April Review

April showered more house projects, but we had a lot of fun along the way.

staining with a smile

I had so much fun as chaperon on a mini field trip for Henry's class where we walked down the road to the "big kid campus" to watch the 1st-3rd Grade Talent Show.  Pictured is Henry and his best buddy Gryffin (on the left) with their teacher Ms. Sybil. 

Watching traffic from the overpass.  

Ms. Sybil made sure to teach the children how to signal for the trucks to honk their horns.  The kids loved it!  Gotta appreciate the well-rounded education our children get at a Montessori school.  

A selfie while waiting for the talent show to begin.  

Gryffin cracks me up.  One performance into the show, he asked "Is that the last one?"  Uh, no Gryffin.  He collapses in angst, "This is the worst!"  The next hour was spent trying to keep him awake, which was not an easy task I tell you!

On the bright side, it made my day when Claire asked her teacher if she could go sit by her mom during the show.  I know the day will come when she will be embarrassed to sit by me, but until then, I will soak it up. 

A Spring Cake for Spring Break!

Getting ready to paint bedrooms.

Covering our kids in Scripture.

Our prayer for Claire: Zephaniah 3:17 and Philippians 4:13

Our prayer for Henry: 1 Samuel 1:27

Our Prayer for George: Galatians 6:9

We are SO THANKFUL for all our painting helpers.

Pictured is Joe's buddy, Casey, who helped paint the kids' bedrooms.

Also, Joe's mom and her friend Mary helped paint the nursery and our bedroom.

My dear friend, Mindy, helped paint the sitting area and the stairwell.   

We decided to stay with rather neutral colors for the kids' bedrooms since their favorite colors change on an almost weekly basis.  But in an effort to help them customize their space, we let them paint their closets with the color of their choosing, which they seemed happy with.

Just a bit of prep work and then Claire is ready to paint her closet.

Grandpa and George hang Claire's closet shelves.

We have been amazed through this renovation process at how George has become obsessed with working with Grandpa.  He would stay by his side all day, wanting to know exactly what Grandpa was doing.

With the painting done, Claire and Henry wanted to spend their first night upstairs.  Claire set up her sleeping bag, and without hesitation, Henry set his next to hers.  Claire graciously allowed him to share her room for the night.  

Night #2, however, didn't go quite so smoothly.  Claire was ready to have her room to herself, and so without an ounce of subtlety, she picked up Henry's sleeping bag and threw it outside her door. Henry, ever so calmly, picked it up and put it right back where it was.  Not sure he's as eager to have his own room.

Somebody get that boy a hammer.  He has work to do.

We enjoyed an evening with our Pastor and his family.  

Plenty of time to talk council matters and still play some Mario Kart.

George visited with Great Grandma Puplis while Grandpa and Grandma 

Puplis took advantage of a nice weekend to help paint the upstairs doors.

It's official!  

Furniture has come out of storage, and the kids are moved into their rooms.

George does have a mattress on the floor in Henry's room so that he can practice sleeping in a big boy bed.  I think he still benefits from being contained in a crib, but Henry loves to have him close.

Finally warming up to the idea of having his own space.

This is the unfortunate result of our Queen-sized box spring that refused to fit up the steps.  Where there is a will...and some tools...there is a way.

Another picture of George shadowing Quality Builders.

He saw Grandpa on his stool and had to get his own.  He would much rather play with tools than toys.  We've tried to appease him with plastic or wooden tool toys, but he knows the real thing, and he won't settle for less.  Gives me gray hair, but it's just so cute.