Dentist time

Yesterday the girls went to the dentist, (aka dad). Macie went first "so she could show Addie how to be good." She did so well. She was a little worried that Geoff was going to do this gross fluoride thing that she can't stand, but he pulled through for her and gave her a much better flavor this time...frosting. She left the dentist much happier this time than last time.

Addie was next and she loved sitting in that chair. She felt so big. She did pretty good and followed all of the directions. They both got new toothbrushes, a sticker, and a toy. They were very good and both have very healthy teeth!!

Macie in her cool glasses waiting for dad to start.Say Ahhhh. Addie in her glasses waiting for dad to start.All done. :)

Thanks babe for being such a great dentist!! The girls LOVE to come and see you. I don't know that I can say the same for myself, but at least someone is happy to see you at the dentist!! :)

Birthday Party

On Sunday Macie came downstairs and announced that it was her and Addie's birthday's and that we were having a party. So, she decorated the living room and we played games. Then we gave them each a banana muffin with a candle in it, sang happy birthday and then they blew out their candles. It was a really fun night spent together as a family, doing something that the girls love. It is these moments that I will remember.
Blowing out the candles.Eating their muffins.

No More Diapers!!!!!

It's official. Addie is potty trained!!! It is sooooo great!! She has done a great job with it and loves to wear big girl panties.

Glitter Party

Last night the girls decided to have a "glitter party". Geoff and I did not know about said "glitter party". The girls were playing really well last night in their room and all I could think was, wow..they are playing so nicely. Jump forward about 1/2 hour later and them coming downstairs because they were fighting over a toy...and that it is when I noticed that they both had glitter in their hair. At first it didn't register and then I thought "something is not right here," so, I asked Macie why they both have glitter on them and this was my answer "because we were playing glitter upstairs!" So Geoff and I go upstairs to see what she is talking about and I think I almost cried when I saw the mess. (note to moms out there who think that buying glitter is a good idea...it's not!! Don't do it!! Buy crayons instead!) It took Geoff and I about 45 minutes to clean their room. There was glitter EVERYWHERE!!! I dont' think that I have ever swept and vacuumed so much within a 12 hour period. Everytime I go upstairs I see more glitter!!! Ahhh!! I am sure that this will be happening for a few weeks.
It was a total of 2 small containers of glitter and a bunch of sequins as well. We have had several talks with Macie lately about getting into the craft stuff and I thought that she had learned her lesson the last time, because I packed up half of the craft stuff because she kept getting into it and wouldn't listen..apparently it didn't seek in. So, today I packed up everything that has to do with crafting and told her that we were all done until she can learn to listen. I guess we will see if this makes a difference or not. I am sure that she will just move onto getting into something else.
My only regret about this whole thing is that I don't have a picture. I don't know what I was thinking! It would have been so much better with picture proof. I think that I was to upset to think about it.

scary girls

Yesterday Macie decided that she and Addie should take the halloween window stickers off of the window and tape them onto their face. So we started taping and applying until Macie thought that all looked good and the stickers were where she told me to put them. The end result is actually kind of scary. They thought that they were pretty silly. They really liked it until it was time to take them off and that's when they learned that tape hurts when you pull it off!! A life long lesson that is always good to know!

The girls posing with the pumpkin.

So Scary!!

Addie realizing that she doesn't like the tape anymore and that it is starting to hurt a little.

Macie doing a really cool pose!!

Playing in the leaves

I can't believe that fall is actually here. It just kind of creaped up on us. The weather here was all beautiful and within one week it went really cold and fall hit. I didn't even get to enjoy the leaves changing color on my tree this year. SAD. Anyways...here are the girls having a fun time in the leaves.

Macie jumping in

Throwing them in the air

Addie getting brave enough to enter.

Throwing them in the air.

Bathroom Redo

About a year and a half ago our house had water leaking into it due to extremely heavy and large icicle buildup. The insurance company came and told us that the water was coming from no where and it would never leak again. They told us to just paint over it and not worry about it.
Flash forward 8 months and our tiles under our window start to pop out of the wall. We leave them for a few months hoping that they would just fix themselves. When they didn't change and just kept getting worse, Geoff took a tile off to see what was happening. Well, the wall basically caved in on itself and there was mold behind it all. So...I called the insurance company telling them all that had happened and they reopened the old claim, so, long story short...we have a new bathroom on insurance. Yea for us!!!
The project started last Thursday and was done by Saturday. They replaced the tub, took all the tiles off of the walls and put drywall up instead, ripped the peal and stick tile off the floor (along with the old tile that was underneath that) and put in new tile, took everything that was in the shower down and put tile in the shower. They added a fan, moved the electrical outlet and added a vanity with a new mirror for more storage.
During the whole redo, we had a few technical difficulties. When they were taking out the bathtub it caused a few issues in other rooms of the house. Our computer (which shares a wall with the tub) had about 15 holes in it from the nails popping when they pulled the tub out. Our downstairs bathroom ceiling (which is right below this bathroom) had a nice area that was popping out like it was going to be a big hole. (I thought that all of this was bad) Then came the next morning when I woke up, walked downstairs and saw towels on top of the fridge, my purse on the counter "airing out" and a bucket in the bathtub. My first thought was "oh no, you have got to be kidding me" mostly because my purse was COMPLETELY soaked!! It had had water dripping on it all night!!!! ARGGG!!! So, the bathtub had been leaking all night and no one knew. The water dripped clear down to the very basement (that's 2 floors!!!) Our contractor said that everything would be ok and that it all looked good. He had to patch the ceiling in the kitchen (that is where it was leaking into) and I had a lot of cleaning up to do!! Let's just say that we are glad that it is over and we now have an absolutely beautiful bathroom that I am totally in love with!!
This whole process was so fun being able to choose out all of the tile and vanity and everything else. It is so gratifying to see it all come together and actually look great!!! It gets me all excited for that day when I get to choose everything out for our future home!!!

Here is what the bathroom used to look like:


Here is what the bathroom looks like now (the pictures don't do it justice)

The shower