she was sick. She wore pjs all the time and I guess they became her preferred article of clothing. I do make her put on her non-footies when she has friends come over so at least she doesn't look too ready for bed. The thing about it that makes me laugh is that throughout her little life she has gone through weird phases of clothing. When she was two, she only wore costumes, mostly princess dresses, until she was about 3 1/2. Then she only wore blankets tied around her, or just her panties, for another year. Now she's in the pj phase. We'll see what comes next! Here's a shot of Karissa's work on Austin. See how proud they both look?

Spring Has Sprung!

One thing I noticed here in Michigan is that even though the winters are really long and cold, everyone seems to appreciate being outside during the other seasons a whole lot more. This week finally melted all of our snow (I think there are still very small piles in the shadows) with temperatures being mostly in the high 40s, some days in the 50s, and even one day in the 60s! Everyone and their dog, literally, was outside. We get to see our neighbors again, who we haven't seen in a few months. This week we went on a few walks, rode our bikes, played in the sandbox, played on our swing set, and went to the zoo. I don't think I've ever appreciated the beginnings of spring more than this year, after a particularly long winter. Even the ducks, who are seen roaming around in pairs in people's yards during spring, were already out and about.

Happy Spring!

Happy Birthday to Me!

For my birthday present I wanted to paint our living room. So I did. All last week I painted the trim, put on the primer, and finally our nice new, darker color. I had painted the ceiling the week before and I will paint the front hallway soon. It's been nice to change things up a bit, especially since we've been inside so much this winter and are going CRAZY!

Here's some pictures of how it turned out with our decor.

I'm probably going to paint that shelf you see part of the top corner of, so I didn't include it in the picture.

Austin loves to help me bake. Here he his stirring my birthday cake.

Even though my present was the paint, Jason and the kids still spoiled me with nice lotion and bubble bath, new gardening gloves, flowers, and a raspberry-filled treat that no one else would eat. Jason and I got Indian food for dinner and the kids got pizza. The kids were super excited to sing and blow out the candles with me. I have the best family!

Austin-21 Months

Here's a video of Austin dancing to 16 Minutes from High School Musical. He sings some of the words, though it's hard to hear over the music. Some of his dancing is behind Karissa, since she decided she was going to be the star. If you notice, Victoria is more reserved. She's been like that since she's been sick. She also has on her pajamas, her favorite thing to wear as soon as she gets home from school.

Austin's two most favorite things now are trains and music. When we go down to the basement to play with his trains, he goes right to the cd player first to have me put music on. Also, when we get him ready for bed, he insists I play the music in his room. He's becoming such a big boy!