Move-in Pictures

 I thought once we moved in I'd be able to do the final reveal but the house has been in a state of chaos since we've moved in.  While one room may be clean for a few minutes the rest of them are not.  My office is still piles and boxes.  There is nothing on the walls yet, no framed pics, no art.  Hardly any accessories or decor. Part of that is I haven't found those boxes yet and the other is I want to wait and make sure I love the items I'm putting in my house and putting them in the perfect location.  For example the rug below I really like (and I saw that my fav Do It Yourselvers on Young House Love have the same rug!)but once we got it in the house it was just "eeh".  But I LOVE LOVE LOVE the red and black runner I bought for the garage entry way so I went ahead and ordered the same area rug for the living room.  I know I posted a pic a while ago but can't find it so you'll just have to be surprised in July when I get around to posting the new living room.  However, it doesn't come until July.  So now I'm just (im)patiently waiting.  I ordered it a month ago...just one more month of waiting...but it will be worth it!

On with the few pics I do have

The rug that is now our temp rug.  It's kind of acting as a place mat unfortunately.  The girls drop EVERYTHING on it.  I wish I had the rule about no eating except for in the kitchen...but that ship sailed without me.  

Mast Bathroom

Master Tub (finally with a window shade so I don't have to army crawl to avoid flashing the neighbors!)

Master Bedroom (those blue bins STILL need to be unpacked)

Oh, here it is.  This is the rug that LOVE and ordered as an area rug which looks like crap in this pic.  Trust me it's cute.  Super cute.  I'd carpet my whole house in it if I could.  That would be awesome.  Anyway this is the entry way from the garage/mudroom area.

Guest bedroom.  

Those curtains have been replaced with something less sheer.  That dresser was a odd shade of green stripes so with a little paint it's now a cute little black, yellow, grey, and white dresser.  The long thing against the wall is the foam cushion I bought to make the seat cushion for the entryway mudroom thing pictured in the prev. picture.  It need to breathe - smelled like chemicals and it needed to stretch out so I put it here.  And here it has stayed for the last two months.  One day I'll get around to working on it. hopefully.

My favorite room the KITCHEN

  

I do have more than 1 bar stool.  I just wanted to test this out to see if I liked it.  I did.  Now I have two.

Dining room.

  My beautiful rustic table was a little too rustic.  So I ordered a glass slab to put over the top.  I feel like my creativity was censored, but it sure beats digging out old food and gross things from all the nail holes and crevices in the table.   I had two small benches made but still waiting to figure out what chairs I want.  I've kind of forgotten that these chairs are temporary.  I just don't pay attention to them anymore.  

Living room with furniture

Can't you envision that red rug.  I can't wait....

Stairs to the basement. 

Stairs to the basement

Emily & Ellery's basement playroom

Andy's future office.  Ew. 

Lovely cupboards the previous owners left.  Now they are 6 wonderful cabinets of organized kid stuff!

My other fav place.  No more running on the tready and squinting at the laptop.  Now I have a big tv!  Actually it's supposed to be Andy's man cave, but I'm not letting that happen.  Elliptical needs to go.  I don't love it and it crowds me on my treadmill. 

Main Bathroom.  It's long....

more basement.  

This is the original laundry sink from when the house was built 60 years ago.  Perfect for clean up after yard play, swimming (come on please Andy!) art, or Andy coming home dirty from work.  There is a bathroom around the corner but it was the one thing that didn't get a full face lift so it's a little...um old.  And small.  It's perfect for the basement.  I just would rather go upstairs. 

Emily & Ellery's mini mart

Andy's Man Cave

Well that is it.  I'd show you the girls rooms but they are a mess.  They like to change their clothes multiple times a day, but then leave their stuff on the floor.  I'm working on getting them to pick up, fold, hang, or put in the laundry but we're not there yet.  Andy's not even there yet so how can I expect my 4 year olds to be.  HA HA HA sorry Andy!!!!

You need a hard hat to enter the office so I'm not showing you that either.  The only other things missing are the boring rooms like the girls bathroom, the laundry room, and the outdoors.  That is a project for next year.  We have an acre and A LOT Of work to do.  For now I just try not to look outside very often.

Happy Birthday Andy!

Big kids like bowling birthday parties too! 

Happy Birthday Andy!  We hope you had a great day and have the best year yet! 

Notice Anything Different?

Emily & Ellery

After the big event

Emily picked the pink crystal flowers (she used to be our non-pink girl!)

Ellery picked blue.  She never used to wear anything but pink. 

Em modeling her cute pony.  They suddenly have thick hair! 

The girls are sporting two extra holes in their heads now!!

The day has come for pierced ears.  I'm pretty sure this is our first case of keeping up with peers because the girls came home from school asking for pierced ears like their friend.  Luckily  in February I had told them that when they were ready to take care of their ears we could get their pierced. 3 months later...they were ready.  The whole event was pretty easy.  We talked about it for a few days leading up and they both said  "yes, no, yes, no, yes I want them".  Then on Saturday after naps they put on "fancy" dresses and said they were ready.   I love earnings on babies and little girls but I also knew that unless they were old enough it would be just another thing I had to do for them (just like i used to wipe, brush teeth, brush hair, put on shoes, put on socks,ect).  But Emily & Ellery have made great independent strides this year and now come out of their rooms full dressed each morning (before we even see them).  They go potty by themselves (most days).  They put on their own shoes and socks and they brush their own teeth and hair (you must have noticed...right?).  So my list of little girl tasks has dwindled.  3 days into the piercing they are twisting and cleaning their own ears each morning and night.  I just get to "make sure" it was done well as I take another quick swipe with the cleaning solution.   So many changes are happening and they are growing older by the minute.  I joke that they are 4 going on 14 but most days they are closer to the teen years than the toddler.  And then a tantrum hits and I realize that nope....they really are just 4.   ;-)   Love it! 

Random Stuff

How about a bunch of random cuteness?  

Emily & Ellery

Silly Pose!

Getting ready for gymnastics.  Baby Suzy is wearing a undershirt from when I was a baby.  The girls thought that was so cool. 

I took apart our Pottery Barn chairs to clean the covers.  These are the fun cushions that are usually hidden away.  Ellery thought the pieces would make a great castle.  And they did....as long as you could balance them. 

When I was trying to stuff them back into the covers, I had a difficult time.  My super helpful 4 year old Emily came up and said "um, Mommy?  If you don't know how to put it together then maybe you shouldn't take it apart".  So true little lady...so true!

Ellery loves her new canvas to color.  So much space! 

Ellery & Emily

Family portrait

Ellery is perfecting the frame.  The 3rd little girl is actually Emily twice.  She didn't like her hair the first time so we drew her again.  

First lunch on the deck!

Love not wearing jackets in the morning! 

Still Unpacking

I know you may all be waiting for the big reveal of the house after we moved in....and that isn't going to happen today.  See, the problem is once you start moving in the house just gets messier and messier.  While we've been living and LOVING our new house for the last few weeks I still have a lot of unpacking left.  Until I find office furniture, cabinets for the laundry room, and clear out the basement office I've got piles and boxes spread throughout the house and garage.  Slowly we're chipping away at things but it takes a long time to really be moved in, organized, and decorated enough to take final pictures.  I may have to do one room at a time.   For instance, I don't want to take a photo of the dinning room because as of now all that is in there is a big table, light fixture, and a wine cabinet.   No chairs. I've got wine but nowhere to sit.  Priorities...right??  So until I figure out what I want to do in there that space is unfinished with temporary chairs.   The girls rooms are pretty much done except for art on the walls and finding the elusive kids alarm clocks that I've been searching high and low for.  But...that room will never be as clean as it was before the kiddos were actually living in it.  They are great about picking up their rooms at least once a week...but still.

Stay tuned, I promised I'll post final pictures.... someday!

March for Babies 2012

This weekend was the 2012 March for Babies walk.  Team Singer Twins was out in full force with a team of 30+ walkers.  We are just about $100 away from our goal of $4000 which is just amazing!  This means that including our 4th year of walking we've raised over $16,000 for the March of Dimes.  I'm grateful and SUPER impressed!   Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!

TEAM SINGER TWINS!!!

The girls helped decorate their "float"

Our poster on Ambassador Avenue

taking you way back to when they were just 4 weeks old!

Sisters!