bedroom remodel

On Tuesday, September 2nd, we moved out of our bedroom and started the remodel. Well, today we finally got to put the bed back in, after sleeping in the living room for 3 weeks. There's still quite a bit to get done (trim, baseboard, crown molding, and the closet) but at least we can live there while we work on those things. Here are some pictures of our progress.

The window that used to be on the street-side wall is now gone and our bed can go up against it. The old comforter cover doesn't really go well with the new color so I plan on finding a new duvet cover (hopefully at the Pottery Barn outlet!).

Here's our new vinyl window!

Refinished hardwood...
The closet was opened up so I can do a closet system inside (hello IKEA!)...
Oh, and we're going to get a new door too (one that actually closes!).

new haircut!

Well, it's been since last Christmas when Jamie had his last buzz. He wouldn't let me use the clippers but I got it pretty short with the scissors. I also cut myself because he moved suddenly and I was just making a cut between my fingers. Owell, at least I didn't cut him. It's been hard to get used to seeing him with short hair again, but we keep telling him he looks "so handsome". Then this morning he came out of the bathroom and said that he looked in the mirror and was sad, and I asked him why and he said he looked silly and not handsome. Not sure where that came from!

mariner's game & ferry ride

On Sunday, September 7th, I took Jamie to a Mariner's game after church. We rode the ferry across, walked to the game, kinda watched it, got a bike-taxi back to the ferry, and rode it back where Chad and Abby picked us up. It was a long day for a kid who usually takes a nap so he was a little difficult by the end, but still glad we had the time together. I felt bad though because he was so disappointed that he didn't get to catch a ball. A few days before the game, I found a kids glove at the consignment store and got it for him, telling him he could wear it at the game in case in balls come our way. I wonder if maybe he thought we were going to play in the game because he was pretty ticked that all the people on the field (the players) got to catch the ball instead of him.

Our delicious snack of cheetos, nectarines, chocolate milk, and peanut m&m's:
Playing with the white balance on my camera, I think I set this one to white florescent light, it looks pretty good SOOC:
Jamie laid down on the bench. I asked him if he was taking a nap, he said "no, just a rest".



In our original seats:
which weren't so great (hey, the tickets were free!):
So we went to the play area instead:
then we poached some other seats in the outfield where Jamie waited with his glove on:
These people eventually came back but by then the other people in the row had left so we just scooted over, and then I tried to leave early but he protested, so we ended up in another pair of seats at the end.


On the ferry, we took self-portraits just for fun and made different faces:
happy face
silly face
sad face
not sure what this one was, but it looks like we've got it down

first day of preschool

Jamie's first day of preschool was September 8th. He wore his new bear shirt that I got him for the first day. Chad was home that day so the whole family walked him to school, then Abby and I walked up there and picked him up a few hours later. Abby is allowed to play on the playground when we go and pick him up so I always let them stay and play after school is over, and they both love it! Jamie always says now "Mrs. Brown lives too far away." Of course, he totally thinks that his teacher lives there and he says that so I will drive him and he won't have to walk. But I'm hoping that we will get a chance to at least walk back (because we're too much in a hurry to drop him off) once or twice a week. Here are some pictures of his first day:

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My camera battery died on our 2nd day but I did manage to get a few pictures beforehand. And Kristy took a few pictures for me too! We had a lot of fun in the actual campground this year except for the fact that it started pouring about 3 a.m. Sunday morning and didn't stop. We went out to breakfast and came back to find our tent starting to leak, so we packed up just like everyone else and headed home. It was a bummer because we had all planned to stay Sunday night too, better luck next year.
Pat playing with the kids:
pout-face (she just had her hair done):
Jamie's first encounter with a barbie:
Maribella burying Rebecca (where's the happy faces girls?):
"Ki-ki" as Abby calls her:
Otto sporting his mom's shirt after he soaked his clothes:
Or is it Dash?
Some pictures I took of the morning sun:


Abby riding mommy's scooter:

Otto!
So ladylike!
Okay, that's better...
So scary without a shower!
Poor Killian, look at that road-rash!
See ya!