Week in Review (catch up)

It has been a busy past few weeks around here, lots going on but let me give you a few highlights.  

Trigg...what is that you are reading?

 Daddy's "Actuarial Review" magazine...if that doesn't warm your heart I don't know what would!

 Shoes...who's shoes are those?

 "Dada's"  About once a day, Trigg will find a pair of shoes or slippers, usually not his, and try them on and shuffle through the house...it's adorable!

 With the warmer weather, Trigg has wanted to play outside...but that tends to wear him out quicker...lunch time after a morning of play, Trigg fell asleep in his high chair!

 We got that bathroom project wrapped up, here are two "before" pictures...

 Old floor, gross tile in the shower and an old window...

This is what I look like after cutting 34 tiles with the wet saw...

 ...but here is what the bathroom looks like once all those tiles have been installed!

 Done!  And just in time...

We put our house on the market last Friday, April 5th.  We got it all cleaned up and looking great, had two showings Friday evening and got two offers Saturday morning!  We accepted an offer and sold our house less than 12 hours after we put it on the market!

 Time to start packing!  Monday night, (Dudes night) mom has Bible study, so Trigg and I get to hang out!  What are two guys to do in a basement with lots of empty boxes...built forts and tunnels!

 Trigg helped load up a box with some of his soccer balls and other stuff, what a good helper!

...and an empty bookshelf works great as a highway for cars!

 We haven't found a new house to move into yet...but we will!
Our good friend Eric stopped over last week to take a few pics of the house and the remodeled projects for his blog, hop on over to his blog to read his update and tell him "hello" Beard and Pigtails.

Easter

I am a little behind on the blog posts, we have been a little busy around here, so we will play a little catch up!  

We had a great Easter.  Saturday we celebrated up in Ankeny with Heather's family.  We started off the fun with an Easter egg hunt!  Trigg was more excited that the egg's doubled as shakers!

 He did a great job at finding the eggs...

 ...even the one hidden deep inside some plants!

 His cousin's did a great job of finding the eggs too...everyone had a great time!

 ...found another one behind the chair!

 We headed to church Saturday evening for the Easter service (hoping to avoid some of the crowds).  All dressed up for Easter!

 Sunday we headed down to Indianola to celebrate with my family.  Trigg was warmed up for another Easter egg hunt!

 Digging into his Easter basket he found lots of goodies!  Thanks Grandma!

 We got the cousin's to sit by each other and smile...the hard part was getting them to smile at the same time!

 I think this one is as close as we got!

 Happy Easter!

Week (Month) in Review

March has flown by and I haven't done a very good job of making updates...so it's time to play "catch-up"! 

Trigg got a new book in the mail from Rob and Erin for his birthday, The Boogie Monster!  And it came with fun "Boogie" leg warmers to help dance around the kitchen.

Trigg thinks these fuzzy legs are pretty awesome!

While we had the Boogie Monster legs on, we should also have on the Tickle Monster mits!

Mom found some Easter egg trays in the dollar spot at Target, so she froze some strawberry yogurt for a frozen snack!

Cold and tasty!

Trigg has been a big help with the bathroom project.  He loves to climb inside the new vanity...

Once he gets inside, he sits down, reaches for the door...

...and closes himself in.  Give a little "knock-knock" and he will open the door back up!

He also likes to wedge himself between the toilet and the tub, there is just enough room that he can back himself in!

Last weekend, Trigg had his first big boy hair cut!  Deanna (at DeeDa's Salon) did a great job cutting his hair and Trigg did a great job of sitting still (with the help of a donut!)

...although by the end, he was ready to be done!

Mom found the idea on Pinterest to make some sensory toys for Trigg to play with and he loves it!

Marshmallows, pennies, pasta, marbles and cotton balls!

This kept him busy for a good 10 minutes! (which in the world of a toddler, 10 minutes is a long time!)

Trigg found my big headphones in the basement and was rockin' out!

The window for the bathroom arrived this past Friday, so Papa Brent came over on Sunday to help me install it!  Old window out...in with the new one!

Just for the record, this was March 24th that we put in the new window and the snow was falling!

We only needed about 2 hours and the new window was fully installed and ready to go!

Once the new window was in, I kept working on the tile!

My helper was close by, ready to lend a helping hand!

After a hard days work, the dudes decided to take a little break...

...and watch Cars!  Zoom, zoom, zoom...

Trigg loves his books and lately he loves climbing on things (the couch, the chairs, Mom, you name it...), Mom found him the other day combining both of his loves, he climbed up on the coffee table to read some of his book!

Well, that pretty much wraps up the month of March, April is right around the corner and with it comes spring and melting snow (hopefully!). 

Week in Review

We got a lot of snow this week...around 10 or 11 inches!  Trigg and Mom wanted to play in the snow but it was too cold to go outside, so they brought the snow inside!  Ice cube bin full of snow + measuring cups + spoons = fun!

 Trigg even loved eating the snow with his bulldozer spoon!

 It's all fun...until you dump a scope of snow onto yourself...than it's tears!

 Trigg's molars are coming in and this week was a doozie!  He was feeling crumby and spiked a little fever...

 Thankfully, his fever didn't last too long and he bounced back...hanging out in his fort!

 We're all ready for spring around here, Trigg too!  He found his swing in the basement and crawled in hoping for a "push"...

 The bathroom project continues, the walls got painted a dark brown.

 Here's another look at the paint color...

 ...and new tile is starting to go up in the shower.

 Trigg is very helpful in the kitchen, he usually plays in the cabinets and pulls out different spices...

 well, he was being a help and found the sage, apparently the sage wasn't closed tightly...

 Trigg got covered in sage!  Better than hot chili pepper!

Well that sums up our week, March is here and I am hoping spring is around the corner!