Treehouse, Snowmen, Aquarium

The past few days have been way fun kid days. We went with the neighborhood kids to the Treehouse Museum, Built a Snowman in the yard with Nate, and Traveled down to the Sandy Aquarium to meet octupus, sharks, penguins, frogs, and pet rays and urchins.
Fun was had by all!

Valentines at the Bowling Lanes

We hooked up with Nate's extended family for a night at WSU Lanes. We had bumpers up and the tiniest bowling balls but the girls LOVED it!!! Thanks everyone for the fun night!

Firemen, Firetruck!

Our sweet neighbor Maxine slipped and broke her hip today. The ambulance and firetruck created quite a stir. We tried to eleviate some of Maxine's embarrassment by drawing attention to the fire enguine. The firemen signed the girls' fire book and let them climb in the truck and get dressed up in their duds. It was quite the morning!!!

Sarah's Birthday Party

Blowing out candles

Abby diving for the cake

Sarah's Basketball Hoop (Nate did get her princess slippers too...)

Sleeping Beauty Cake

Wood Blocks from Grandma and Grandpa Starley

Sarah 3 @ Vintage Cupcake

Two Grandmas and a Great Grandpa for Birthday Cupcakes!

Blowing out her Candles

Swinging on the Porch Swing (Inside Vintage Cupcake)
Katelyn, Cousin Lexie, Sarah

Abby mostly watched the Pinkalicious Desserts from her stroller...

Isn't this place just darling!!?

So bare (bear?) with me, I have a lot of posts to catch up on.

Dangers of Skiing

The girls and I enjoyed the Junior High Play, Beauty and the Beast, while Nate was working away.

They loved meeting Belle at the end and the suckers that were shaped like Roses. It was very impressive!!!
Beware Photos may be gruesome...

This poor girl was skiing and when she went off the jump, her pole stuck in the snow and her chin came straight into the pole. Nate fixed her up right away but I thought you guys should see his handy work.
Before

After (Same Night)

Laundry Room Renovations

We finished this just before Abby was born in May but somehow with the 3 girls I never got around to blogging about our work. (I am currently working on my kitchen...)
Before

Close Enough to After

Here is a more detailed transition:
Before Under Stairs



Framing DIY


Sheetrock DIY



Bring in the Professionals:Framers, Plumbers, Mud and Tapers




Paint DIY

Flooring DIY


Chalkboard Wall (missing the measuring wall and moulding but you get the idea)

Mural over Kitchen from Laundry Room entrance

Polka Dot Playroom Wall

Sarah's Pre-3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated everyone's Ropelato January Birthdays together and added Sarah's since hers is so early in February.
Excited about her Sleeping Beauty Cake (My mom made it and decorated it with Fondant)

Blowing out the 3 Candles

Her Barbie Car Birthday Present

Playing with Jasmin's Castle (My mom gave her a box of paints to decorate it with as well (super creative, I know)

Treehouse Museum with Preschool

Treehouse Field Trip
Dem Bones Dem Bones-making a skeleton floor puzzle in the science area (they loved the microscope and dressing like neonatal nurses.

The music area. This place is great!

K is for Katelyn Day
Abby, Sarah, and I joined Katelyn for K day. We brought a K is for Katelyn poster with photos and a list of her favorites. We had the snack so we brought K is for Koolaid, Kix, Kisses (hershey kisses), and we brought cookie cutter K's to cut the K shape into single cheese slices. The kids loved it and we had a blast!!!