Basement Play Room

Our old house was tiny.  Think the smallest house you have been in.  It was smaller.

I am not kidding.

And while we were great full to even have a house to call our own, it was too small.

There wasn't enough room for us to begin with, let alone extra room.  We had a full basement-but it was gross, and when feet of snow melted in a day, or when we would get flood rains, little 'rivers' came up through the cracks.  And it stunk in the summer...and we had to pay big bucks for a ventilation system.

Did I mention it was SMALL.

And old....and small.

I walked into our unfinished basement at our new house this week to find this....

I realized how truly blessed we are to have this house...

...because on a cold rainy day, my Munchkin has a huge room to run around in...with all of his outside summer toys.

Molly ran around in circles.  Karson giggled. DJ & Molly wrestled.  Karson giggled more.  He rode his big wheel, he put his bears in his cozy coop, he rode his tractor around, and played basketball with daddy.  He bounced around on his big ball, and pushed his tractors & lawn mower around.

 

It has ugly carpet....and I may never understand why it has two different kinds of carpet.

It has cement walls...ok I don't really know if they are cement...but they aren't drywalled.

It will be years and years and years before we can finish it!

But it is absolutely perfect for our little boy!!

House Updates {Before & After}

We have had our new house for almost 2 months now.  I love the house, but it needed a lot of updating. We joked that it may be done by Christmas.  Hopefully in the next month we will be done.  Here are a few before and after pictures.  The before pictures I took during our inspections, before we closed on the house.  The stuff in the house was the sellers.  I never took pictures after the house was ours.  Oops.  Most of the rooms aren't done yet.  But the wall paper is off, and the rooms are painted.

Full Bath 

{before}

Full Bath

{after}

Half Bath

{before}

 there was a wall paper boarder on the top of the wall that literally took me days to get off

Half Bath

{after}

 Isn't the floor lovely?  It was under the flooring we ripped out. We have wood floor going in next week! 

Master Bedroom

{before}

Master Bedroom

{after}

Karson's Room

{before}

Karson's Room

{after}

I have 2 curtains, I just only have 1 up.

Living Room

{before}

Living Room

{after}

Living Room/Dining Room

{before}

Living Room/Dining Room

{after}

Again with the lovely flooring.

We still have a lot to do.

Finish the cabinet doors, put in the wood floor, put in new light fixtures, get a mirror for the full bath, put all the appliances back, decorate...

Oh, and move in. :)

Lately...

I seriously slacked on picture taking last week.  I also slacked at going on outings, even going outside, making dinner, doing laundry....  Basically, Karson played in the living room & watched Sprout while I laid on the couch.  I am not a huge fan of him watching excessive amounts of tv.  However, I was in survival mode, so I really never shut it off. 

Here is a quick glimpse of what we have been up to lately.

When I wasn't laying half asleep on the couch. :)

The Beach

I love the beach. Nana loves the beach.

My Mom got home from work last week, and suggested we go to the beach after dinner.  I, of course, thought it was a fabulous idea.  We packed a few shovels for Karson and headed out the door.  I started feeling sick on the way there.  After 10 minutes of sitting in the sand, I decided we better leave.  I have now experienced throwing up out a car door. Not a whole lot of fun.  We definitely need a make up beach evening!

Goggies aka Molly & Maggie

  He loves them.  A lot.  He loves to give them sticks from the fire pit out back.

Then run away really fast, before he gets knocked over...

Nap Time

He was exhausted one night, when I was making dinner.  I usually turn on Caillou while I make dinner.   He curled up on a pillow with his blankie and fell asleep.  Shocking, if you know our little guy!

 I actually woke him up when I was taking the pictures.  He walked into the kitchen, and I told him to go back night night.  He laid back down on his pillow, and went back to sleep.  Again, shocking!!!

Free Ice Cream Park Date
 

We were running errands at the beginning of last week.  Picking up camping supplies, for the camping trip we didn't end up going on. I always try to do something special for Munchkin when he has to run errands for me.  I heard on the radio our local station was giving away free ice cream at a park down the road.  So, we skipped lunch and ate free ice cream instead.

Molly

I like her again.  If the vet takes her off her anxiety meds when I call on Wednesday, I will cry.  Really, I will.  I love her, but wow, is she one intense dog!  I love that Karson will get to grow up with her!  He really loves her, she tolerates him.

What Mom?  I'm not taking the goggie's toy away.

Corn on the Cob

We had corn on the cob for dinner.  A perfect summer treat!  Karson didn't so much help shuck the corn, but we did catch him trying to eat it.

He got so upset when I took the raw corn he was eating away.  I kept trying to convince him it would taste better when it was cooked.

He is such a goof.  He liked eating it, but he spit it out as soon as it was in his mouth.

House Updates

Master Bedroom 

Before

Master Bedroom

After

I will share more Before & Afters later this week.

What have you been up too lately?