Woohoo!

We are now over one of the biggest hurdles to this moving process – the bathrooms!  It was a slooooww remodel, but it is done.  I am so relieved.  We have a little tweaking to do on the drawers in the main bathroom and need a new shower curtain, but I’m pretty happy.  They each got new flooring, toilets, vanities with sinks, and a coat of paint.  The main bathroom also got a new mirror.

Before picture of main bathroom

After picture of main bathroom

Before picture of small bathroom

After picture of small bathroom

We have a few small areas left, which I hope will be accomplished in the next few weekends.  In the meantime, we've been fairly busy.

We went to the park and then out for lunch last week.  Nicholas had a lot of fun at the park.  It is nice to have him a little more independent.  Daniel, on the other hand, loves to go in the opposite direction we want him to be.  The only time I could keep him in one general area is when I stuck him in a swing.

He was having so much fun that it was hard to get him to pose for a picture.

The escape artist

At lunch, Nicholas ran around with some kids while Daniel showed us how big he is getting.  He didn't want me to put his cheeseburger into small pieces.  In fact, he didn't even want me to hold it.  They grow up so fast!

Evan celebrated his birthday last weekend and he even had the day off.  He graciously took Nicholas to see Despic@ble Me 2, instead of what he wanted to see.  Then, we met Evan’s parents for dinner.    We celebrated his birthday again on Sunday with my family.  He had a nice 3-day weekend.

Nicholas made him a card.

His last day off before he went back to work was at the fair.  My sister and I have taken Nicholas almost every year.  Evan hasn't been there in years.  After getting the boys’ haircuts, we went to the fair and started with the food.  I don’t think anyone went that overboard, but a little goes a long way for me.

Another big boy haircut

He's always loved a tractor.

Climbing to the big slide at the fair

There he goes!

Nicholas also started another round of swimming lessons this week.  He went four days this week and will go three days next week.  He continues to do really well.  Nicholas is a diving board champ.  He doesn't just jump, but has to do some kind of crazy move.  One of them ended up being a “butt flop", but that’s probably better than a belly flop.

Daniel has really made us long for more space.  He does not like to be confined to one part of the downstairs.  He escapes several times a day, which is fine.  But, now his escapes have become way too easy.  He just climbed over one of the bins the other day and ran away laughing.  He keeps us on our toes.

Look what I can do, Mom!

School starts in a little over a week.  We'll be pretty busy until then, including a play date with new friends tomorrow!