Brothers Gotta Bounce

Saturday morning we woke up to this:

Micah was bouncing in his crib so Luke climbed in and bounced away too. Micah LOVED it!

They both look so grown up?

Luke and His Art

Luke drew his first sun all on his own!

He kept wanting to pose with his drawing from behind the chalkboard. And just in case you could not tell, the circles at the bottom of the chalkboard are him and his cousin Arthur playing at the park. So sweet!

Okay, this picture has a story: The stick figure on the right is me (Alli) and Luke drew a wooden bridge for me to walk on to get to grandpa.

Then later that day he spontaneously drew this volcano with lava spurting out of the top. He talks about volcanoes a lot lately and asks me tons of questions about them. And by "tons" I really mean the same question over and over again.

Luke took this picture of the volcano himself!

He took this one too.

I kind of like it.

Luke Finally Agrees to a Haircut

Luke did not want to get a haircut all summer.

We think that he is afraid of the clippers.

He finally agreed after I said that he could watch Veggietales during the haircut.

Baby Micah does not want to get left out.
He KNOWS when he is.

Everyone was involved!

Luke and his big boy haircut. He looks so old and almost 3!

Micah always manages to squeeze a smile in for the camera.

New Sideboard Before and After

Since acquiring possession of our home in May of this year some major and minor renovations have taken place. Our house has a tiny kitchen and we had been looking for just the right solution to remedy our storage/counterspace/blank wall issue that has been plaguing my brain for the past 6 months. I apologize in advance for the magnet situation on the side of the fridge.

We finally agreed upon a sideboard that we saw in Ikea this summer. It ended up being the perfect size and it met all of our requirements ex) solid wood, glassless doors, DRAWERS and lots of them

Our silverware finally has a HOME! Remember where it used to be?

I believe this is the culprit that initiated the kitchen changes. A previous dog took a liking or licking to this particular patch of carpet. I knew that my dog would take a liking to this patch as well...so it had to go...

...this meant that the well meaning vinyl had to go as well...

...and then we found this little mold number behind the trim...

...the wall was so soft that my brother punched his fist right through the wall to show me that it had to go too...

...new wall color and cohesive tile...

...old trim is sanded, restained, and replaced...

...finally something that is functional and makes sense...

...COMING SOON KITCHEN BEFORE AND AFTER...

Somebody Has a Birthday Coming Right Up!

Party preparations have taken over the kitchen...

Holiday Jams

I broke out the holiday jams tonight. Yes, they are being outgrown as we sleep!

Pre-Black Friday Deal

Target is having a Pre-Black Friday Sale through Wednesday.

The Little People Discovery Airport is 50% off its original price of $39.99 which makes it $19.99!

Inside the Target ad (in the Sunday paper) is a coupon for $5.00 off any Fisher Price Toy.

With the coupon the total for this toy is $14.99!

I think this is a marvelous price considering it comes with 3 vehicles and 3 people! Plus the baggage carousel really works. I can't wait to play with this toy!

So now the world knows what Micah is getting for Christmas.
Both of my boys are going to love it!