Brooke's in charge

This is such a cute age for Brooke. She's been very talkative lately and keeping us updated with her thoughts on every situation. Last night, Brooke decided on her own to help set the table. There was an old napkin left on the table from earlier, so I told her she could throw it away. She takes it to the garbage and noted that the trash can was full. So she said to us "You should take out the trash. Tonight. You can wait until after we eat dinner...and dessert. But then make sure you take it out because it's full."

Vacation 2012

The week of July 4th we went on vacation. On Saturday we drove to our hotel in Philadelphia and then just let the girls swim in their indoor pool that night for awhile.

On Sunday, we went to Sesame Place! We've been there once before, 2 years ago. Brooke was only 1 year old the last time and still enjoyed it, but this year she could ride everything and had a blast. On Monday and Tuesday we toured around Philly and on Wednesday we spent the day back at Sesame and stayed for their fireworks. Then on Thursday and Friday we drove out to New York City and finally headed home on Saturday.

Here's the gallery of pictures and below I'll post some of my favorites:

Rug deal

I am so excited about the deal I got on this rug. I was walking around Ollies (similar to a Big Lots, but a local store) during lunch and this purple rug caught my eye. It was PERFECT for Brooke's room. It's a nice plush thick rug too. The best part was the price...only $15. I was honestly expecting it to be close to $100.

A sink!

The bathroom sink was installed!

And now we wait. It will probably be mid-July until they are back. In the meantime we need to paint, get hardware for the sink and get a mirror. They still need to install the shower door, medicine cabinet, trim, and install a granite piece in our closet area vanity.

But at least we have a shower, sink and toilet that we can use! The rest are just finishing touches.

Bathroom remodel - end of week 2

The contractor was out 2 days this week so this is end of week 2, but only Day #8. They grouted the shower and added the finishing touch tiles around the edge. At the end of the day they brought in the vanity in the foreground of the picture below, but it's not installed yet. Just sitting in the middle of the room for the weekend. At least the toilet is back in and usable!

On Monday and possibly Tuesday they'll bring in and install the rest of the fixtures. Almost there!

Bathroom progress

We're in to the second week of work. Looks like the project should wrap up early next week. The contractor was off sick yesterday, so that set us back a day. But today they got the shower finished tiled. Tomorrow they will grout the floor and then the next day the shower gets grouted. Here's the tiled shower:

Brooke's End of Year Program

Brooke's toddler class got to sing a song at the end-of-year program at PennMont this morning..  She got the chance to sing into the microphone two times and was absolutely brilliant.  The video is terrible, but you can hear her clear as day.