Before and After: Hall bathroom

A.K.A The Children’s bathroom. And unless I’ve just cleaned it. It looks like children use, and abuse it.

2011-09-17_15-40-29_175These are the MLS photos.  It’s hard to tell but the mirror went ALL the way over past the toilet tank. Who thought that was a good idea? What guy wants to watch himself pee?

2011-09-17_15-40-41_689I actually painted this room twice. I am not a fan of white walls, but brown is so much worse. In my defense I was trying for a beachy sandy vibe. It didn’t work. Brown walls in a bathroom? Well that color didn’t last long.

IMG_9014SO, I re-painted. BUT it was SO worth it. We went with a light blue. It’s bright and soothing.

IMG_9015We got rid of the monstrosity of a mirror and put in the Master bathroom’s mirror that we framed out. Someday that grovey counter is going away…… And maybe we will get a new light then too.

IMG_9016And because we like house guests I made sure that we put in enough hooks to accommodate any number of guests.  And the sign on the door (saw it on pinterest, but don’t have a source for it….:() makes me silly happy.

IMG_9017The VERY first thing I bought for this bathroom was a new NON wood toilet seat.

IMG_9018Josh was convinced that we would have to buy new faucets for the bathrooms, and kitchen. They looked awful. Turns out they are decent, they were just hidden under far too many layers of goo. Josh thought we had put new ones in the day I cleaned them!

 

 

 

Memorial day

Jon stayed home to work, and I took the children to the Day family Memorial Day BBQ. I LOVE family. Blood, not blood. Family is family. I love that the Day family feels the same, and we get to do so many fun family things together.

IMG_8893Jan (For those who don’t know, Jan is the cousins Grandma.) comforting Regan after I dunked him in the pool. He was NOT happy with me for a bit.

IMG_8894Kaylee seems to be over her water phobia. I am so happy for her. She actually had FUN in the pool this time!

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IMG_8904Shannon is the baby swimming whisperer. She had Kaylee swimming all over and jumping in like a pro in no time.

IMG_8909Shannon telling Kaylee that she is doing great!

IMG_8915Regan had a love hate relationship with the pool today.

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IMG_8930He hated.

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IMG_8955And then he LOVED.

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IMG_8967Uncle Dwayne swam him all over the pool.

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IMG_8975I love how fearless Cassie is.

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IMG_8989Hoping everyone else had a lovely Memorial Day.

Kayleeism

3:30 AM-

Kaylee came into our room and thumped a book angrily down next to my head. “Mom! We both put on our CRAZY pants and forgot to read the princess book, and now it’s TOO late!” I could see she was fighting the tears.

Good thing I was WIDE awake having a bought of insomnia myself. I laughed so hard, then pulled her into bed with me and read her 11 pages of the Ordinary Princess. After that she happily went back to her room and passed out.

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Jon was less than pleased, “Why are my girls awake? It’s 3:30 in the morning!” He promptly rolled over and passed out. 😉

I highly recommend this book. It’s lovely. I have read it to Kaylee several times over the years. This is the first reading that she is getting WAY into it. I am loving that she is able to visualize the stories and doesn’t need picture books every time we read.

Seriously though, I LOVE this book. And I love my little fellow insomniac so much!