The Week In Review

1. My house may actually be finished before Mason leaves fro college. This week has been a BIG week. The walls have been primed, trim work has started, we {finally} finalized our flooring choices, all the concrete work is complete as of today. We did stamped concrete on the front walk and then I added a small concrete patio in the back that is also stamped. I really like the look of it. After much deliberation, I settled on colors for the paint. I didn't want to get too mish moshy but I didn't want to be extremely plain either. I am happy with the way everything has turned out. {and actually right now, we only have tinted primer on the walls!} The only person who is somewhat disappointed in the paint is Ellie. We {I} picked a color for her room called Ballerina. Ellie has ALWAYS said she wanted a pink room so I obliged her with the palest pink I could find that the lady at the paint store assured me would not be Pepto pink. But with only the primer on the walls, Ellie insists it is NOT Ballerina. I've promised it will get "pinker".

2. I had to explain the Blood Mobile on the way to school today. Ellie saw it in traffic next to us and asked if it was a school bus. No of course didn't satisfy her so I found myself trying to explain to a 4 year old why anyone would want to get a needle stuck into their arm and give their blood away. After my explanation I asked if it made sense and she said it did. Then she added "That's not for kids." We agreed that donating blood was only for adults. I am fairly sure the Red Cross agrees with us as well. KUDOS to all those who give blood. {Like my Uncle Ted who at one time was the biggest giver in Warren County!} It is a wonderful thing. But I just can't bring myself to do it. And what an odd conversation to have with my daughter!

3. Mason finally has some long pants! My poor child. I'm not sure where my brain has been but the weather in Ken Tuck turned out pretty chilly this week and Mason has worn shorts with a long sleeve shirt for the past two days! {not to mention that my almost 2 year old has worn size 9 MONTHS shorts all summer} I got out all his jeans and long pants from the spring only to find that while they still fit great in the waist, they were capri length! I finally made it to the store today and bought a few pairs of jeans that hopefully will fit in both the waist and length. I fear he will be just like his Daddy {and me believe it or not} and be three times as long as he is wide. Tomorrow will be a trip to Target to get some new PJs since the ones I put on Ellie tonight are about 4 inches too short as well. Kids grow too fast!

4. Mason's teachers tell me that they are AMAZED at this language and how well he talks. GUSH! He has started singing in the car and it just cracks me up. A week or so ago, Ellie requested her favorite "Loves Looking Good on You" by Lady Antebellum. So we cranked it up and I had BOTH of them singing as loud as they could in the backseat. It cracked me up and made me a little misty all at the same time. It gave me just a glimpse of them growing up and neither of them being a baby anymore.

5. Thank goodness I will soon have another baby to cuddle so it won't be such a hard hit that Mason is getting to be such a big boy. It looks like the due date is around April 20! Can you believe it?





6. I am going to be an aunt!!!! Biz is pregnant!!! Every time I think about it I just get so. freaking. excited! Oh wait...you didn't think #5 was about me, did you????