goodbye swans
In our upstairs bathroom that we're redoing are (or should I say were) hand painted swans on the walls...I took a few pictures before they were completely covered with primer!


I was a little late taking this picture...can you see the primer on the bottom?



They're cute...but to be honest I wasn't too crazy about them...and the paint was chipping in some parts too.
I am beyond ready for this remodel to be over with...

I should be back by tomorrow!

-carlotta
blogging break
I have so much to do this week, so I'm going to be taking a break from blogging. Well, maybe not a complete break (I love it too much! :)), but I probably won't be posting more than a few pictures.

I will still be updating my Project 365 blog.

Don't worry, though, I should really be back within a week or so!

-carlotta
sleepover
MeMe had her first sleepover last night...she was SO excited.
Of course, when Lilly heard the news, she got so upset because she wanted to come too. She couldn't understand why MeMe got to go and she didn't. When MeMe was packing, Lilly was just sitting on the floor, crying.
I felt sorry for her and asked her if she wanted to have a sleepover in my room. I wish I could have captured the look on her face right then...it got about 10 shades brighter. :)
She grabbed the first backpack she could find and started stuffing clothes into it.
I wanted Lilly to have some fun, so I put some candy out, set up Blue's Clues on my laptop, and put sheets on my sofa bed.
20 or so minutes later, after packing every imaginable thing, she was ready. She knocked on my door and when I opened it, she acted like she hadn't see me in years. When she saw that I had put out candy, made up the bed for her, and set up Blue's Clues, she almost went ballistic (in a good way)...it was kind of funny! :)
We hung out, watched a couple tv shows on my computer (all of which she picked out), and read a book or two.
She fell asleep pretty well, but was in and out of bed a lot to get drinks of water. Of course every time she woke up I woke up too...She normally isn't like that but I think she was just excited about the 'sleepover'. :)
She asked me several times this morning if the sleepover was over (she wanted it to last longer) and when I said yes she responded with, "But whenever YOU have friends ova they stay longa!" Ah the life of living with an almost four year old.
-carlotta
PS MeMe had a lot of fun at her sleepover...I'm glad that the first night by herself away from home went well!
our poor backyard
Either we have some huge moles in our yard...
...or we have a backhoe tearing up our yard.
We found out that there was a pipe leaking and the plumbers (? I'm not quite sure if that's the right name for them...) are fixing it today.
We have a hole in our fence...
Our poor, poor backyard... They're sad that our backyard is being torn up too.
He even had to restrain himself from crying! (Just kidding...)
-carlotta