We have been outdoors every chance we can get. Last weekend was no different. Craig decided to take out all the stones in the path I made leading from the deck to the pool. I made it right after I gave birth to Monsta, four years ago. During this time, I had the intentions of planting some low growing thyme inbetween the stones to make it look all purty. It didn’t happen and the weeds grass took over and on top of that I didn’t make it all that level so when it rains we get some nice looking puddles. Craig dug everything up and me and Monsta helped dig out the growth. He laid down a barrier to prevent weeds from coming through this time. He placed everything back but now the fun begins trying to level all the stones. These are really crazy stones, some really thick, some thin… I remember it was really difficult. Ugh….not looking forward to that task. What makes it tolerable is when I can look over on the grass and see this…
It makes my heart sing. Can Cubby get anymore of his hand in his mouth? He is teething and can’t help it the poor babe. Look at the Monsta? You know we call him that because he is the exact opposite right? He loves him so and Craig and I are the luckiest people in the world.
kisses, Marina
Craig purchased a new retractable hose thingie last week. I love them. We have had several but eventually they break. It is so easy for me to just go out and water all my plants and then just push a lever and the hose automatically gets put away neatly. How can you NOT love a thing like that? He and the Monsta hooked it up this weekend.
Some highlights:
My handsome guy
Goofing Off is a must!
Actually back to reading the instructions
The installation. In the end, it worked beautifully….I just didn’t get a shot of that part. Don’t you just love how that boy loves to work with his Daddy? I love witnessing moments like these.
Six months have gone by and let me just tell you, they went by super fast! My sweet, little Cubby is a champ with one tooth already breaking through his gums. I feel another one right behind it too. It has been a sickly winter around here. Monsta doesn’t ever seem to get over these dreaded colds. He has been sporting a lovely cough for over two weeks now – good grief. I feel that the better portion of my day is telling him to cover his mouth or don’t cough in the baby’s face. It gets tiresome. The sun being out though makes us happy. We have been outside for days. I have successfully weeded all the beds, replanted my blueberry bush and replanted my herbs from the garden into pots on the deck. I have repotted ALL my african violets to cheer them up. I feel terrible for them….I just don’t have enough windows in my house to put them in. Poor little guys. What is left on my priority list is to plant some bulbs I picked up and some peas and some cosmos. Then I can move on to my regular ongoing list. It never ends but I love it!
Loving this weather! It is so nice out that I feel like I have a new lease on life. We don’t have to rush into the house when we get home and I even started pruning some shrubs and plants today. As a matter of fact, I’m going out right now again. Ben just woke up and that is the plan. My pansies even came back from last year. How happy am I? I will leave you with this cheery photo of Cubby. Melt my heart.
it came
it fell
we played
he plowed and plowed and plowed
are noses were red
muscles (Craig’s muscles) were tired
soggy socks were placed next to the heater
we drank hot chocolate
priceless…….if I could bottle that feeling up, i would.
I couldn’t put my finger on it. The Monsta had been waking up in the middle of the night for many days in a row. Was it because he had the sniffles? Was it because he had a bad dream? Well, I laid down on his bed an said to myself, “Self, this bed is really uncomfortable!”. It was an old twin bed that was passed around and somehow it landed in my son’s room. It was really awful. Craig went out and purchased a nice, comfy new bed and our problem was solved. A little firm cushion made my boy have sweet dreams all night long. YAY.
He had to part with the old mattress. It was quite fun having it laid out on the living room floor. Here he is being Ben….
September 3, 2009
in house
The livingroom (it is all I’m talking about lately – sorry but…) is totally coming together. My Aunt has been calling everyday from random stores saying that she found another piece for the LR and that she is coming over. We pretty much have loved everything she has picked up. She even found the rug I thought would take forever to find. All that is really left is hanging the cornice and prints for the wall. I made the pillow yesterday (WITH a zipper) and it came out great. Everytime I round the corner into that room, I let out a big loving sigh. The room is different and inviting and I love it. The last few touches will be the cherry on top.
or shall I say day dreaming of all the things I would like to accomplish before the baby arrives. I’ve been wanting to do another belly shot being that I’m 35 weeks but I just don’t have the time or the inspiration. Maybe over the weekend something will come over me. Livingroom is shaping up. Seat cushions are in and the cornice has been made. (Thanks to my Aunt Les who came over last night and worked on the floor while Ben was jumping on her back!) I have to now make another pillow (which I was supposed to do last week or was that the week before?) and hang the cornice. Also, find a rug. I don’t know if the rug will happen before Rosh Hashanah but that is ok. I still don’t have the prints I wanted up. That’s funny, up sounds like I have them framed…..meanwhile……I didn’t even take the shots I want for that wall. As Scarlett always says, “Tomorrow is another day”.
Most of you know that I’ve been trying to redecorate the living room for quite some time now. Today I started my first project of making throw pillows for the couches. I looked at many videos to figure out how to put piping on. That is the chord around the edges and if done properly can make your pillow look really professional. Well, I can’t say that I did it right but I am really pleased with the final product. I know mistakes that I made that I can fix on the next three pillows so that is good. The one problem I ran into was that I left too small of an opening to stuff the pillow in and I worked like a freaking lumberjack to try and push it in. I was absolutely sweating for over 30 minutes. If anyone was filming me doing this I swear I would get one zillion hits on youtube.
Total cost: $13.00 (not bad)
If the sun is out, we are in the pool around here. It is heavenly and my favorite thing to do. Monsta has been really awesome in the water. He goes out in his tube like nobody’s business. My Father came last week to swim with him and he did great. Short swim lesson but LOTS of time spent pouring water on Abuelito’s head. Check out the scene…
