Time for change!!

I finally could not stand the hideous yellow in the boys room any longer, so this week while Blaine was off, I painted the boys room a nice shade of blue! While painting I remembered why I HATED painting, but was too far in to stop. It was very tiring and tedious, since the prior paint job was a mess with yellow paint on the ceiling and baseboards. I had to end up repainting the baseboards white and retouching the ceiling. In the end I was very happy with how it turned out!! Cooper wanted the room to be a space/rocket theme, so we found a very cool fan at Lowes that looked to fit the theme and added some glow in the dark stars to the ceiling. I bought new comforters, made new curtains, re-did the lamp to match and moved Carter out of the crib to a toddler bed. Now all I need to find is some space themed pictures to bring it all together!


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AFTER

Christmas Shopping!

We went to visit Nathan and Jill last weekend and decided to do a little Christmas shopping at the Mall of Louisiana! Well after 4 hours, two exausted parents and two tired kids finally made it back to the car! I think the kids had more fun then we intended, they rode the escalator about 30 times, went around the carousel twice, ate two GIANT cookies, played in the indoor playplace, saw Santa Clause, rode in the coolest car stroller ever (at least that is what Carter thought),watched most of"Polar Express" in the toy store, used all of our quarters in the ride on toys, threw all of our pennies in the wishing well and acted like star struck kids in the Disney store!! It was alot of fun, beside the fact that Blaine had to sneak to buy presents while I entertained the kids in a different store, then bring the presents back to the car to hide them and the ten trips to the restroom for two major diaper explosions and Cooper who couldn't seem to hold his liquids!!!!! :)

Carter thought the escalator was MOST EXCITING!!! He kept saying more, more, more!

Cooper found these shades in Claires when I was getting a gift card for my niece!!

The Watermelon Patch

Watermelons you say? Nope, not watermelons in December, just a fun place to play when it is rainy out! A lady at the park had suggested it to me, so me and a friend took the kids there to test it out!! The kids thought it was fabulous! There were so many things for the kids to play with for all ages!!! I think we will do it again on a dreary day when outside play is just not an option.

Cooper and Hailey wearing their costumes, Cooper insisted on wearing the female nurse and Hailey the fireman!!! :) LOL!!!

Gracie and Carter!!! Aren't they just too cute!!!!

Cooper was the only one brave enough to try the rock wall and the zip line, he is getting so big!!!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

I just love the way the house looks after putting up the Christmas decorations!!! The Christmas lights just give such a warm, comforting glow! I try to put the decorations up the night of Thanksgiving so we can enjoy them all month long. Every year we let the boys pick out ornaments of their choice so that when we get them all out again each year we can remember the memories that went with that ornament. We didn't have a stocking for Carter last year since he was little, so this year I made new stockings for everyone to hang on the mantle! I found a candy gingerbread house kit that Cooper was dying to put together, so we invited his friend Hailey over to put it together! I think they ate enough candy and icing to last them through the Holiday season! :) On Sunday I let the boys wear their Christmas outfits to church to start the season off. I guess it is officially starting to feel and look ALOT like Christmas!!!