Second remodel step started........

then suddenly STOPPED! I just found out the hard way that it is much more humid in this part of the state! Humidity makes painting a MESS! I put all the pink on, let it dry and was excited to get the purple on, but when the roller started taking the paint BACK off as fast as it rolled it on......well, I will have to wait for a drier day to finish painting. Kendalan wanted to help, I found that a baby gate kept her at bay! Sorry sweetie! Maybe you can paint when you are older!

The remodel is finally underway

Okay, better late than never. The plan was to change the decor in the bedrooms once we moved in. Out with the rough/tough boy digs and bring in the pink/purple fluffy stuff girls need in their rooms. The girls divided themselves up when we first moved in. Two girls to a bedroom. Jordis and RaeAnne to share, ZoraLin and Kendalan to share. That only lasted a few weeks. Musical beds has been the ongoing nightly dance that Mom and Dad are getting tired of! Right now, all four girls are in one bedroom. We have a queen bed and a full bed on the floor in one room. Put together like one supersized bed. You would think that this is a wonderful solution. NOT! Now the battle is the three older girls all want to sleep in the same bed, thus leaving Kendalan in a bed by herself. Granted, she is still in the same room with them, but the whine flows and flows.

The new and final solution is in the works. We are going to get two sets of bunk beds and then they will all be in one room, in their own bed!

I had to start by stripping the motorcycle border off the walls. The girls were my clean up crew. After all the paper was off, RaeAnne and Jordis picked it all up and out it went. I then painted the top half of the room pink. Next, the bottom half will be purple and then we have Fairy Friends border to put up. Each girl has their own special sheets for their twin bed and I have purchased reversable pink/purple quilts for the beds. I think it will be cozy!

Here are some of the changes made so far. The girls have been excited to help. Of course, they also want to help paint.....I will have to think about that one for a while.

Potty training......NOT my girl!!!

Kendalan turned three years old April 24th. This girl is SO ahead in just about everything. Well, except for the desire to use the potty. She just does not seem to have the time to fiddle with using the potty. I am not too concerned. RaeAnne was 3.75 before she over night decided to throw away her diapers and use the big girl toilet. She never looked back. ZoraLin was earlier in training and basically did the same thing. Jordis came to us with scars on her hips which we think were likely caused by being tied on the potty chair. Kendalan is another story. This is what she thinks the potty seat is for. Yepper! That's my girl!!

Dresses

One of the girls said something about wearing a dress the other day. So I rummaged through the closet and look what I found! Was a whole lotta beautiful at our house!!

Reading chair

We made a trip to our library a few days ago. It has a wonderful kids section where the girls each took turns putting on a puppet show. They also have an area where the kids can sit and read. I am not sure what the background for this chair is, but we used it for a photo op.

If you look closely at Jordis' hair you will see that our resident beautician, ZoraLin, has been practicing without a license! I have lost count how many times I have revoked that license! Guess the scissors will have to be put up even higher!!

Officially summertime!

I arrived home from work last night and RaeAnne could not stop telling me about the Lemonade Stand that they were going to have. She crawled in bed with me, flipped and flopped like a fish out of water, and finally dropped off to sleep. This morning first thing off, she was looking out the front door to see if Paige was out. (Our neighbor girl) The phone rang about 11am and it was seconds later that RaeAnne literally ZIPPED across the front lawn to Paige's house.

I filled my pockets with quarters, grabbed the camera, two excited little sisters and headed across the street. Here is what I found.





The girls had a great time for about an hour and the neighbor's were great about "donating" to the girls' pool party fund! That is supposedly why they had the Lemonade stand, to make money for a pool party. I still don't know where that party is supposed to be. Guess Mommy's are the last to know!

Jordis...minus one tooth!

The tooth fairy has been having quite a workout around here lately. Jordis lost her first tooth recently. Here she is with one less tooth!