Friday, July 30, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010

Our new kitchen

After finishing the tile, we awaited the arrival of our new oven & microwave.  This finishes our kitchen remodeling!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

27 months old

LittleBigMan and his pal, Gorilla, eating breakfast


LittleBIgMan is learning and saying new things every day.  Here are some of the new cute/funny/strange things he's been saying and doing....

Likes to sniff things and then says "mmm... 'mells good"
Yells "MOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, MOMMYYYYYYYYYYYYY" for me when he wakes up in the morning
Just told me "Wait one second"
LOVES to take pictures with my camera
Is very slowly learning his colors
LOVES playing with his water table
Saying more and more short sentences
On Saturday stood up and said "I go potty" and went to the potty all by himself (his underwear were even dry)
Uses some of his toys like they are nun chucks - hits himself with it - says "ow" - and then continues doing it
Begs for "brefass" (breakfast) all day long as if he doesn't get MORE than enough to eat.
Just learned to jump with both feet off the ground
Has started whining what feels like ALL THE TIME
Likes to kill ants, but says "oh no, spider" anytime he sees any other type of bug
Thinks there are monsters outside his window
Just today has started making gorilla (his favorite stuffed animal) go on the potty and eat breakfast

Friday, July 16, 2010

Favorite Photo Friday


Goggle wearing goober
7-15-10

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Cousins

We had some visitors yesterday!  The boys had SO much fun playing with LittleBigMan's new water table:


And who can resist this sweet little face?

Friday, July 9, 2010

Favorite Photo Friday


Pigtail girl!
One of my sisters in 2002 or 2003.  Is she cute or what?

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Tiling the kitchen (updated)

We started work on tiling the kitchen on Saturday.  Our kitchen never seemed so big.  Here's what we've done so far:
Prep work (removed baseboards, moved out furniture and cleaned the floor)


Put down the backerboard


Tile layout


Cut the tile


What's left?  Cut a few more of the tiles, put down mortar and set the tile, grout and then seal the grout.  It may sound like a lot, but atleast the hard parts are done!

UPDATE 7-9-10:
Adhering the tile began Tuesday and I finished it on Wednesday.


Friday LittleBigMan helped by removing the tile spacers

Also did grouting today, which is now complete.  Will seal the grout in a few days.  And then... DONE!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Independence Day

We hope everyone had a nice Independence Day! We didn't do much - Troy volunteered with the Manitou Fire Dept. to be on stand-by during the fireworks.  LittleBigMan and I drove to a part of our neighborhood where we could see fireworks.  He really enjoyed them!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Happy Birthday Grama!


Happy birthday to Grama! (Not sure why he was panting after he sang... LOL)

Friday, July 2, 2010

Favorite Photo Friday


Family Fun - June 25, 2009

Rhino Pal

LittleBigMan has a new "friend".  His name is Rhino (original, huh?).  This is one of the coolest stuffed animals I've ever seen.

It's a 3-in-1 toy.
1) Plush animal


2) Opens to a pillow


3) Unzips to a blanket


It's a Zoobies!  Go check out all of the cool animals HERE.  Aren't they fun?!?!