What a day.

Yesterday was Presidents' Day so Shane had the day off.  We decided to do something fun as a family.  We had heard about this place called Jump N Play where they have the blow up jump houses and other fun things for the girls to play on so we decided to take them there.  We walked in and it wasn't too crowded so we thought we had made a good choice.  The girls immediately wanted to start playing.  They ran over, got in the bounce house, and  were jumping, jumping, jumping! 

After a little while, everyone was hungry.  We ordered some food and while we were waiting the girls continued to play.  Shane sat at a table to wait for our food so that we didn't lose a spot to sit.  This is where our day got interesting. 
While Shane was sitting, this mother came over and asked if her 2 little boys could sit there while she ordered food.  Shane said, "No problem."  As soon as the mother walked away, the older of the 2 boys (about 5 years old) starting punching his younger brother (2).  The mother finally came over and picked up the younger boy and brought him over to the food counter with her.
About this time, I came to sit down.  As I sat down, I could immediately smell this little boy.  He smelled of feces and urine.  He was pounding on the table with his fists screaming.  Shane and I kept looking at eachother, trying not to stare at the boy, but of course, Addie and Annabelle were staring and pointing.  He then starting putting his hands in his sleeves and smacking people with it as they walked by.  The mother, from time to time, would come over and say "Stop it Michael."  Then he started spitting across the table at Addison.  That's when I couldn't take it anymore.  I looked at Shane and said "Let's move..NOW." 

We moved over to the table next to the little boy.  The boy continued with the behaviors, screaming, pounding, and spitting.  Annabelle kept pointing at him saying "Mom, that boy goes AHH!  That's not nice."  I just wanted to look at that mom and say "Figure it out lady." 

So after we switched tables, we finally got our food.  We are sitting there eating and Annabelle looks at me and says, "I don't feel good."  Right as I am asking her what hurts, she vomits all over the table and herself.  Great!  We got cleaned up and left.  I felt so bad for Annabelle.  When we got home she just layed on the couch and didn't move...a very rare occassion for a 2 year old.  I took her temperature and it was 101.  I turned on Dora, gave her some 7 up and she ended up falling asleep.

After all that comotion, we finally let Chloe out of her cage.  We noticed little spots of blood on the floor.  We thought maybe she had gotten into something so we checked her over looking for any scrapes or sores.  Nothing.  So of course, we put 2 and 2 together....she is in HEAT!  Awesome.  Shane goes to PetsMart to get her some "diapers."  He got the biggest size they make, brought them home, try to put them on, and of course, they are too small.  So, me, being my crafty self, get an old pillow case.  Shane cuts out a hole for the tail and we duck tape it around her.  She looked like a Jedi Knight, but hey, it worked! 

Oh What a Day!  I'm so glad it is overwith.  Hopefully today will be much better.  Happy Tuesday!

2 Girls 1 Room

Sorry I have been M.I.A.  For the last, well almost 2 weeks, I have been working on a major project in our house, moving the girls into the same bedroom.  We have been comtemplating this move for a while, but have been putting it off.  So, the other day when Shane came home from work I was looking at furniture on the internet.  There was a storage bed that I really liked on the JCPenny website.  Shane was sure he could build 2 beds for half the price that Pennys was asking.  That night, we went to Menards and priced everything out.  He was right, we could do it for about half the price of those other beds, but he would have to spend a whole day on each bed putting them together.  The next day, Shane was talking to his mom and she said that she got her storage bed at Big Lots.  We hadn't checked there yet, so we got online and sure enough, they had twin sized storage beds for $99.  Ding, Ding, Ding!  We have a winner!  Although I'm pretty sure I shattered Shane's dreams of building the girls' beds with his bare hands, this seems to be the most logical and cost effective choice for us!  We sold Addie's old bedroom suit on Craig's List and bought new furniture, bedding, and paint for the room.  I spent the majority of last week painting...changing the room from purple with white polka dots to green with a pink stripe.  It actually turned out pretty good!

pink and green!

 Owls!

Cute Lamp!

Once Shane got all the furniture together and in place, I put the vinyl up on the walls. 

And, then today, since it is so nasty out with the ice storm, we decided to upholster our own headboards for the girls' beds.  I think they turned out really cute! 



I know it would look much better if their beds were made, but this is as good as it gets for now!

Annabelle has slept in her "big girl" bed for the past 2 nights now.  The first night was a little rough.  She got in and out of bed about 6 times until I finally threatened that she would just go back to her crib.  She kept talking to Addie and Addie was getting mad (which was kind of funny considering Addie is usually the talker).  I told Addison to roll over and pretend she was asleep.  I stood by the door and listened as Annabelle first quietly saying "Addie, Addie" and then it quickly turned in to a yell "ADDIE!"  Addison still didn't say anything and after a couple minutes all was quiet.  Yesterday, Annabelle went right to bed and fell right asleep.

This afternoon was the first time I had to put her down for a nap in there.  It was challenging but after several trips of Shane and I going in for kisses and hugs, she fell asleep.  I hope that tonight is much smoother!  Take another look at the full view of the girls' new room.  I still have some decorating to do, but I think it is looking really cute!

Have a great Tuesday and be safe in this nasty weather we are supposed to be getting.  Hopefully, we will still have power!