Catch Up

The days and week keep passing by so quickly.  I'm in denial that August is just around the corner. BIG birthday month, and it means that the end of summer is nearing. We've been having a blast this summer swimming, playing, crafting, skating, fun camps, bowling.....we are liking the lack of structure and schedule.  It's fun waking up and having the luxury of doing whatever we want.  

We've been playing outside after dinner with Mike most nights. The other night we found three different summer games that Santa brought us.....we forgot about them :-) They were in the mudroom bench!  The other night we were playing with the OgoSport. Super fun.  Somehow it turned into Monkey in the Middle.

 Hannah mugging for the camera. She's a pistol :-)

Han and Griff's friend came over this afternoon after Han's American Girl Dance camp. We got out the sprinkler and had some summer fun.  

I finally got around to redoing Abby's room. I think I promised her last December that I would do it over Christmas break. Then I told her Spring break. Last week I told her I'd get it done before her birthday. We pulled together and got it done over five days.  And only fought a little about colors and accessories :-)  She wanted it bright teal. I toned it down just a little, but it is still plenty bright.  She calls it her Tween Room. I'm in denial about that, too :-)  I intended to paint her bathroom, too.  I didn't. I found out that although I love decorating, I don't particularly love painting walls.  Luckily, I happened to find a rug that combined the new color in her bedroom and existing color in her bath.....whew, no need to repaint!  I still need to make her shower curtain...you can see the fabric  hanging over the curtain rod, but other than that we are done.