Project in the basement

So for the past 3 years we have been trying to finish a room in the basement for a play area for the boys. We started this project while Big J was on his first deployment. I bought all the supplies before he came home on leave. While he was on leave he and his dad started the project. After Big J went back overseas his dad and I worked more on the basement, mostly his dad. The basement wasn't even close to being done.... so when Big J came home from deployment he picked the task back up, he and his dad textured the walls and painted the primer. Then started deployment number 2. I bought all the paint two years ago, and finally we have started to use it!!!!
We have most of the walls painted. I have a little project I am working on for one of them and then there is the bookshelf...

We have Yellow!

Blue!!

More of the same Blue wall

Orange!!!

(Behind the sheet will be the guest room when we decide to finish that part)

And last but not least Beige.

(The area beyond the plastic is for a future bathroom to the left, and utility area leading to the cold storage on the right)

Then.....

This is my project, it will be plaid when all is said and done. Using all the colors in the basement and a little black for accent.

Gender Ultra Sound...

So I had my Ultra Sound to check the gender yesterday. The guy doing the ultra sound didn't get any pictures of the face, but got the important one of the gender specific parts. Since I am 21 weeks he said that there was a 1 in 10,000 chance that he was wrong. Have you guessed it yet? How about if I ask you to finish this phrase?... "Think ----"

I don't see a turtle and shell, do you? Then it must be.....

A cute little foot.

The spine, ribs, and bent knee

The heart and heart beat.

Legs crossed at the knees, being shy...

Have you guess it yet? We are going to have a precious little girl! I have a couple face shots on the video, I just have to get it put transferred from VHS to DVD and then I might be able to get a still of the face from the DVD. Perhaps I could even get one of those 3-D ultra sounds from the mall, but they are expensive, is it too early to start spoiling her?

Summer Fun!

Here's Little J setting up the sprinkler for them to run through.

Little J and B getting ready to run through again.

S loving the water and not caring how cold it is.

Now he is starting care that it's cold, but he loves the water so he won't leave.

All better and nice and warm in his towel. Little J had to take him by the hand to get him out of the water.

I am so glad that summer is here. The boys have been playing outside and loving the warm weather with ways to stay cool. I have been loving them not being inside fighting. I long for the structure of school days, but relish the fun they are having and the memories being made.

B's Happy 6th Birthday on 6/13

Sorry it has taken me two weeks to get B's birthday up... We have been busy, I have been tired and let's be honest a little lazy.

We had an outside party. I love summer birthdays for that very reason. I don't have to have the kids inside my house, they can be outside and not thrashing my house. The kids played in the little pool, the sprinkler, and with squirt guns and squirt bottles. They had so much fun. I sat in a camping chair and got sunburned while they all had a blast.

Filling up the squirt guns in the pool.

This is B and his Bestest Friend in the whole world Z. They were warming up by laying on the warm cement.

Some of the kids waiting for the cup cakes and ice cream sandwhiches. S runnimg back to the pool because he loves water!

I am passing out the cup cakes after B made his wish (the wind blew out his candle).

B had so much fun and really enjoyed having a water part for his birthday. It was a nice warm day too. We had had 50 degree temps earlier in the week so I was worried it was going to be cold and I would have to figure something else out for the kids, but it all worked out and they all had fun!