Pumpkin Head

We have a fun little pumpkin patch in West Haven that we have gone to get our pumpkins the last couple of years. The gentleman who owns the pumpkin patch wears a pumpkin head while his is working at the patch. The kids either love him or are terrified of him. The girls didn't want to take a picture with him, so Paul tried it on to see if they would take a picture with the pumpkin on his head. As you can see from the last picture Sydney just ducked her head into his chest and wouldn't look at him until his took it off.
I know it has been a few week since I posted last, since then I have begun working at Kohl's as the Supervisor over the Men's department. I am enjoying it, for you that have worked retail before you know this is probably the worst time of year to start working we have been putting out merchandise pretty much none stop since I started three weeks ago. Kohl's is a much larger company then Hallmark so it is interesting to see how they run a store on a much larger scale. I have never been tempted to buy much from the companies I have worked for but everyday we are putting out new merchandise like sweaters, slacks, Levi's, jackets, workout clothes, skirts, shoes and that is just for don't get me started on clothes for the girls. I have to restrain myself from my urges to go on a binge shopping spree. I did get a king size comforter for seven dollars yesterday, that I don't feel any regret for buying.
We have had a about ten families come through our house, no word yet of an offer but we feel grateful that we are getting traffic in this lagging economy. We (mostly Paul since I have been working) have been cleaning our house constantly in an effort to have the house in good order to show. So we are staying busy to say the least, but always having fun with the girls they make us laugh everyday.
Also, we were so happy to have Paul's sister come and visit a couple weeks ago. She came up a few days after Annika's birthday so we of course extended the celebration to have her celebrate with us. She has been very busy working and going to school herself so we are grateful to be able to see her when we can. Thanks, Aundria....

Fun with paint....

Annika always enjoys helping me with projects around the house one of her favorite things is to paint with mom. So I decided to let the two of them go crazy with painting whatever they wanted. I covered an area as well as I could with plastic and poured the paint for them. They started out using brushes but ultimatley the bests way to paint is with your hands, right. Atleast for a three and one year old.

Even more....

Here are some pictures of our new and fabulous carpet it complements the wood trimming very well. The gentleman that owned the house before us put some out of date grey carpet in, not quite sure what was going through his mind when he ordered it? And last the bathroom remodel which you have seen before but I love to see before and after pictures. We have more to complete so I will end this series of posts and continue with more fun house projects.

More house pictures....

For you Friends and family that have visited our house you have probably noticed our very attractive staircase, which was a project the dogs decided to do while we were away one day, they somehow tore all the carpet off the stairs. I am not saying it was the most attractive carpet but it was something. So we were so excited to have carpet on them once again. The next set of picture was our large sandbox we had for the girls he he Paul, his friend Tate and my dad all helped with laying the sod. Then we went yesterday and picked up the compost to fill around the basketball court. It turned out so beautiful and the girls love running around on the grass, well Annika does Sydney still find a pile of dirt and digs in. I have come up with new nick=names for my girls, Annika is "sticky" because she is seems to always be eating or playing with something sticky. Sydney is "dirty" she is our little digger she love to grab handfuls of dirt, food, flowers and toys and spread it EVERYWHERE. Anyways, back to the house renovation we are thrilled with how things are coming, we still have a lot of work to do but it WILL be finished by Friday.

Update...

We have been crazy busy the last few weeks I wanted to update you all on the progress. I also have some before and after pics of our projects. Today has been difficult we had to say goodbye to one of our babies, our dog Duke, unfortunately we will not be taking her with us to my dad's house and have found her a excellent woman to live with until they can find a home that is perfect for her.





These first pictures are of Annika's old room, we tore up the carpet and finished they wood floor and transferred Sydney's furniture over.