A day at the Zoo

Marcus is becoming more independent these days. He fights being in a stroller, so I leave it in the car now. He did a great job walking around the zoo. I held him here and there, but really only when it was time to go.

 

Before and After

We had a wonderful experience this week. We offered up our house to be used for a staging class. There were about 10 women and the teacher here on Tuesday. They did all of this in only 4 hours. We spent a week cleaning our house in preparation! It was worth it. I love the new set up and I feel so lucky to have had this opportunity. Thanks Jessica and Trish!

 Marcus 'helped' while I was taking before and after pictures -  so he's my little 'where's waldo' in some of the pictures.

 

Basement 

Before we blocked the fireplace with the tv.

The twigs on the shelf and fireplace are from the tree

 in the front yard. Clever!

I love where they put the skis. They used trimmings

from our pine tree out front.

Desk before

My desk is so clean! Unfortunately that is because they put all the

 extra stuff outside in the garage.

Guest room before

Guest room after

Living room before.  Toy central!

Living room after! Wow, adults live here!

That is the dresser from our bedroom.

Our bedroom before.

Our bedroom after. The dressers are gone. One is in the living

room and the other is in the garage. So Matt's going to the

garage to get clothes...haha

Our bathroom after. I guess I forgot to get the before.

Marcus' room before. Stuffed animal anyone?

Marcus' room after

Dining room before

Dining room after.

My little helper. He was hovering around

during the picture taking. He kept hanigng on my leg so I

thought I'd get a quick picture of him.

Kitchen before. (We had already cleaned off a lot of stuff)

Kitchen after. They placed the dishes so nicely! I always

struggled with how to put them up on that shelf.

Various pics

Sitting in the chair like the big kids. No high chair!!

Bubbles with Mom

 Matt is grilling dinner and we're playing

 The chalk is wet and really messy

 Now he sits in his booster seat. No more tray at dinner.

New planting area in the back yard.

Matt dug up the rose bushes a few months ago. Last weekend he dug up the old plastic retaining wall and put in wood. He used the left over posts from the fence project. Marcus liked helping.