Trick or Treat!

Drew went trick or treating for the first time tonight and LOVED it! She was a little shy at first but by the last few houses, she wouldn't let us go with her "I'm going to this house by myself!" She never really caught on that you say "trick or treat!" but instead announced herself as "trick or treater!" at every door! Soooo cute!

Drewbie at Gymnastics

Today was the last day of Drew's first month of gymnastics. She's really enjoying it. I tried to get some photos but it was hard without the flash and holding Eli to get any really decent ones, but here are a few of her, on the bars, trampoline, and doing a handstand against the wall.






And here's a little video of her on the bars counting :)

Costume Party!

Playgroup had a costume party today and much fun was had by all. Here are some pics...



The two tiggers


Drew and princess friends...







Being Tigger is tiring...

Tigger Drew & Tigger Eli

Halloween 2005, Drew was Tigger. And Eli is being Tigger this Halloween.

Bouncy Bouncy

Eli Bug

Pumpkin Decorating Party!

Drew's playgroup had a pumpkin decorating party this morning. It was so much fun and Drew made a really gaudy pumpkin :)

Napping in the Cozy Chair

Eli's not much of a napper and when he does nap, it's almost always in my arms or sometimes on daddy. But today, I was in what has been deemed the cozy chair nursing him and he stopped nursing and snuggled up with his head on the pillow and my arm under him and he let me sing him to sleep. I snuck off to actually get some stuff done during his nap and he just looked so stinking cute and cozy I had to snap a picture.

Eli swinging

Our Green Eyed Sweetie

Tutu Cute

This Old House

Once upon a time, we bought a little house. Crapshack, really. And We (Jason) have been fixing it up for the past year and change. It's small (about 1800 sf), has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. While a lot has been changed in the past year, there is still a lot to do, but it's cozy and cute and a sweet little place to call home, finally. At the moment, Jason is hanging drywall in the 3rd to be renovated bedroom. When that is done, Eli will have his room to himself and I'll be able to share more pictures. So, for today, I have pics of the living room, kitchen, dining area, and Drew's room to share. You'll have to use your imagination for a lot of the before - because I took about 100 pics right after we bought the house but they were on our laptop that died. I know, so sad. So...picture dark fake wood panelling on all walls, orange and green swirled shag carpet in the living room, red shag carpet in Drew's room, disgusting linoleum floors in the kitchen. Imagine gross and multiply by 10,000 :) And something to remember as you look at these. Jason didn't just take out panelling and slap up drywall. He took down all the walls, poured a concrete base and then put in all new walls. Someday, we'll even get to doing the outside stucco and a nice new fence and such but for now, we're just picking away at the inside.

The *only* before pics I have are a couple Drew took of me when she was on a phototaking kick last year.

So here's the living room - before and after:







Kitchen - before and after (and really, after is an overstatement - we still have lots we'd like to do to change it but for now, it's okay. and I am not showing the other side of the kitchen as it's very much a work in progress!):





Dining area - used to be a useless waste of space entryway so we moved the front door to the living room and made it the eating area:



And Drew's room in progress and now - actually this is a couple months ago - it's rearranged now but a mess so I didn't take a current current pic




And here is Jason's biggest helper!

Mr. Eli

Oh mom, stop taking my picture!

Tickle tickle tickle

For anyone worried that we might not smile enough or laugh enough around this house, here you go :)