Just for fun

No, we are not struggling to pay our heating bill. Rebecca is fascinated with her new hat and mittens. She finds them lying around and carries them over to me to put on. This particular time she left them on for about 20 minutes.

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend Dan and I celebrated our birthdays by getting away for a night. Dan planned a night to the Hotel Patte in Perry. It was very quiet and relaxing. I didn't take any pictures, but here is a link to their website, http://www.hotelpattee.com/. We stayed in the Barry Kemp room. Rebecca stayed with Grandma and Grandpa De Vries.

On Satuday we had Dan's family over to celebrate birthdays. It is so fun to watch Rebecca play with her cousins Jessica and Allison. Rebecca and Jessica are 3 months part.

Here is a video that I took of Rebecca. She likes to be in the kitchen with me and is pretty good at entertaining herself. This is her favorite cupboard. The video is a long one, so sorry to those with slow internet :)

Let's just say her organization skills need a little bit of help yet :)

It's here...

...but hopefully not for long.

Kitchen Helper

Just some cute pictures of Rebecca being my kitchen helper :)

Our new little addition

No, no, not a sibling for Rebecca, we built a new porch!

I have never been a fan of the front of our house. There is NO curb appeal. Good thing we don't have a curb and most people drive by at 60 mph. This is an area that I have struggled with since we moved in. I've tried replacing all the plants and putting in bricks, but I'm still not very happy with it. I would love someone to come and tell me what to do and what plants would look good.

The porch good is a start to more curb appeal, but it needs a lot more. We used to have concrete steps going up to the front door and sad, mismatched railings. So we made some measurements, went to the store, bought the supplies, and whipped this porch into shape in two days. Dan did most of the work, I just help with a little planning and holding things in place. All it needs is a coat of stain. Rebecca loves it and I like it too because now she can't fall off the edge :)

Can you believe it?

I thought these days were gone for good.

ChapStick

I've long been a fan of ChapStick (I hesitate to use the word "addicted" but that might be true also). Back in college I discovered Vanilla Mint Chapstick and there is no going back. I recently ran out everywhere - my purse, my dresser, my desk at work, etc. I have looked in just about every store I'm in to see if they have it with no luck! I finally broke down and bought some Blistex and was only slightly satisfied - still longing for the best. This morning I found Vanilla Mint Chapstick and bought everything they had!! I was in Walmart and found a whole display of Chapstick and they had Vanilla Mint! I was shocked and oh so happy. I now have 4 tubes of Vanilla Mint that I will love every time I use it! I also now have the assurance that the company still makes it.

Hope your day is just as happy :)