Saturday, December 10, 2011

Happy Birthday Erik!

First off some silly around the house shots. The other day I made putting the kids laundry away into a fun ride and exercise for me. I loaded them into the laundry basket and their laundry and zoomed them into their rooms.
Erik loved it! Jillian was happy, but I think a little nervous about my crazy driving-she's holding on pretty tight here :)
Erik is 4 years old now!! 
Wow, we can't believe we have a 4yr old son. Time flies when your having fun :)

 This years theme:  SPIDERMAN!

 Grandpa and KK got him a Spiderman dress up costume.
 He wore this to bed and almost all the following day. I insisted on him changing before we went to the store-I know, such a mean mom ;)
 Spiderman PJ's from Grandma Ava and Papa-which Erik HAD to try on right after opening, this is the first time I've seen Erik wear the same pj's several nights in a row.
 Puzzles, swords, a disc gun and new airplanes were his other loot.
 We got him a basket ball game that we think is a little over his head since mom and dad can't successfully get the ball launched into the basket-but Erik has found other ways to enjoy this toy, thankfully
 Erik took the biggest breath before blowing these candles out, I should have recorded it. Apparently blowing 4 candles out takes a lot of work. :)
 And to top the night off, my brother gave Jillian her first taste of Sherbet. She LOVED it of course. But will she eat her fruit and veggie baby food? NO, thanks Uncle Dave!
Happy Birthday to our sweet Erik! He's had some nice big brother moments lately: today he washed Jillian's face after she was done eating, he helped clean her at bath time and, as always, makes her laugh by being silly. We all love Erik!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

New House

So here's a short photo tour of our new house.
First Erik's room.
 We really like to read bedtime stories on his window seat. And it's so nice that he has his own closet twice the size of the closet he and Jillian used to share. What to do with all that space...
Then the Kitchen:
 the before                           the after
Can you see the difference in the kitchen pictures? New handles! This was our first home improvement to change the handles on the cupboards and drawers. It was hard work and got pretty frustrating.
Next
The hallway to our master bedroom(on the right)
The FAMILY ROOM oh how I've been wanting 2 living spaces and I'm so glad we have this in our house. 
The living room. New couches, we love them!

 A view from our front door seeing the living room and dining room. 

 We put the Christmas tree up on Black Friday 
 Erik LOVED helping decorate and has lots of fun playing with our extra lights, he'll take them to different rooms and plug them in, yeah not the best toy for a kid. He's got lights around his window in his room. We are getting into the Christmas spirit!
So that's our house! We've been here one month now and love it! We're almost done unpacking and getting the yard ready for winter. It's fun to be a home owner!