Old House

Well, it is official.  Our old house went on the market on Thursday.  I'm s little sad over it.  This is the house where Mark was born and to be honest, I thought it would be our forever house for a long time.  It's the house that we've lived in the longest.

We moved into that house when Matthew started Kindergarten and now he's in 5th grade. So many happy memories and so many celebrations.  I will miss our old house.

I took some pictures before a professional photographer came over.  They recommended that we remove all signs of life for the pictures.  Look how bare our kitchen is.

That little nook with the desk was my little office for over 6 years.  It was so convenient to be right in the kitchen.

Our breakfast room which was used for everything - from eating our meals to homework station and everything in between.

So sad to see it empty.

This is our family room.

This is what it look like now...

Our dining room that we used for actual dinner maybe once in over 6 years...

Empty.

Our living room.

And this was Mark's nursery.  Once Mark decided that he was better off sleeping with Mommy and Daddy, we converted it into Matthew's room, but never took Mark's name off the wall or the nursery window covering.

This was Michael's room. He shared it with Matthew when we first moved in. We got them bunk beds and they were happy until Matthew got annoyed with sleeping in the same room with his brother.  When we finally moved them into separate rooms and got rid of the bunk beds, we found a stack Matthew's dirty underwear stashed in between the bed and the wall.  It was DISgusting! Apparently, that was his hiding place for soiled underpants.

As much as a miss this house, I love our new house-our forever house. I'm excited for this new chapter and excited to make new memories.

Adjusting to new schools and new routines have been a little difficult,but we are getting there and it will be fine. Change is hard, but it is also a good thing in this case.

Four

Happy 4th birthday to my baby boy. I know this post is overdue, but it's better late then never right? Poor baby boy actually got sick on his birthday, but he powered through it.

The night before, he had a bit of temperature and I debated whether to keep him home. He was happy in the morning so I ended sending him to school. He had a field trip that day and I didn't want him to miss out.

When I went to pick him up, he was tired but very excited to tell me about his trip the the fire station and his picnic at the new park.  He loved his first field trip! And they made him a little birthday hat to wear.  It was super cute.

After I picked him up from school, we went and ordered his birthday cake for his party and a little personal cake to celebrate after dinner.  I also got him a cookie cake for his class to celebrate at school the next day - unfortunately, we didn't get to celebrate at school because poor boy was sick and I kept him home the next 2 days.

Grandpa and Jennie came over and gave him his presents.  He was super excited about them and couldn't wait to play.

He couldn't wait for Daddy to put together his new toys!

Love this little 4 year-old.

He wore that birthday hat that they made him at school most of the night.

I only got a picture of him and Matthew because the other one was upset that he couldn't have cake until after his soccer practice.  These days, he's upset with anything and everything.  Who said that girls were more drama?

 Silly selfie...

Happy 4th birthday, Mark.  We love you to the moon and back!

Halloween 2015

This was a tricky Halloween for sure.  I think we are at the point where the older boys are getting too old for trick-or-treating so this may be their last year.  They didn't even put much effort into dressing up.  Michael was a soccer player and Matthew said he was an alien dressed as a human with his sweatshirt and shorts.

Mark, on the other hand was super excited to go treat-or-treating. He's at the perfect age to go trick-or-treating with and he GETS it and just LOVES it.

We went to a block party at a friend's house where the kids ran around and played.  Then we all headed out to get some candy. Michael and Matthew went off on their own with Tucker.  Of course, Michael wandered off on his own and got separated from the other two so we had to stop and drive around to look for him. We finally found him near our old house. At that point, we were done so we drove home.

I got a few pictures, but the older two did not want to participate in the picture-taking so it was mostly of Mark.

These 3 were enjoying the food/candy before trick-or-treating.

There were so many kids but they were busy running around, so group picture was impossible. This was the biggest group I can round up.

The cutest Incredible Hulk ever.

There's a cul-de-sac in our old neighborhood that goes all out for Halloween.  The whole street decorates and it is elaborate.  This was one of the houses on the street that we stopped at.

My little trick-or-treater with his pink pumpkin.

We ran into Jaxson!

Love this little guy.

That's our Halloween! Can't wait for next year.  I might even dress up....

Two More Weeks!

Happy Friday morning! Two posts in a week, what? It's been a little hectic around here which is very surprising to me because I thought I would have all sorts of time now that little man is in pre-school full time. Wrong again.  I think I've overcommitted and over-volunteered a little bit. 

So I've been waking up an hour earlier to fit my quiet time back in. And it's been a little less hectic in the mornings.  This was sunrise yesterday - so pretty.

Anyway, I just wanted to give an update on our house. They say we have a week left, but with the amount of things to be completed still, I highly doubt that.  I think we have at least two more weeks.

Our master bathroom now has countertops.

No tub yet, though.

Master closet is no longer shiny white.

The sink went in after I took this picture.

These are the three stain option for our walnut floors. We've made a decision, but hubby is going back between Jacobean and Coffee Bean - the last two.

I'm so excited for this room to be done.  Our backsplash is up and our granite is on. I'm still nervous that I haven't chosen the right things, but it's starting to come together!

Closer look at the backsplash. 

Wednesday Randoms

I haven't posted in awhile and this post is totally random. We attended the CEF Culinary Celebration Fundraiser a couple of weekends ago and had a blast.  Michael went because I promised he can wear shorts.  It was a Caribbean themed party so I was totally OK with it.

Michael had his first Dawson football game a couple of Mondays ago too.  He looked super cute in his football uniform.

I went to a craft party and made this witch wreath.  I think it looks very festive and perfect for Halloween. Matthew said it looks like a witch got squished against our door.

My three little monkeys sitting on a bed.

Mark found his sunglasses and decided to wear them to watch his iPad.  He told me that the iPad was not as bright with these on. Silly goose!