remodeling, hide and seek, and singing in the shower

Daniel and I have been working every night for hours on end to get our bedroom and bathroom walls finished. It is a very tiring process and I am happy to say that we now see the light at the end of the tunnel! Through the remodeling of our home, we have learned how to do various odd jobs that we may, or may not, use again in our future homes: patching dry wall, taping and floating wall joints, skim coating walls, texturing walls, and installing toilets and light fixtures, to name a few. Through this process, we have also learned a lot about each other...how we so differently handle stress, what causes conflict between us, and also how delirious we can get at 12:00 AM on a weeknight when we still have work to do. :) I don't think we will ever choose to remodel an entire home again, although I do feel a sense of pride when I look around and see all the hard work we put into each of these rooms.

Here are a few iPhone pictures of the boys from the last couple of days...

 

^^^Cayden is obsessed with playing hide and seek right now. He thinks that as long as he can't see you, you can't see him either. ;) ^^^

^^^Max has been singing songs during his bath for two days in a row now. They are the silliest made-up songs you've ever heard. We both quite enjoy them.^^^

catherine, coffee, and cupcakes

Yesterday, I took the boys over to my sister-in-law's home for a play date, coffee, and Buttercups cupcakes. Yum! The boys had so much fun running around in her house and playing with the old typewriter and record player. Good times. They think Catherine is super hilarious, so I got a few pictures of them playing with her. :)

 

 

playtime

This week has been super busy! Between sanding and painting our walls and teaching piano lessons, I haven't had much time to sit down and take pictures, much less edit them or do any blogging. But here are a few quick shots we took of the boys playing this week.

 

 

This is Cayden's favorite toy! His little piano from LiLi. He plays with it all day long and comes up with the funniest dances for all the songs! 

 

 

 

 

 ^^^"Scary" moment on Max's movie.^^^

 

Sweet, sweet brother love. :)

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more birthday fun

 

Today, Daniel is taking me on a real date. Not a work party or sunday school gathering. No. An actual date. These "real" dates are few and far between at this stage in our life and I am perhaps slightly abnormally excited for the chance to be alone with my hubby for dinner and a movie.

 

In the meantime, I took this super sweet picture of Max on the day I got my new Canon T3i. I love this little face so much.

 

 

 

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pics from my camera roll

 

This week I took some pictures of the boys with my iPhone and used my Afterglow app (which I LOVE) to edit them. I love how they turned out. The boys were being so sweet and still while I took their pictures. It was so fun. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This boy falls asleep on the couch nearly every other day. He is not wanting to nap anymore (boooo!), but he will just randomly fall asleep on the couch. I guess he does still need a nap, but just doesn't want to admit it. :)

 

 

These are pics of some faces Max was making when he was trying to be cute to get some chocolate. It's sad, isn't it?

 

 

This week, I came down with a pretty bad cold. Cayden tried to help me feel better. ;)

 

 

On my birthday, Max was a little dear, and placed all of his favorite cars in the only little box he could find in his room. He gave them to me as a birthday present. When I asked if I could keep them, his little countenance changed (realizing what giving them away meant), but he smiled sweetly and whispered, "Yes!" I treasure this little gift from his heart. What a sweet spirit he has.

 

 

To the right is the "surprise" Max and Cayden made for me on my birthday. :) Notice that Max was standing at the door with his gift for me. He actually yelled, "SURPRISE!" when I opened the door. So funny and cute.

 

 

When I came downstairs on the morning of my 26th birthday, I found that Daniel had bought me and the boys breakfast and had also bought me some lovely flowers. He even wrote me a sweet note. That man knows what speaks to my heart. Food and flowers. :) Here is a closeup of the flowers he bought me. All photos in this post were taken with an iPhone 4.

 

 

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