Last Friday in January!

Today we headed over to Aunt Kiki's house for a play date. We hadn't been over there since before Christmas! So the kids had fun playing together with all the new toys! Especially with the new Elmo Kitchen! We made grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and later we made some homemade oatmeal cookies with lots of yummy cinnamon! The kids loved them (and the mommies too)! The kids were worn out by the end of the day. Luke took a nice nap and Elle took a nap in the car on the way home.













I had 2 sales in my Etsy store today! I was also featured in a blog about pinks and dots! Check it out: http://onthedotcreations.typepad.com/onthedotcreations/2009/01/-tickled-pink-.html

She featured my child's apron! I am hoping it will sell before the new CPSIA law goes into place on 2-10-09!

Tonight I hope to able to run out to get some more ribbon for my shop!

I just want to add a quick but very sincere Congratulations to Rob Oakley for getting a new job at Illinois State University! He will be in the IT department! I know he is happy to be out of the factory he was working for (also in the IT dept) But he learned a lot there and can be thankful for that! Good Luck and many happy years at your new awesome job! Congrats Rob! :)

Winter Blahs

I am so ready for spring to come this year. While I do enjoy seeing the pretty snow on the ground I am ready to work in my new yard. I did happen to catch these cute morning dove couples hanging out on my picket fence this morning. I better get used to spring being awhile away yet...it is only the end of January so we still have at least 2 months left of winter. Maybe if we are lucky we will get a few nice days sprinkled in here and there.
John is closer to the basement remodel getting done. He has a good amount of the drywall up. I'd say over 1/3! He did not get to work on it last night though since I had my lab and science class from 5-8:15pm. Hopefully tonight he can get some work done. I can't wait to post the before and after pictures! That will be awhile yet!

A Regular Day

I watched Autumn for the morning while Adam and Megan worked. Adam drops her off in the morning and Meg picks her up after lunchtime. Ellen and "Abu" always have fun playing together. Today they played with Little People. They love to look through the bucket of all the little characters. John came home for lunch today and the girls were happy to see him! Autumn was giving him fluttery eyes!



John has been working on the basement remodel for a couple months now. He has torn out all the old carpet, walls and lighting. He installed a raised floor for insulating purposes and tonight he started on the new drywall! As you can see Ellen is helping him with the drill! He already has several pieces of drywall up and he just started an hour ago! Yea! I can't wait to be able to enjoy that area downstairs! I am dying for a fire in the fireplace!