How is it the end of the weekend already?! Spending 6 hours (yes HOURS) at the Aveda Institute getting my hair done will sort of suck the weekend away. I was trying to save a few bucks by going to the beauty school, but OMG, 6 hours. Spending time with my family is worth more than saving a few $. I said never again the last time I did it, but I'll say it again. NEVER AGAIN! The color isn't that great either. It was a lose/lose.
At least I got to go to a birthday party for one of Isabel's friends and have her have an accident all over an electronic toy. She hasn't had an accident in like 6 months so I didn't even have a spare set of clothes. The toy still worked and she didn't get too upset, so all was good. We got to borrow some cute shorts from her little friend. He was a gracious host.
Today we got supplies for me to redo the kids and guest room bath vanities. If we like how it looks we'll do the master bath and then maybe the kitchen. I really hope it looks good and is a 1 person job. After Home Depot we went to the lake and had lunch.
We had Isabel and Logan's open house yesterday. Despite being right in the middle of nap time it went ok. Isabel played for a couple of minutes in her new room. It's a lot bigger than her 2 year old room and connects to the other 3 year old classroom via a hallway and bathrooms. I didn't get the best picture of her room, but here is one with her and Logan playing.
Logan spent some time in his class too. He did ok. He had the most pathetic cry when the assistant teacher tried to talk to him. It reminded me of what Fargo does when you put clothes on him. He just froze and then the years started. Luckily they didn't last long, but returned when his teacher said 'no' about something. Sensitive would be an understatement. He did use the potty while we were there, so that was good.
Today Isabel had her final swim lesson of the semester (she starts next session next week). She did great and swam around 20 feet!!! After her nap she told me she had a dream that she raced Princess Ariel in the pool. :)
I have pretty much nothing to say today. We've been sticking close to home this week. I've been on the hunt for some brown riding boots for about 2 years. Why are they so expensive?! I found some really cute ones, but they're $200+ and probably won't fit over my man-calves anyway. I will just pretend.
It's actually been sort of bearable being outside in the mornings this week. Today we went over to a friend's house and nobody was sweating! Isabel had a great time 'learning' from her sweet 6 year old 'teacher'. No school this week or ballet, so I need to find free things for us to do. I put in our notice to quit My Gym classes. Logan refused to sit in circle time and I got sick of chasing him kicking and screaming. It's also expensive and now that both kids are starting school the extra $ will be needed!
I'll leave a few pictures. Isabel picked out her sparkly sort of holiday-ish shirt today. I was happy. And here's Logan enjoying the big boy potty again. Still so stinking cute.
Isabel finished her last day as a Wild Thing in Ms. Annie, Ms. Tricia, Mr. Ricardo and Ms. Morgan's classroom on August 16th. This year her lead teacher (Ms. Annie) left in July before we were back from vacation so Ms. Tricia, the assistant teacher, took over. Ms. Morgan was added in take over as assistant teacher. Mr. Ricardo has been with the class since October as an aide. Anyway, we loved our teachers and friends in 2A! I think Isabel has a great year and really learned a lot and played even harder. Thank goodness, because that place ain't cheap! We finished out the year with a pizza party on her last day and then had a pool party Saturday. Unfortunately we got 15 minutes of rain and 2 booms of thunder during the 2 hour window we had for the party, so the party was cut short. No rain after that. Boo. I'm crossing my fingers that we get some today because our yard is looking really bad.
Last day as a Wild Thing!
Pizza!
Missed it! They were all lined up 'sleeping.'
Cookie cake!
Put your hands on your head if you want some cookie cake.
She shouldn't have been eating this. Oops. I realized it later on that night.
Chaos.
Logan and his buddy.
Ms. Morgan
Mr. Ricardo
Such a great picture of Izzy and Mr. Tricia!
Favorite pastime after school. Climbing the tree.
Saying goodbye
I just missed getting a picture of Izzy and Faye holding hands and hugging. :-( Isabel is going to be so so sad when she realized Faye is not in her new class.
Senor Logan has taken an interest in the big boy potty. Little dude is
doing fantastic! I'm trying not to get too excited because I think I
was at this stage with Isabel for a while and then she just reverted and
we gave up until a few months later when she decided she was really
ready. I'm a strong believer in kiddo led potty training. I think it's
more gentle for all involved. I've seen so many parents really
struggle for months on end trying to potty train a little one who just
doesn't want to. I remember Donna telling us to just wait until they're
ready, not when it's convenient for you. So anyway, I won't stress too
much about it if we're in diapers again, but it's pretty darn nice to
not have to clean poopy diapers anymore! We're helping Logan all we can
remember to use the potty and doing the potty dance when he does. He's
very proud of himself! Even Izzy goes in and asks if he needs any
help. So funny.
Wash those hands!
Big Boy Unnawares are way too cute!
In other Logan news he's in a really big Mommy phase. Apparently he CAN get more attached to me. Now he will cry when Brian gets home at night from work. I'm sure it makes Brian feel awesome. I have to do everything with him and he freaks out with Brian. I'm really hoping this is a short phase because it's exhausting. He was fine yesterday morning when Brian got him up and I was already at the gym, but Brian said he started whining for me after a while. I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about how he's going to do in school this year. He definitely is ready for some other friends besides his sister and his sister's friends, so I think this is going to be great for him. Hopefully he feels the same way.
We decided to go out to eat DINNER last night at Chuy's. Usually
dinner out does not happen anymore. It's just too stressful and not
enjoyable right now. We do Chipotle for lunch sometimes. So last night
we went to Chuy's at 6:10pm. Probably the worst time, but we only had
to wait about 25 minutes. We ended up eating on the patio which worked
out perfectly. Isabel and Logan ran around in the little cornered off
area with friends until dinner and then they both actually ate dinner!
It was amazing. Brian and I were able to talk for at least 5 minutes!
Chuy's!
Video of Logan with the front windows open. I wish I could have gotten his face when the wind hit it the first time! At the end he has clearly had enough.
Friday I decided that this weekend we were going to paint the kitchen. I thought about doing the master bath, but decided that we should start with the kitchen. I liked the idea of yellow in the kitchen, but really didn't like the current mustard yellow we had going on. After getting some paint chips and samples we decided on provence cream by Benjamin Moore. If you're currently painting with the cheap stuff from Home Depot/Lowes, stop and go get some good stuff. You will thank me. The coverage is amazing and it's super low VO2. Win win. It's a bit more $, but totally worth it. Brian painted the kitchen while I was in the family room with the kids and there was no odor. At all. Amazing.
Anyway, I taped everything off Friday while the kids napped and then we primed Friday night. Brian is afraid that the art of priming is getting lost. He swears it makes a huge difference. After putting samples on primed vs unprimed walls I think he's on to something.
We finished priming Friday night and Saturday Brian started painting bright and early. Isabel is not feeling good, so she just stayed on the couch and watched movies. I think she has the flu. High high fever and no other symptoms (I imagine she's achey, but she can't verbalize this right now). She tried to jump on her trampoline and goes "I just can't jump today because my head hurts." :-( Lots of snuggles, popsicles, tylenol and movies for this little one.
Anyway, we finished the painting and it looks amazing. I'm really happy with the results. It's exactly what I wanted. Brian came up with the brilliant idea of buying a flush mount light fixture for the playroom (it used to be the dining room and has a low hanging big fixture that we were always bumping into) and putting the current dining room fixture in the kitchen eating area. We had a fixture that was ok, but had these dated 'crystals' on the bottom that Brian hated. I was indifferent, but now that I see the change, it's a good one. Why didn't we do this 3 years ago?!
Before. Old light fixture and paint.
Before. Mustard paint.
Before. Mustard wall.
After.
After. New light fixture.
Stupid blogger. Not sure why this is here, but it's lunch in Gruene.
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Dancing in Gruene Hall
Grandma and Grandpa at Gruene Hal
August monthly picture for Aunt Jenn! 2nd to last one!
Logan feeling better after a bout with the flu.
Isabel before the flu hit her.
Making cookies with her fabulous Harrod's Apron.
Ready for Christmas!!!!
Logan got in on the cookie making action. Too bad mommy just cannot bake. For real.
After.
And since I'm dumping photos I'll dump some of Grandma and Grandpa's visit.
