OMSI adventure!~

We packed up the car and made an early start on the day, heading up to Mama's house and an adventure at OMSI! 

Spring Break in Oregon. Snow. 

 Grambonn kicking arse and taking names on the wall sit challenge... well above average score!

 The giant bug makes it out of the cage...

 Giant icky stick bug...

 Dinosaur prints

 Vacuum ball pit

 Paddle boat races!

 Using the crane to move blocks

 WHO IS THIS YOUNG LADY??!! I swear, she was messing with my head the whole time, looking like MY daughter instead of the other way around! Mom plays with the impossible puzzle.

In the electricity room...

 In the Electric Science room.. I finally make an appearance!

Science experiment with Dad

Super Hero costumes in the phone booth...

 The fingertip hang... Mama's still got it!

 The little Mama, too.............

8 Years Makes a Big Difference

 

 

 

I love that she still loves her Toots!

Ta DAH!!! After

New wood floors installed, chairrail completed

That? Is NOT wallpaper! It's fabric adhered to the wall with a simple cornstarch glue. To change out the fabric and get an instant room makeover just run a damp sponge over the fabric surface and peel it right off. Simple, clean, and doesn't harm the wall under at all.

Closer view of that fabric and a peek at the top cupboards when they were in their "eye burning black cherry" phase. That was fun...

Loud, but fun!  

I LOVE my computer armoire!

Also a big fan of the new pendant lights rather than that gawd aweful standard hallogen light.

My faucet. I am in serious lust with this faucet.

Matt found that fantastic little radio/cd player for a steal at goodwill, and the giant EAT letters are actually a faux finish cardboard!

The drawer pulls and door knobs make a GIANT difference in how these cupboards feel. Love them!

 

And that's it! The plum accent wall is a true plum, it comes across more brown in these photos. It;s loud, cluttered, noisy, and bold... so these rooms fit in quite nicely with the family.

Kitchen Dining Nonsense

The original kitchen/dining before I began messing with it..

later on "before" I put in the new flooring, after the chair rail, etc. 

 

Cute Kids & A Hairy Dog

Things have been headless-chicken crazy around here. I'm back in school full time PLUS Saturdays, have started working ( server) again, and have barely two seconds to rub together.. that makes no sense and I just don't have the energy to care.


Kids are doing awesome. Growing so fast I can't believe it.

They are slowly growing into their personalities and, when I'm home to enjoy them, I am really loving the little people they are becoming. Raegan is reading fluently and is addicted to honest-to-gawd chapter books with no pictures ( gasp!!) and Kael is tumbling close behind her, catching on to this whole reading nonsense faster than I'd anticipated.

Muppet is still a hairy annoying beast of a baby and refuses to grow up. Love him anyway. Stella is still.. Stella. How could you not love that face??