February, February

Below: Charlotte and Liam playing 'barbies' in her room.

For her birthday, I made Charlotte 'princess curtains' to hang over her bed. Doesn't Brian look excited?
Below: We've had a bit of cabin fever lately so we've taken to walking daily every afternoon. Charlotte usually complains and want's to go home. Liam complains because he want's us to go further and faster.

Below: The view from our Balcony. In addition to walking, I've been opening the Balcony door to get some fresh air and let the cats escape the kids.

This is the bathroom in our attic. It was painted horrible colors, the floors have cheap laminate, and in the corner behind the door is a NASTY, UGLY,CHEAP, OLD shower. We have since painted the walls an earthy green, the doors are a creamy white and we ripped out the shower today!!! We're hoping to tile the floor next weekend.

The guest bedroom in the attic had 'gingerbread' trim and was painted a weird greenish blue color. We ripped down the trim, mudded it, and are prepping it for paint this week! Yay us.

This is the bathroom. Behind the shower was a big hole in the wall.

'New' bathroom!

Below: The cat hanging out on the Balcony.

Charlotte and Liam taking pictures of the cats.

Below: Charlotte's 4th Birthday party.

Dishing out the cake!

Blowing out the candles.

The Birthday cake!

Charlotte with her friends Ella and Lilly. She had so much fun hanging out with them.

Playing 'Pin the Crown on the Princess.'

Below: Liam woke up early from his nap one day and wanted to help out.

Liam doing dishes! So cute.

So as you can see we've been busy this month! Charlotte is 4 Years old now. Sometimes I think she should be older and sometimes I can't believe she's already four.

What has she been up to lately?

Charlotte likes to work in her pre-k books tracing letters, doing mazes and identifying shapes and colors. She loves to be read to. She LOVES Barbie dolls and anything having to do with princesses. For Christmas we got her a CD player and she spent a lot of time in her room listening to music and singing along.

She's constantly asking me if/when she can get married and get a baby in her tummy.(to quote her verbatim).

Liam is doing well. Aside from TWO ear infections, he's peppy and fun and is slowly learning to use the potty.

Both of the kids have been actively participating in daily chores. They make their beds, clean their rooms and the toy room, feed the cats, and 'help' mom and dad around the house. For their efforts they get to put stickers on their chore chart!