Controlled Chaos

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Never Thought I'd Hear Myself Say...

For posterity's sake...

*Don't put something over your head (and eyes) and run!

* Don't light saber your sister!

* Don't eat stuff you find!

* {said in a public restroom} Get UP! This is NOT the place for "snow" angels! {EWWWWWW!}

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

School's Out for the SUMMER!!!!

And I'm not sure who's more excited C or me :)

Friday was his last day. A few of the mothers from his class prepared a sweet slideshow of pictures for the year. It was bitter-sweet to see how much these little guys have grown over the last 9 months.

Each child was given a Clifford (the class mascot) Award:

C received the "Class Theologian" award

C's teacher has been telling me all year how C is a great leader in discussion during their devotion time. :) And I couldn't be prouder!

A quick picture with C's Teacher and Assistant Teacher. I am so thankful for both of these godly ladies. C and I were both blessed by their gracious, sweet spirits and God-given ability to teach!

G is anxiously awaiting the day she too can be a kindergartner (me...not so much :)

J took us all out for cheeseburgers (C's cuisine of choice) to celebrate!

I want to really take advantage of having C home again so I've set forth a few "goals" for our time this summer:

#1 - Have FUN and make sweet memories because before I know it, it will be August and C and G (starting 4K) will be starting school. I don't want to fritter away our time.

#2 - Serve others as a family. C and G both really enjoy helping...I want to provide opportunities to exercise that gift :)

#3 - Practice the skills C learned over the year...specifically reading and writing. I don't plan to be really structured about this. I just want to make sure we don't go the summer without picking up the first pencil.

Let the good times roll! :)

Friday, May 18, 2012

It's The Little Things!

Just found out that N*tflix has FINALLY started offering M*gnum PI streaming.

161 episodes of 80's detective show goodness makes Staci a happy girl! :)

Dining Room Before & After

Before

During

After

Work done:

Ceiling scraped, patched, and painted
Laminate, baseboards, and bottom 2" of drywall removed, and subfloor treated (cat pee removal)
Trim and walls repainted
Had hardwood floors installed
New chandelier installed

Living Room Before & During

I say during and not after because we still have some work to do on the fireplace/mantel. But we've come SO FAR from where we were that I wanted to document it while I ~~am still having flashbacks~~ can still remember what all we did :)

This picture was taking in late 2010 for our FSBO website (we briefly considered selling and moving out to the sticks).

Once we shelved the idea of moving, we decided to that we wanted to update the space and make the Living Room more than our formal sitting area (at the time we used our Bonus Room as our primary living area).

Here are some pictures of the process...

New couch, rug, and primed fireplace

Updating the ceiling fan (I'm pretty sure we bought the one with the most little pieces...that thing to FOREVER to put up)

But thankfully J had good helpers! MUST...POP... BUBBLE-WRAP! :)

Ceiling Fan Installed...isn't she pretty??? :)

And that was JUST about the time that we realized the fan didn't come with any pull chains. It can only be operated by remote control. SWEET! Just what a family with two young kiddos needs is a fan that only works when you can find the remote control. Yeah, that's never gonna be a problem :)

Then we decided to scrape and paint the ceilings, and repaint the trim and walls.