What We Did - Week 30

Day 219 - Thur.

We had to run over to the mall and exchange some shoes.  Of course, we had to stop by the play area.  

Day 220 - Fri.

There was a lightning delay at Michael's 1st soccer game of the tournament. The boys were waiting it out in the truck.  

Day 221 - Sat.
Matthew, Mark and I went to breakfast while M and Michael were at the first soccer game of the day. We met up with them later for the 2nd game.

Day 222 - Sun.
Tournament Champs!  They played 2 awesome games today and only gave up 1 goal during the whole tournament. Go Solar!

Day 223 - Mon.
We stayed home all day because people were here ripping out our bathrooms.  We had to turn the air conditioner off so the dust wouldn't spread throughout our house.  It was a hot day so Mark was in his diaper all day.

Day 224 - Tues.
Today was a repeat of Monday and I took 0 pictures.

Day 225 - Wed.
These boys love popcorn!

Come On In to Our Playroom

I'm participating in the "Come On In" link-up this week at Momfessionals to share the room where my kiddos probably spend most of their time - the two older ones anyway. The playroom!  I love having a room dedicated to messy toys and video games so I don't have to see it in my living room.  And if it gets a little messy sometimes, it's OK because I don't see it if I don't go up there.

Come on in! Our playroom is actually a loft-style room so this is what you see when you walk up our backs stairs.  

I know.  It's totally a mish-mash of different furniture from the 2 previous homes we've owned and nothing really matches or coordinates with each other - leather couches from a home theater, drafting table being used as a computer desk.  But my kids are rough on things so this mismatched furniture will do for now.

This piece below from IKEA is my favorite.  Lots of shelves and basket that I can throw things in.  It hides all the legos, train sets, action figures, hot wheels, etc.  

This behemoth holds all the DVDs, videos games, video game consoles and all the stuff that comes with it.

And there you have it.  Our room is more about functionality at this point.  I don't have any inspiring artwork and not many decorations so I'm looking forward to seeing how others have decorated their playrooms to get some ideas!

Another Weekend, Another Soccer Tournament

This weekend was all about soccer.  Michael had a tournament in McKinney and it was hot, hot, hot.  He had his first game in Lewisville, but the other 4 games were all in McKinney.  I guess I should be use to the drive by now, right?  

The boys did so well!  They all played so hard even in the heat.  One of our boys actually had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance from heat exhaustion.  He'll be alright, but it was a little bit of a scare and it definitely added a little drama to the game.

Michael has gotten so much more aggressive and isn't afraid to go for the ball anymore.  I couldn't be more proud of my little man! 

They won all 5 games and only gave up 1 goal.  They had over 20 goals.  Michael had more than a couple of good shots, but missed all of them.  Oh well. Next weekend will be another soccer weekend as we head over back to McKinney for some scrimmages and a get-together with the other Solar teams.

We had to wait out the lightning siren Friday night.  The boys hung out in the back of the truck until the adults realized it was probably better for them to wait it out under some shade because it was still so hot - even with the pop-up storm

The 2nd game started really early Saturday morning - M and Michael were out the door at 6:15 so I decided to stay and let the other 2 kiddos sleep in.  We went to breakfast at McDonalds and then went over to the high school to buy our school supplies.

The Championship team! We are missing Cason because he had to go to the hospital for heat exhaustion.  Poor little guy.

What We Did - Week 29

Day 212 - Thur.
Making himself a snack of Greek yogurt with berries and granola. He loves this stuff!

Then we went outside to play with some chalk.

Day 213 - Fri.
Friday selfie!

Day 214 - Sat.
We spent our morning playing with some blocks. He's very bossy about it.  He wants me to sit and play with him, but when I start building, he'll tell me that he needs to blocks that I'm playing with and  say things like, "No, that doesn't belong there" and "No , don't use that color, use light blue."

Day 215 - Sun.
We took the boys to see Guardian of the Galaxy! This was Mark's first time in a movie theater.

Day 216 - Mon.
Outside time with the water table.

Day 217 - Tue.
Getting comfortable, watching Caillou and snacking on blueberries.  I snapped this right after he told me, "No pictures right now."

Day 218 - Wed.
I found this letter that Michael wrote to himself last year while cleaning out my desk area.  So much fun to read. I didn't keep the note, but took a picture of it - something that I will be doing with my kiddos stuff instead of keeping everything.

August Get Pin-spired

Happy August! I'm linking up with Mix and Match Family, Pinterest Told Me To and The Larson Lingo today to share my Pin-spiration. Last week's weather gave me more outfit options.  I was out of my standard shorts and tank for a few days because we had a little wave of cooler weather. I am so ready for fall.

Here are my Pin-spirations for the month of August.

I've seen lots of stripes and jeans.

My version...

Shirt - TJMaxx, Jeans - Gap, Shoes - Tory Burch

Nothing is more comfortable on a hot summer day than a light flow-y blouse.

I loved this look, but was not into the wide legged pants so I switched it up to skinny jeans

Shirt - TJMaxx, Jeans - Gap, Shoes - Guess, Necklace - Kendra Scott

I saw yellow and denim and knew I had to recreate.  So pretty.

Shirt - TJMaxx, Jeans - Vigoss from Nordstrom, Necklace  - Nordstrom Rack, Shoes - Tahari

And of course, the classic denim shirt and white pants combination caught my eyes.

Shirt - Abound from Nordstrom, Pants - Calvin Klein, Shoes - Target

Baby's First Movie

Another weekend just passed us by.  I can't believe it's August already and the boys will start school in 3 weeks!  And I'm so ready for it.  I'm ready for Fall and the cool weather.  I'm ready for football season and sweater weather.  I'm ready for all of it.  But still, it's kind of sad to think that time is passing by so quickly.

We took the boys to see Guardian of the Galaxy yesterday.  Yes, all 3 of them.  The boys didn't want to go at first, but in the end, they really enjoyed the movie.  And I did too.

This was Mark's first time at the movie theater!  M wanted to bring him but I was reluctant because I was thinking there was a 50/50% chance of him having a meltdown over something-brothers not sharing candy with him, theater being too loud, too dark, too crowded, etc.  There were a few seconds that made me nervous.  He asked to go home 5 minutes into the movie, but then fell asleep in my lap a few minutes later.  He woke up with about 10 minutes left and watched with us. He was so good!

When the movie was over, he walked out of the theater like he was a big boy.  He told me later that day that he had a really fun time at the movies, and that the movie had a "lot of fighting in it like the Lego movie."  Love that boy!

Fabulous Friday

It's a Fabulous Friday because next Monday our bathroom renovations will start.  I'm nervous about the whole process because I don't want to make the wrong choices and not love the bathrooms when we're done, but so excited to finally get updated bathrooms.  We are renovating all 3 bathrooms upstairs.  Woohoo!

M already changed out all 4 leaky toilets.  It's so nice to not hear the hissing of the tank refilling every 15 minutes.  It was pretty bad.  Now, I can't wait to get rid of these guys in our garage.

Here are some before shots.

This is the guest bathroom.

Here's is the boys' Jack and Jill bathroom.

And the master bathroom...

Hopefully, I'll have the after pictures to post in 3 weeks!