Month: July 2011

Still working on River’s (and the new babies) new room……

Okay, now that all the painting is done…..it has been time to start rearranging and organizing everything.  It has been a long process, but River has been so excited about everything and it is finally getting toward the end.  I am going to “split” the room in half..using furniture..so that half the room is River’s and half the room is for the new babies.  That way, River can have a sense of her own space.  Once the babies are old enough to walk around…I’ll put up a gate so that the new little ones can’t get into River’s part of the room…but that won’t be for awhile……oh, how time will fly!!

Once I finish getting everything organized and finding a spot for everything….River and I will sit down and figure out some murals to paint on the walls…..there is nothing like a blank canvas!!

Ramune Soda…..

Finally, I got around to having Tuesday and Quinn try some Ramune soda…..I’ve been wanting them to try it forever….and Christopher found it in Chinatown in Philly.  So, this afternoon……I broke them out.

I had to go on YouTube and look at a couple of videos to see how you open them….it was a lot of fun.  River wanted to try some soda for the first time…..umm..she didn’t like it!

Still Painting…..

Well…we started painting River’s new room/Tuesday’s old room.  The room was bright red, green, yellow and blue…so, first it had to be primed….Tuesday and I spent an entire day doing two coats of primer!! That was tiring.

Then, we started painting.  River wanted a pink wall and a purple wall.  I agreed, but said the other two walls have to be “boyish” colors…..I love how it turned out…all the colors blend really well.  I finally finished painting yesterday.  Now, we just have to rearrange all the furniture and get it all set up!!  These babies better stay  put until everything is done.  Six weeks from now!!  I went to my doctor today and he said everything looks great.  One baby is 4.5 pounds and the other is 4 pounds.  He said if everything goes as planned..they should each be over 7 pounds!! Eeekkkk!!

The painting continues……

After the murals were primed….River’s old room/Tuesday’s new room was ready to be painted.  Tuesday chose two shades of blue.  Things went pretty smoothly.  Two coats of each color and the room was done.  The furniture was moved back in…and one room is pretty much done…..pictures need to be hung, new curtains need to be bought/made, etc. etc….but it is pretty much done!!

Fourth of July……

I got a new phone over the weekend…..a Samsung Epic 4G….and it has a great little camera on it..  Over the weekend, instead of using my regular camera, I decided I would just use my phone camera.  I love how some of the photos turned out.  We had a great Fourth of July weekend..filled with fireworks and parades…

There is nothing like the look on a child’s face while they are watching fireworks..priceless…..

End of Go Dog Go Murals……

Well….we are slowly trying to get ready for these new little babies….only 8 weeks to go!  One of the first steps is to move my daughter, Tuesday, into River’s old room.  River had the smallest room and Tuesday had the biggest room.  River’s new room will now also be the babies’ room.  And the first thing that had to be done was painting.  Tuesday did not want a pink room and she didn’t want the Go Dog Go murals in her room!!  I was very sad.  I knew they would have to go some day…but I didn’t think it would be so soon!!

The primer went on first….over the murals!!  While Tuesday video taped the sad event..I set up the camera and put River in charge of taking the photos….Please ignore my large belly and butt in all these photos…I was in my painting clothes…and they hardly fit!!  It was very sad to see the murals go……