S's Big Boy Bed.

S is sleeping in his big boy bed! He loves it. He napped in it for about 10 days before he spend his first night in it. The next day we took his play pen down for good. It sure makes him look really tiny, and their room look super big! 

Normally we potty train just after their second birthday but we've decided, and learned from J3 who was our other summer baby, that we will not start S until Papa goes back to work full time or even until this fall when life should get a bit more scheduled. 

Sign Update

Added T to the sign and gave the people figures a fresh coat of paint. 

Entrance Fix Up.

So I didn't get a before picture of the back but anyone who's been here will know what it used to look like. We moved the washer and dryer into the laundry room last week. So then we could move the sink over and push the cuboards up against the wall. Papa made a stand for the sink and a back splash and got it all plumbed in before chore time :) 

Here is the before pic of the front, taken last night. Misc boxes in the middle there, shelves and a box for jackets.

And here is the after pic. Coat hooks, spots for shoes under the coats. Not sure what I'm going to do with the shelves now, or the box. I'll find something I'm sure :) 

Girls Room Update

The hallway stuccoed wall. Still drying but the room is useable if we keep everything off the stucco walls.

The wall between the boys and girls rooms. Papa is putting the boys side of this wall in as I type. 

The outside wall after we moved the girls in. There is a good foot between the bed and the stucco wall. Air circulation is import to the curing process. 

The fourth wall in their room. The laundry room is on the other side of this wall. The filing cabinets will find another home when all the walls are done. The girls are super excited to sleep in their room tonight! The boys will probably move into theirs tomorrow morning. They've all been sleeping in the living room for almost a month. Not so shabby considering Papa re built their walls, wired the walls,  prepped them for stucco and stuccoed them. Oh he also built the hallway walls, wired them, prepped them and stuccoed them. A good months work. Next is the back outside walls first coat of stucco and the Farmer Bathroom.

Hallway Stucco is Finished :)

The hallway stucco is DONE!!! 

Clean up is almost done too :) 

Bunk Beds

Before. The oldest 5 and I painted beds for J3 and G.  

After. 

In 

Thanks for the picture L :) 

Straw Bale Hallway

The view from the outside, beware construction zone ahead! 

Inside the zone, looking towards the back door. Straw bale walls are up and ready for stucco! Lights are also up :) 

Looking back towards the living area. The sheet keeps the mess down. Putting up and working with bales inside is very messy and dusty. 

Two days of stuccoing later! 

Both sides of the hallway walls are done the first coat of stucco. Now on to the bedrooms! We are hoping to get the first and second or brown coat done in the next week or so :) I'll keep you posted. 

BLAST FROM THE PAST....Boys Room

So this was ages ago. Papa was stuccoing in the boys room and the oldest four kids were sleeping in the living room. The last picture shows a soft spot in the wall and his attempt to fix it. It didn't work and it's a spot he'll fix this year when he starts stuccoing again. These pictures were taken in the curing process which is why the walls are so dark in color. They are a much lighter gray now. 

L's Birthday

L wanted chocolate covered cookie balls for his birthday cake! Super rich and yummy. 

Funny card Papa made him. 

Opening the iPod. 

L is our happy, drawing, dragon loving, deep thinking boy. He enjoys games, biking, making stuff, reading, playing with S or G. He spends hours with his nose in a book, or making paper dragons. He got an iPod for his birthday and he enjoys searching up animals, texting people, and taking gobs and gobs of pictures :) 

R's Birthday

R had a great birthday, quite a while ago but I'm catching up! She loves to 'do beads', ride her bike, help with the littles, sing and act things out, play babies, bake and decorate, and give hugs. 

Mixing up her chocolate cake!

Papa decorated it and he did an amazing job! 

7 years old! I love J3's face in this one :) 

Millers happened to be stoping in that night and stayed for the party! 

Looking at her gifts :)