Sunday, September 23, 2012

Slacking on the Job

Well, its not actually a job, but I've starting slacking again.  So, this is a big hodgepodge of pictures from last week.

The kids go nuts over spaghetti & meatballs.  T makes amazing meatballs.  This summer, Z decided that he needed to twirl his spaghetti.  It is so funny to watch.



Chanello's is T's favorite pizza.  The other night he ordered a "big boy" pizza without realizing how big it was going to be.  Massive doesn't even begin to describe it.


They love bubble baths.


A sat on the counter to help make a mess lunch.  Sugar sucks.


Here is Z's completed school bag.  The only thing I helped with, was painting the bright green on his hands for the handprints.  He did everything else himself.  He LOVES to paint.


A loves to photo-bomb.



"Look, Moma.  I have a mustache!"


-M

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Z's Room

Z's room is coming right along.  His is probably the most complete in the whole house.  I thought I'd post some pictures, & A thought she'd photo bomb the whole time.

The other day, T pulled all of the carpet out.  I was pretty smelly from our wonderful pup, Napoleon.  His room had some awesome hardwood floors hiding underneath the carpet.  We need to put some sort of varnish on it.   Eventually we'll refinish all the hardwoods. 


I just picked out the paint color for his bed.  It will look a lot better once it's painted, & I finish his quilt.


I recovered this old stool a few weeks ago to use as a makeshift nightstand.  


The desk is going to get a paint job, & possibly a peg board above it.


These comic books were in my grandma's basement.  Z likes to talk about the bad guy on the Batman one.



The closet doors were broken when we moved in, so we just took them off.  I'm not sure if we'll put up new doors, or just make a curtain.


T found a long bow in the shed out back (it's in the corner of this picture).  It is way cool.  He cleaned it up a bit.  I think we'll hang it above the closet.


A thoroughly enjoyed jumping & rolling around on the bed.


T painted the picture above the dresser.


That little red lamp is probably the coolest I've ever found.  It pretty much glows when you turn it on.  The dresser is a craigslist find.  I'm going to paint it bright green.  Hopefully I'll get on that sometime this week.


This is the most unfinished wall.  I'm going to put up a floating shelf for all of Z's banks.  He has a thing for banks.  It will go up with a few more pictures that are hiding in his closet right now.  I'd like to build him a little wooden toy box, but who knows when I'll get around to doing that.



My friend Johnny painted this in high school.  I've always liked it.


There is still a ton of work to do in here, but I really like it so far.

-M

Popcorn Movie Night!

Gigi (my mom) sent us some Jiffy Pop in the mail which means its POPCORN MOVIE NIGHT!  That's a favorite around here.  Z gets more excited than anyone, & I'm known to put away a giant tub at the movies by myself.  Jiffy Pop is especially fun, because Z gets to help shake it.  He thinks he's an expert.


This is their "cheese" face.  Not their best look.


I asked Z to show me how he shakes it.


He was super excited to sit on the counter, & help.



I love his reaction to the popping.



We watched the new pirate movie.  Its so funny.



Snuggling with Dada is the best way to end the night.


-M

A Day at the Zoo

We had a great weekend just spending some time together.  On Sunday, we got to take T to the zoo.  We've been going at least one to two times a week since we moved, but he hasn't got to go with us until now.  The kids had fun, as usual.  They absolutely love seeing the animals.

The tigers are one of our favorites.  They like when they pace back & forth.



On of the tigers went for a swim right when we walked around the corner.  Z flipped out!  He could not stop squealing.  The other kids kept flashing him looks as he would scream, "SCARY TIGER!! RARR!"  It was hysterical.



Here he is trying to play it cool.


A little later, we got to see the other tiger up close as well.  They are huge.


I love this picture.  Z is always trying to take care of A.


These things are great.  I don't care what's on the front.  If you can stick your face in it for a picture, its funny.


I have tried ALL summer to get the kids to sit on this stupid rhino, & all it took was one suggestion from T, & they got all giddy about it.



I even got them both to look at the camera!



-M