My Beautiful Day

Some of the random things you will hear while talking to our three-year-old wonder boy, Colin: "Please pretty?!" (instead of 'pretty please'!). "I left my good boy in the woods, so I'm just going to be naughty today." "Kami, can you get the crusty blood out of my ears?" (this is referring to when there is earwax in his ears!). "Chicka now now Chicka now now" (our dear, sweet three-year-old sings this and it sounds a LOT like low-budget porn music). (At breakfast) "I'm not hungry for oatmeal, I'm hungry for dinner." I ask him, "well what's for dinner?" He responds with, "a treat!" We've told him countless times that we have too many toys at home, so before we get new toys, we're going to donate some of our toys to kids who don't have as many. While walking through Target the other day he insisted, "Kami, we NEED to go home so that I can give all the little kids ALL of my toys -...

Today is a lazy day. I'm sitting in my sweats, Monte's sweatshirt, my hair pinned up all goofy like, no makeup on my face - a tear-stained face as I just finished reading an incredible book that made me cry - and my house is silent (Colin is sleeping)! I love my off day - though I would never EVER be caught in public in this attire!! Please do me a favor and ignore the smeared finger prints on my mirror! I believe that is the work of my three-year-old! :)

I can't believe how much has changed in the past few weeks, but somehow all of these changes have helped me to put my personal touch on our home - and I finally feel like I have just that: my very own home. After our water damage in the basement, we had to put in new carpet. Somehow, this carpet has caused me to fall in love with our family room and I spend MUCH of my free time down there (whereas I previously would avoid the room, as it just didn't feel comfortable to me). We had to replace our desk, as the old desk had mold growing on and in it from the water damage. We replaced it with a BEAUTIFUL cherry wood desk - which once again feels more like me. Now I'm anticipating the arrival of our final piece of our kitchen set (our table arrived, but the sideboard won't be in until the beginning of May) so that I can hang artwork and put the finishing touches on my home. It's so wonderful to me that I truly feel this way, as when I first moved in, it truly felt like I...

Here's a quick "catcher upper" on my life for the past two weeks: I've had a three-year-old throwing screaming fits in stores and banks because he doesn't get treats. Because of this, I had stopped taking him anywhere. A week later, the fits have stopped and we can shop together again! I travelled to Perham (my hometown) and back in less than 48 hours to celebrate Easter with my dad's side of the family. I brought my step-son, Ellis, who was bored out of his mind. I must note, though, that it was his decision to come along and he was forewarned about the boredom! We spent Easter Sunday at church and then with Kelley's family at Dan and Debbie's house. We had a wonderful feast, great company, and the kiddos enjoyed the egg hunt. All-in-all it made for a very fabulous day! Our new table has arrived and almost all of my redecorating is complete! It's so wonderful to have a home that truly feels like ME. I'm taking a weekend "get away" a ...