I am getting tired of blank walls and I am also getting tired of not having anywhere to display the boys’ masterpieces. So, today I went to Hobby Lobby and bought these frames (they don’t have any glass in them) that happened to be 50% off. I had the guy in the framing department put the sawtooth hanging things on the back so they can be hung either horizontally or vertically so I can change our little gallery as needed. These little pieces of art can be found in our playroom.
Colm LOVES to vacuum the stairs with the mini-vac and he does a GREAT job-SERIOUSLY!
This is how Liam feels about cleaning. To be fair he had spent the better part of the morning cleaning his room (which was a PIT) and he just couldn’t peel himself off the floor.
Liam had his family birthday party last Sunday. It was fun and another excuse to eat cake. 🙂
He got a lot of knights stuff and of course, Star Wars.
The first time all of the cousins were under the same roof. Tatum, Finnegan, Jessika, Luke Liam, Colm
Sean putting the castle together.
I hate dusting. I told Sean before we got married how much I hate to dust. I will clean toilets, I will do dishes, I will do laundry, but I really don’t like dusting. When was the last time you dusted and/or how often do you dust? Be honest, people.
Colm and I went on a field trip today to the downtown library to a program they have right now about fairy tales. It was a great exhibit with LOTS of hands-on things for kids to do.
Outside of parking garage…pretty neat.
Climbing Jack’s beanstalk
The giant from Jack and the Beanstalk
Riding in Cinderella’s coach
Colm making up his own fairy tale on the computer.
Look, Mom, a secret window.
I know it is a little late for this, but I have decided I need to do something for myself, so here it is…Colm and I always go out on these fun little field trips during the week. Whether it be to storytime at the jazz museum, a play at Union Station, or just going to the park when the weather is nice. I love spending time with Colm, but we always do all of these things by ourselves. We went out yesterday and I saw all of these moms out together with their kids. I need that. I need to spend more time with people over the age of four. We can still do all of our fun stuff, but I need to make a conscious effort to start asking others to come with us. Not only will it be good for me, it will be fun for Colm, too. I know he could use a break from me every now and again, too.
Are there ever things you want to blog about but you can’t?
Sean and I had dinner last night with over 3,300 other people. Sean’s work had their annual company dinner. There were over 330 tables with ten people at each table. It was crazy. (When Sean first started working there almost ten years ago we used to meet at a dinner theater for the company dinner.) The food was good and they had an awesome group called the Stanford Taiko Drums perform. Everyone in the whole room stopped what they were doing to watch these people. It was really cool to watch that many people stop and pay attention.
Liam’s party was a huge success and now I can relax. We had eight kindergarten boys (plus Colm) and it was great…the kids were great, the cupcakes were great and the magician was great. Phew! On a sidenote, I can’t believe he is six! Six, people! He has to use both hands to show people how old he is!
Cupcakes in the shape of a magician’s hat with rabbits on top.
The magician was so good and so good with the boys…totally into boy humor. They were in stitches.
Liam the assistant (yes, he’s holding a Barbie…it was part of the trick).
Checking out the goody bags.