Sydney Turns 3

We had a wonderful little family birthday party Sunday evening, and we will have a few friends over this Saturday. She is very excited to be "big and three" Karl and I get a kick out of the big part, but hey, what can you do. Emily was almost more excited about Sydney's upcoming birthday than Sydney herself, so it was sweet to see her helping her sister with presents, and trying to stay calm about the whole thing.

As always we are slowly making progress on the house. We have the most recent progress up on Flickr, along with some fun shots of April & Caleb from our recent trip to DC.

We hope to finish the kitchen project before the party, so Karl has taken 2 days off work to try and get all the work done. More pictures to follow!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70208657@N00/

Sydney Turns 3

We had a wonderful little family birthday party Sunday evening, and we will have a few friends over this Saturday. She is very excited to be "big and three" Karl and I get a kick out of the big part, but hey, what can you do. Emily was almost more excited about Sydney's upcoming birthday than Sydney herself, so it was sweet to see her helping her sister with presents, and trying to stay calm about the whole thing.

As always we are slowly making progress on the house. We have the most recent progress up on Flickr, along with some fun shots of April & Caleb from our recent trip to DC.

We hope to finish the kitchen project before the party, so Karl has taken 2 days off work to try and get all the work done. More pictures to follow!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70208657@N00/

Bathroom & Closet are painted

This is the garden after we got a little help from a local landscaper who can and knocked on our door.

The playroom after is/was cleaned.

The bedroom not quite as tidy, but better than most days. We tried blackout shades, but I don't think it does anything useful.

See the new crown moulding Karl put in!-Notice the lovely green paint too!

This was a weed growning right next to the little plastic shed. In Karls' other hand is a baby weed of the same variety. Crazy huh!

Hip Hip Hoorray!
It only took 3 false starts in the bathroom to get the right color. Both false starts had perfectly edged in areas around the tub & closet door I should add. But now it is painted, and the orange & bright blue are going to be a distant memory.

They are green now-pictures are coming. The kitchen was going to be green, and after painting one wall, we decided the kitchen really wants to be a lovely yellow color. We hope to install the new cabinets this week-more painting. We need to demo some tile, and smooth the walls. We don't plan to replace the tile at this point, but feel free to cast a ballet in favor of tile if you think it is a selling point.

Bathroom & Closet are painted

This is the garden after we got a little help from a local landscaper who can and knocked on our door.

The playroom after is/was cleaned.

The bedroom not quite as tidy, but better than most days. We tried blackout shades, but I don't think it does anything useful.

See the new crown moulding Karl put in!-Notice the lovely green paint too!

This was a weed growning right next to the little plastic shed. In Karls' other hand is a baby weed of the same variety. Crazy huh!

Hip Hip Hoorray!
It only took 3 false starts in the bathroom to get the right color. Both false starts had perfectly edged in areas around the tub & closet door I should add. But now it is painted, and the orange & bright blue are going to be a distant memory.

They are green now-pictures are coming. The kitchen was going to be green, and after painting one wall, we decided the kitchen really wants to be a lovely yellow color. We hope to install the new cabinets this week-more painting. We need to demo some tile, and smooth the walls. We don't plan to replace the tile at this point, but feel free to cast a ballet in favor of tile if you think it is a selling point.