04.07.13

This weekend I accomplished EVERYTHING. Purged the kitchen (did the pantry today), the basement, did approximately 300 loads of laundry, finished a cross-stitch project, made Rice Krispie squares, banana chocolate chip muffins, managed to do 2 runs on the treadmill, and took the kids to the Children's Museum. It's no secret that I am on anti-depressants, but I'm wondering if the last refill was speed instead of Celexa.
Wyatt has one last OT appointment this month, then we get a month off. He's made some amazing progress, but we need a break.
Here are some pics from the last while.the last one (I think, posting from my phone makes it hard to tell) is Wyatt and his OT, Heather. His favorite thing to do at appointments is to sit on a scooter board and have her push him down a ramp. Pretty crazy for a kid who used to fear slides!

03.21.13

Front Entrance - Before

Front Entrance - After

"Helping"

My front entrance project is complete.  Looks much better, doesn't it?  We painted the entrance last Saturday night, and then Sunday we painted the hallway. Saturday night, Josh asked, "Why do we always paint at night?" Sunday afternoon, his question was answered when Paige backed into a wall of wet paint. Plus both kids were seriously unhappy about not using the hallway for about an hour while it dried.
I wanted to paint a feature wall in Paige's room as well, and attempted that today. It turns out I didn't really have the desire or the energy (or enough paint!) to finish it, so I have one base coat on. Oh well, it'll look great whenever it gets done. :P

3.16.13

After supper today, I started painting our front entrance - we (I mean, I) decided earlier this month that either we finally make this house ours or we burn it to the ground. I was getting quite tired of beige walls - especially a beige I didn't even pick. It used to have weird gold glaze feathers on it, which we attempted to paint over with the beige base coat, but when the sun shines in, you can still see weird feathers.
Anyway.
I bought paint today, and decided that if I didn't start today, it probably wasn't happening. While Josh was trying to watch the Jets game, I got started. And the kids both wanted to help, it got a little hectic, and the picture above was Josh's solution. ;)  Not that I need to defend myself, but they are both playing an app called Monkey Preschool Lunchbox and it's a great learning app for toddlers. I'm amazed at how quickly Paige has picked up on it!  It's also ridiculously adorable that they are sitting so close and not hitting each other.

3.14.13

Life has been a bit of a struggle over the last few months, and the last few weeks have been the worst. Wyatt's been having some mind-boggling tantrums, I've had the worst insomnia I've ever experienced and we're all just so, so tired of winter.  Soon enough we'll be playing in the backyard, swatting mosquitoes, making s'mores, going for long walks, splashing in the puddles, swinging in the hammock...we just have to carry on for now.

03.06.13

And now, without further ado, a short series of photos in which my children appear to be enjoying each others company:

2.27.13

Paige's tantrums are hilarious. We shouldn't laugh, and most times we try to hide the fact that we're giggling. For example, Josh brought the kids home from daycare today, Paige stomped up the stairs, walked right past me, laid down on the floor behind me and started rolling around and whining.  What is that? 90% of her tantrums involve walking off, laying on the floor and wailing. She's quite the actress.

2.24.13

Paige had a particularly long nap on Saturday - which is good, she is still a little out of sorts after a bout with a nasty stomach bug. Wyatt wanted to help me go get her when she woke up, so for no good reason I stuck him in the crib with her. They both loved it! They read a few books together, jumped up and down like tiny crazy people, and at one point I think Elmo and a teddy bear were having a WWE style cage match. It's nice to see him showing some affection towards her - only took about 21 months (he must be slow to warm up to new people).