After living in our house for almost a year, we are finally jumping into the deep end of home improvement! We have started painting. If you know us and our house history, our house in Virginia needed A LOT of paint....Every wall, door and molding needed new paint after unwallpapering and covering up lots of stencil. So......It amazed us when we began our painting journey here in Emma's room and we were done by noon! Newer houses are so much easier to paint!. Here is some of our progress...
Emma chose pink! (Or as she tells everyone, light pink)
She is really happy with it
In Ian's room, we went with green
We might do wainscoting in this room as well
And the playroom is now blue
I found some cute decals at Target to decorate with
Next up, we will tackle our bedroom; we still are in negotiations over the color!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Home Improvement
Posted by Sara, Dan, Emma, & Ian at 8:16 AM 2 comments
All about Ian
Ian has just turned 15 months old, so I figure it is time for another little update about what he is up to. After going to his well baby appointment last week, we found out that Ian is growing by leaps and bounds! He weighs 25 pounds (which is in the 63rd percentile) and he is a whopping 31 inches tall (which is in the 82nd percentile)!
Ian is now walking all over the place. He is not running.... yet, but he can get pretty fast when he sees something he wants, or when he is chasing Emma.
Although Ian is not saying too much yet, he is very vocal with some new instruments....He has learned how to use a kazoo and he loves walking around blowing Emma's train whistle!
He also loves drums and maracas. We are thinking of starting him on the harmonica next :)
Ian now loves to ride on the rocking horse!
He often has an extra rider on with him
We are starting to learn how to eat with utensils!
It can get a little messy at times
Emma likes to help him out sometimes!
But some food is still best picked up!
Our little baby is growing up into a toddler before our eyes!
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Celebrating the 4th on the 3rd in Penfield
Dan's hometown has a great July 4th celebration every year. This year, most of the activities were on July 3rd. First thing in the morning, we headed out to the parade.
Waiting for the parade to start
Ian is not so patient
Here come the fire engines!
Ian shows some patriotic spirit
Emma and her flag
Wegmans handed out refreshing water
The local mortuary's float
Ian watches the parade go by
Emma leads he own parade
We also celebrated Daddy's birthday (Being a year older must have been tiring for him :)
Then we went to watch fireworks
Waiting for the show
Playing with glow necklaces
Ian learned how to put them over his head
Daddy had Emma convinced that the fireworks and parade were all for his birthday!
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Playing In Rochester
We had a great visit in New York over the 4th of July long weekend! We love visiting Grandpa and Grandma's house; especially during this time of year because there are lots of fun things to do!
Grandma got Emma light sticks; Ian loved them too!
Emma loves playing pirate at Grandpa and Grandma's house
Testing out the pool...It was a little chilly
Ian really liked the pool toys
We also headed to the Strong Museum of play
Playing with shapes
Making designs
Who can do their puzzle faster???? (Emma won!)
Ian checks out what Emma is doing
A fun jumping game
Emma sells Grandma some fruit
Ian found lots of things to get into
Making crowns
Princess Emma
Playing store in the pretend Wegmans
Here comes Emma's next customer!
After dinner, we took Emma out to another fun place...a giant bouncing pillow
Bouncing with Daddy
It was fun to run across, too
Getting some air!
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