April 10, 2013

Luke is finally tall enough to reach the door knobs - and has learned how to open them!  Luckily he has not tried to actually leave the house yet, but he has opened the front door a few times on his own when we were getting ready to go somewhere.  Time for the child safety knob.  As you can see, he was not very happy when he discovered that he could no longer open this door.  

April 9, 2013

We were originally planning to re-use our old hardware on the new cabinets, but then we realized that the old owner did it all wrong.  We had handles on all of the cabinets and knobs on the drawers.  After doing some research we realized it was supposed to be the other way around.  So after dinner we made another trip to Home Depot to pick out new hardware.  The boys were fascinated by these little pull-down cubbies.  I think they could have stayed there all night opening and closing them.  Especially Luke.  In fact when it was time to move on to another aisle, he threw such a fit that Charlie eventually had to take him to the car while I went to check-out.  

April 8, 2013

Demolition day!  Our kitchen is pretty tiny but I was still a little surprised how quickly it all went down.   Luke and Isaac pulled up chairs in the dining room to watch as the workers took sledge hammers to the cabinets.

April 7, 2013

Happy Birthday to me!  (And to my Dad.)  Charlie bought me a Boston Cream cake from our favorite local bakery.  We were planning to celebrate at home, but in the afternoon my sister Sandy called and invited us over for dinner.  It was nice of her - especially since our kitchen is all boxed up - but I have to admit I was a little sad not to have any leftover cake.  Ha!

April 6, 2013

Today Charlie sent me out shopping for my birthday.  My boys are not patient or cooperative in stores, so it was such a treat to be able to shop by myself.  I found this dachshund top at Anthropologie, and though I don't think I could really pull of wearing it, I decided to try it on just for fun.

April 5, 2013

Charlie did most of the work of packing up the kitchen while I was sick the other day. It's pretty much all boxed up now, except for a few basics.  It's made our living room such a lovely place.  The remodel hasn't even started yet and I'm already counting the days until we can put everything away and have our house back to normal!

April 4, 2013

Back at Prehistoric Pets again.  We fed the tortoises and then we spent some time checking out the pet store.  As soon as Isaac saw these baby tortoises his face lit up.  He told me they look just like the Ninja Turtles when they were babies!  And he now has his heart set on getting one for a pet.  He insisted that he was not leaving the store without one.  We did eventually leave, without a turtle, but later on tonight he brought it up again with Charlie.  The ruling?  No reptiles allowed in the house.

April 3, 2013

I woke up this morning around 5:00 am with the stomach flu.  Charlie was my hero for the day because he took the day off of work and stayed home to take care of the boys.  I was completely miserable but so grateful that I could actually spend the day in bed instead of being mom.  The boys came in to visit me every so often and roll around on the floor in the pillows. 

April 2, 2013

We are on week two of Spring Break and Isaac is loving being able to go to the gym with me every morning.  Actually, I'm lucky that they both love going to the kids club.  Every morning when I drop Luke off he runs straight to one of these cars.  And when I come back to pick him up he is usually still sitting in a car.  I'm not sure if he ever gets out!  

April 1, 2013

We always love going to visit "the cousins" in Chino Hills, but we don't get out there often lately because our schedule is pretty full.  Today it finally worked out to go and spend the afternoon.  Katie & Hailey got these ribbon twirler things in their Easter baskets.  It's not the type of toy you'd find around our house but Isaac & Luke both had fun waving them around.  We spent a long time playing out in the backyard too.  Luke could have spent hours in this pink swing.