There's an Abundance of Old People.

We were driving home from Walmart the other day.

On the route we take to get from Walmart to our house we pass the Assisted Living Center that Nana lives in. It is actually a complex of buildings including a Nursing Home.

They are in the process of building a new building in the complex and as we passed by Bobo thought out loud:

"So, they're adding extra rooms for the extra old people."

I chuckle evey time I think about it.

What a blessed generation we are to have old people in abundance.

Bridget

Family Bowling Night

We had a family bowling night.

Bear had to tell Granddad something very important.

The kids love to bowl. And they have their coats on cause it was a little chilly in the bowling alley. Husband was all business. This was me playing with my camera. Popeye's mandatory 'smiling with the bowling ball' shot. Grandma's. We ate lots of pizza. Look at that form. The boys were great with helping Princess by moving the ramp for her. We also drank lots of sprite. And chilled by the hand dryer. Princess saw me taking pictures of Granddad and felt the need to stick her head in. I'm glad she did. Granddad's. More playing with the camera. I really should crop this photo. But, honestly, just getting the photos downloaded onto my computer and then this blog is enough work for me. The Grands. Husband felt the need to hijack the camera and take pictures of me. My glasses make my face look funny. Or maybe that's just the way it really looks. Princess had a mini melt down. Husband decided to join her. More stories for Granddad. Sillies.

Is that a word? I have hardly any pictures of my husband smiling like a normal person. The 'hair blowing in the hand dryer' picture. Lovely. He loves Grandma.Princess loves getting her picture taken. Chillin. The Crew. The Crew II.

Peace out,

B-girl Babi-1

A Little Ray of Sunshine

I've had this ceramic pitcher sitting empty on my dining table for a month now.

I finally got around to buying some fresh flowers and chose yellow tulips with the help of Princess. They are very much a little ray of sunshine on these cold, gray, winter days.

Bridget

Sleeping Beauty in Pink

We bought Princess a new comforter and shams set. This is her first comforter and shams set. She has always just used a quilt or blanket. It has worked just fine but since we were getting ourselves a new mattress and giving her our old one we firgured "Why not go all out and buy her some new bedding to go along with her 'new' bed."

But true to form we couldn't wait till she had the new bed to open and use the new bedding.

I took these pics the morning after her first night with the new bedding. My Princess all wrapped up in a sea of pink was too much for me to resist.

Even in sleep she was beckoned by the click, click of the camera.

And though her eyes were just too heavy to open she was still in perfect form for smiling.

Bridget

Watching Them Learn

One of the biggest blessings of homeschooling is getting to witness so much of my children's lives.

And it is really amazing when you can actually see them learn.

The joy of learning really is contagious. And children seem to have it in abundance. I also believe that one way relationships are built is through shared experiences. I love getting to share these small experiences with my children. And I especially love hearing them tell me how much they enjoy it.

Bridget

The Dresser

We found Princess a dresser. It is old and beat up and someone tried to do a green paint and glaze effect.

I love it.

We paid $65 for it.

I have fabulous plans for the top. I'm purchasing the materials this weekend and hope to have it done by the end of next week. I can't wait to show you. I love the lines of this dresser. The simple details. And I am totally leaving the green, glaze, funky treatment.

I am changing the knobs, however. And it's on wheels. Which is going to be very handy once I get done transforming the top. Plus, because it is up off the ground I can stash a couple of baskets under it for Princess' shoes.

Perfection. I'm also transforming the insides. Actually, I've already transformed the insides, but I don't want to show them until everything is done. It was all about having a nice clean drawer for Princess' clothes. I just couldn't put them inside without doing something and I was very ready to get her clothes out the the wire baskets they were in and into a bonafide dresser. So I got right on fixing the insides.

Plus, I moved the wire baskets to the laundry room and am loving the extra storage.

Bridget

It's February!

People!

It's February!

And it's been over a week since I last blogged!

And there's really no need for me to keep writing individual sentences and using exclamation points!

But I can't seem to stop!

Kidding! =)

Seriously now. After Ice Age 2010 blew in we were without power from the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 28th till the early morning of Wednesday, Feb. 3rd. Thankfully my parents in chicken Town had power and cable and a willingness to let us crash with them. We ended up staying with them until Friday the 5th because Hubs had work in the area and there was really no reason to do all that driving back and forth.

And unfortunately some people in our area are still without power.

However, we are really glad to be home now and getting back into our routine.

I have some posts scheduled for the rest of this week so come back often. And Princess' room is still under construction but I have hopes to have it mostly done by this weekend and fully done by the end of next week.

It's pretty awesome!

Bridget