Nellie lost her 2nd tooth a little while back. Both teeth so far have not been technically ready to come out. However, she won't eat or do hardly anything because they hurt so bad, so we (meaning my sister) pull them out. She is just now getting the permanent tooth in from the first one she lost a few months ago. Anyway, she is feeling much better with the loose teeth out and is eating now!
So this is my big project. I have learned that I really love to paint. It takes my mind off of everything and it is relaxing. Nellie and I found these houses at Michaels and had to get them. We did her's first and then started on mine. Patrick built it for me and then I painted it. It took at total of 3 days. One of the days we spent 6 hours just putting it together. It was crazy hard!! He had to keep taking apart pieces so that I could paint them and then putting it back together again. We love our house and had fun working on it together. I might paint the inside some day, but for now it is natural. Enjoy :)
Nellie has been watching me and helping me paint so she wanted to do one of her own. Patrick put it together for her and she painted it all by herself. She was very proud of her work and won't let anyone touch it. I think she did a great job! :)
The girls have piggy banks so I painted this block for Owen. Now when he gets older he'll have a block bank.
I found these at $ Tree and had to get them. Each one is one of my kids. Nellie is the flower, Samantha is the turtle and Owen is the boat.
Today is Samantha's 5th birthday. I can't believe how fast the past 5 years has gone. She has grown so much. I'll admit that she was not planned at all! She was actually a birth control baby. I can't imagine our family without her though. She is a peacemaker, friend and helper. She always reminds us to say our prayers no matter where we are. She is very creative and loves to put that to action. She is obsessed with dressing up and singing. Most days it's hard to get her into regular clothes just to go out of the house. She will be going into kindergarten this next year and is very excited. It's actually nice having her and Nellie so close. They always have someone to play with. Samantha even gets sad when Nellie has school and she doesn't. She loves to learn and is almost at the same level as Nellie. I can't wait to see what she does with her life as she gets older. Happy Birthday Samantha!! :)
Last week my aunt got the girls this mirror for their room so they could see themselves when they dress up. When she brought it over, I didn't want to be rude, but it was ugly! So I took it upon myself to "fix" it. I got out all my craft paint and went to it. I didn't realize how hard it was really going to be. It took only 2 days and now it's done. I think it turned out pretty good. The girls love it too! I guess that's all that really matters, right? :)
All of a sudden Owen got long hair! It was driving me nuts and I was debating whether or not to cut it. Well Saturday it got the best of me and I just did it! He sat so well and let me even do the buzzers. It was shocking at first but I love it now. He looks so much older, which I don't really like, but overall I think it suits him :)
A few weeks ago Nellie lost her first tooth. It was a little loose for a while but one morning she came screaming to me in the shower. She said that she had had her blanket in her mouth and Samantha ripped it out and made her tooth very loose! She wasn't kidding either!! It was really just hanging there. So I tried to pull it out but just couldn't get it. She kept trying and couldn't get it either. So my sister called and I told her about it and she said she'd be right over. She got it out on the first pull. No crying or anything! Later that day we went to my parents and my dad had made her a "tooth box". She thought it was the coolest thing. That night she put her tooth in the box and went to bed. The next morning she had $$$ in the box! I got a picture of her sleeping next to her tooth box. It was black in her room but with the flash it looks like day.