Choo Choo

If given the choice Preston would choose going to the old railroad depot vs. going to the park so yesterday thats exactly what we did. We played on the trains. I know that this is a boy thing and all boys big or small are attracted to trains and while I sat and watched my son play I thought about how much fun my dad would have playing on the trains as well. Dad when you come to visit we will skip the playground and just play on the trains.

Beauty and the Curse

The trees in our backyard over the past 2 days have changed from this to this....and now my sinus look like this.

Another room painted...still more to go

Prestons old room and now his new room

Coming up new

When you move you never know what your going to get, thats true with landscaping as well. You never know what has already been planted, what spring will bring and you wait to see what will pop up out of the ground next. These are one of my favorite things in our backyard and they line the backyard and side of the house. They smell wonderful and are beautiful. I believe they may be some type of cherry blossom but not 100% sure. Im waiting for one of my 3 moms to tell me what they are (mom, stepmom, motherinlaw).

We bought rubber mulch this weekend for Prestons sand box because we arent fans of sand and he just pushes stuff around with his dumptrucks and bulldozers anyways and we are now looking into putting this around the house for mulch instead of the real stuff. This rubber mulch says its nontoxic, repells insects, wont fade for 10-15 years , wont blow away, no mold and looks just like the real stuff. They have it in several colors so we are looking for the black now. Its 100% safe for people and plants so Im all for it if I dont have to replace my mulch every spring.

Finally the tables turned

My hubby somehow has managed to never get peed, pooped, or thrown up on by one of the kids...that is until now. Preston has been sick for several days and while I have been covered in poop and throw up, yeah its gross but its life, my hubby has managed to stay clean and smelling like a daisy. What do I smell like...regurgitated 4 letter word that was my grandmothers favorite saying and it starts with s and ends in t. The other day, however the vomit fairies were looking out for me and spared me and turned the tables around on the hubby. Who by the way, way overreacted and jumped up in horror and disgust. Its just throw up. As I was cleaning up the couch, floor and everything else and sent the guys up to the shower I was secretly thinking its about darn time you got a taste of what I always get. I had a smile on my face but only for a second because its really hard to smile while cleaning up throw up. If my hubby ever took my job as a stay at home mom for granted and thought that it was easy I think for that mere minute that he wouldn't want that job for anything in the world and appreciated all I do..even if it was just for a minute, it was a minute of being puke free for me.
P.S -Preston is starting to feel better now.

Fun website

I love this website: perpetualkid.com and I think this item is pretty funny LOOKIN' GOOD FOR JESUS LIP BALM. They also have PLAY-DOH COLOGNE SPRAY, BOYS ARE SMELLY SPRAY, UNDERSTAND YOUR MOTHER BREATH SPRAY and BACON BANDAGES.

Still even more work in progress

There are no before pics of the finished basement but it has been painted as well because it was a very ugly orange and not the beautiful, wonderful, talented Tennessee orange color either.

Still work in progress

Trinitys room color stayed the same but it went from this to this...

Work in progress

The living room / office has now been painted.


From this to this.

Life in the new house is taking some getting used to. First of all my allergies are killing me, the house sat empty for a while before we moved in therefore there is a lot of dust and moving just made it all come to surface. I have cleaned so much that I cant smell anything, my throat is sore and closed up and I cant feel the skin on the tips of my fingers, thats what happens when you scrub down an entire house with brillo pads.
The first day I fell down the steps to the basement but Im recovering from that and the numbness in my back is finally going away and all that is left is a few more bruises that are taking their sweet time going away. I think the fall scared my mother in law more than me. Probably the thought that if I was really hurt that she would have to take care of the little ones kicked in so that would be enough to scare anyone. Note to self, we now have 2 sets of steps and the kids love to play and leave toys on them so look before you step.
This weekend we had beautiful weather on Sunday with temps in the lower 60's. We havent had that type of weather in a long time. We were able to put the trampoline up for the kids, finally get our cars into the garage, we walked to the playground that is one block away and let the kids tire themselves out, and later Preston terrorized our new neighbors while driving the gator down the road.
All in all it was a good weekend and the house is starting to look like a home. Come visit.