Tuesday Tidbits!

--We had a movie night on Friday & Saturday night this weekend, and it was so fun! I think we might start making that a weekly tradition on weekend nights that we don't already have something planned. To our surprise, Hadley (who never sits in front of the TV for more than 2 minutes) actually sat with us & watched! Shelby picked Cinderella to watch both nights ;)  So often with parenting, you have this romanticized views of how precious your visit to the zoo or the children's museum will be with your little ones, and then in actuality you're dealing with whiny kids and tantrums...not that I'm speaking from personal experiences AT ALL. But our movie nights were one of those rare sweet moments where everything was just as you imagined it would be, and the rest of our crazy day just melted away. Such a precious memory.

When Shelby covered up with the blanket, Hadley immediately crawled over to sit on the blanker with her. It was so cute!
And please note the random too-short curtain panel in the background--it's explained below ;)

--We played with fingerpaint yesterday morning, which was a first for Miss Hadley. I strategically planned some water play in the baby pool immediately following our art time b/c I knew it was bound to get VERY messy with Hadley! It was a fun morning!

--Today we turned in Shelby's summer reading log at our local library, and she got to have ice cream afterward as her reward for completing her 15 books independently! Of course, Hadley & I got in on the ice cream, too! :)

 -- For whatever reason, we recently discovered that both of the girls are TOTALLY obsessed with shoelaces. Throw the two of them a pair of shoes to share, and they will sit there with the laces for a good ten minutes straight. It's delightful! ;)

--Things are slowly starting to come together with the new house. The kitchen is the only room completely done, which was necessary for functionality of the house. Aside from the kitchen. Hadley & Shelby's rooms are the closest to being complete. We got a new bookcase for the nursery, and we just need a couple of picture frames/knick-knacks for the top of the shelf & viola--we'll be done in Hadley's room! In Shelby's room, all we need on her curtrains. The first pair of panels we ordered were a flop (sizing was off..her windows are huge, which has presented a big challenge), but we ordered another set of panels that should arrive this week...fingers crossed they'll work! We got our gallery wall up & new shelves in the living room, curtains ordered for the living room & dining room (after having 3 different patterned panels--as pictured in one of the pictures of our movie night--hanging in our living room over the weekend to help us decide, ha!), and organizational plans underway for the playroom! The guest room is the only room we haven't touched yet, but that's on the list for next month so we'll be ready for our first visitors in September! It feels good to be making progress, but I'm ready to be done. ;)  I feel like we're not going to be completely done until almost Christmas, and then thought of a possible move a mere 18 months after that is a bit daunting!!!


--I had my first haircut in San Antonio over the weekend, and it feels so good to have that behind me! Finding a new hair stylist is one of the hardest parts of moving!!


The days with the girls have been long lately (still getting used to Derek's commute in the evenings ;), but the weeks are flying by! Can't believe it's almost August! We've got one more full month of summertime fun to be had before preschool starts up for Miss Shelby, we're going to live it up!!

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!! :)