Sunday, May 30, 2010

Vinny's Big Boy Room

Vinny got a big boy bed today!!! It is a loft bed from IKEA, and I love it! We haven't had much luck with him staying in his own bed, and his CARS bed, just wasn't cutting it, so we decided to get him a twin bed, and pray that he will actually sleep in his own room. As some of you know, I don't think he has slept in his own room more than a couple of times in his life. He slept in the living room forever, and now has been crawling into our bed. It was time for a change!

I kept asking him if he wanted a big boy bed, and then today showed him the picture online of the one that I wanted to get him. He saw that there was a tent on it, and was so excited. So off to IKEA we went! It took WAY to long to put together, and I realize now that that boy has way too much stuff. We had to take his train table out of his room in order to fit it in, and it doesn't leave much room, but I love it.

We decided to put our old couch under the bed for now. We may move it, but for now, it works.

The view when you walk in the room.
I kept some of his jungle theme stuff up... oh, and that is his new nightlight.
Yes, that is a basket on his head.
The view under the bed... my whole family under a bed that is barely 3 feet off the ground!
Once we started getting organized.
Look at the poor little guy that was told it was bed time.... Well... maybe he isn't that sad.
Good Night Vinny!!!
**Update** Vinny bawled once I shut his door. I went in and just asked him what was wrong. He said that he was done being a Big Boy for the night. I explained that he wanted the bed and that he had made a deal that if he got the bed, that he had to sleep in it. So I said goodnight and shut the door. He cried for less than 2 minutes and was out. Yay!





Monster Trucks at Evergreen Speedway.

On Saturday night, we took Vinny and went to the Monster Truck races at Evergreen Speedway. We had a blast!!!

This one was Vinny's favorite. He even bought a hot wheels of it!


They had rides inside of one of the trucks. Here is Vinny getting ready to go.
Here is a video of the ride. The first part is of the ride Tony and Vinny took, and the second part is taken of Vinny while him and I were on a ride. He kept wanting to go back on... and to be honest, so did I :)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sleeping Bag

Vinny got his first sleeping bag. It's a Buzz Lightyear one. Here is a picture of him before bed, with Woody and Buzz!


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Travis Lawton Photography

We had Vinny's pictures taken recently. It was Travis Lawton that did them, and I think he did a great job. We went down to the Mukilteo beach. It was cold and rainy and Vinny wasn't very cooperative, but he still got some great shots! These are a few of my favorites.


Monday, May 10, 2010

New Roof

We have been doing a lot of stuff to fix up our house... our newest change was a new roof. It was much needed!!! It started leaking last fall, and we had repairs done, but they didn't hold, so we decided to get a whole new one. I forgot to take a before picture. But here is one from before we painted it last summer....



And this is now... It is like night and day! I LOVE the paint and roof. I am so excited!!!

We are now in the process of remodeling the bathroom. Hopefully that will be done soon too! Then on to the backyard!

Gardening at Papa & Grandma's house

The kids each got their own little garden over at Papa & Grandma's. They planted so much!










Jules

I can't believe he is almost a month already!
Both Abby's checking things out.

Enjoying Mother's Day with her new little guy.
Grandma & Jules

Riding the Quad

So, as I was getting ready to post these pictures, I started thinking that this is about as white trash as it gets... my 3 year old riding his quad in the backyard, which has not been mowed yet this year, in his underwear with no helmet and no socks. Oh well... he had fun.








The woodchips are all from the 2 stumps that we had grinded in the backyard.

Monroe Races

We went to the races on Saturday night. Vinny got to go and get autographs from the drivers and look at the cars before hand.




This is Vinny's favorite car. He would get so excited each time it raced.



I think this was his sign that it was too loud!
That's better.

They were giving out balloons so Vinny ran down to get one.
They called all of the kids up to the stage to yell Happy Mother's Day. I was suprised that he went up there, but he was excited to be with all the kids.


We had so much fun. I am thinking we will go plenty more this year!

Sh---ark boy and Lavagirl

A couple of pictures of Vinny watching his new favorite movie... Shark Boy and Lave Girl.





My brother...

Vinny is obsessed with having a brother. He doesn't want a baby brother, he wants an older one. I don't really think that he understands the concept of what a brother is... in his eyes it is just someone older that he can claim all to himself.

Nadia is so understanding. I know that it must be hard to be her age and be called a brother all the time, but if she only understood that right now, I think that is the highest thing you can be, in his mind.