Andrew's Big Boy Bed - Finally!

About a year ago, I really  wanted to redecorate the boys room!  My mom pointed out that it would be about the time I would be decorating a nursery if we had kept the same time frame of having kids (every 20 months).  I decided that I would redecorate and give Andy his big boy bed at the same time.  I started working on switching the room before Andy's 2nd birthday in August.  I was really hopeful to have him switched to his big boy bed by October, but I realized that the bed didn't have the bolts that went with it!  So I started looking for something that would work (when I remembered), but what I found didn't work so I enlisted the help of my dad, who found some bolts that would work in his stash. (Thanks, Dad!!).  But I still didn't have the time or energy to get to putting the bed together!  Well, I brought all the pieces up today and wrangled it together.  (I had to have Sarah pull down on one leg of the foot board to get the holes to even out enough to screw the bolt in!)  When Andy woke up from his nap, I told him there was something for him in the living room.  He ran in, saw his bed, turned around, ran back to me and gave me a big hug!   Payment enough! ☺

So anyway, here are the pictures:

Loving his big boy bed

All tucked in for bed

Here are some pictures of the new room decor:

I scaned the fabric I used for the curtains and printed up some pictures for the walls

New drawer knobs

Plaques above William's bed

I didn't get any full room shots as their room was rather "untidy".  Maybe I'll post some later!

Decoration Day

Getting the vase out

Sarah decorating the gravestone with flowers (her idea)

Putting flowers in the vase

more flowers

The decorated grave

Dan and the kids at the gravesite.  We were glad to see that Bill had a flag this year.

The kids in their patriotic clothes

The kids in a little pool for them to cool off

At first, Andy wouldn't get in, but would just play in the water at the edge

Andy checking out his siblings playing.  I love how curly his hair is!

Andrew finally decided to venture into the pool

Vacation Bible School Prep.

VBS is this week at church. It is exciting this year that we have the sole occupancy of the building so the decorating has been in full swing all last week! (Last year we couldn't really do anything until after the other group had used the building on Saturday)





Dan & I came in on Wednesday to help out

























Here is a start to the hallway / entry decorations



































And the start to the auditorium decorations






































































Here Andrew is enjoying his feet sliding around on the plastic!















Yesterday at church, they did a little intro to the theme of VBS (SeaQuest: Diving for God's Treasure)

It is Autumn!

Just so you weren't confused with yesterday's post and think we were having really sunny and warm weather, here is a picture of our house and the Fall decorations! (of course it doesn't show how cold it is! Colder than normal even.)