Some changes are coming our family's way very soon. Nothing major, just day-to-day life kinda changes.
Here is what has been going on in the Edmondson household as of late:
- As you can tell from the pic above, I have been dreaming of the beach. Planning our beach trip every year is really fun for me. Aside from the actual trip being awesome, planning for one is a list makers dream. I get really excited when I can start making lists. I am a bit of a condo snob though, so it makes picking a place to stay kind of annoying. If the decor looks like it hasn't been spruced up since the 80's I won't be staying. If the deck to get to the condo is made of wood, I won't be staying. Concrete all the way. We learned our lesson last year when Ryder got two HUGE splinters in his feet. It was horrible.
- This week is Ryder's last at pre-school. Technically, he can stay through the summer before he moves over to the big boy school and starts 4K. But I thought it would be pretty crappy to be in one class with a teacher and friends you have been with for over a year, then BOOM, the next week you are in a new building, have a new teacher, and probably only a few of your old friends. So I am taking him out for the summer. I'm pretty excited about it. I have been trying to come up with all sorts of fun activites to busy us every day.
- Since I am taking Ryder out for the summer, I am trying to transition Lucy from two naps a day to one. Last Thursday and Friday I did a little test run; after we dropped Ryder off at school at 9 we ran errands and busied ourselves outside until time to pick him up at 12. She did really good, and didn't start completely melting into a pool of tired kid until around 1:00. Ryder didn't officially switch to one nap until he was two years old. So maybe this is coming a little early for her. But it will be pretty boring for Ryder if we are chained to the house EVERY SINGLE MORNING for at least two hours so little sis can snooze. Resentment anyone?
- After small group last night we drove by our dream house. This house has been on the market for a couple of months, is a bank owned foreclosure, is right in the area we want and has room for our family to grow. We got out and peeked in the windows and fell even more in love with it. Ryder kept asking when we were going to move in. If you are the praying type, prayers for us to get our dream house would be most appreciated. In a few months we will be ready to start trying for baby #3, and we can't really do that in a 2 bedroom 1 bath house and stay sane. In fact, Im not sure we are really sane now lol......four people in under 1,000 square feet is challenging :)
- I have been searching for some athletic type shorts for the summer. While the Nike Tempo shorts are awesome, I am just not paying almost $30 for shorts to wear with a big T-shirt. I'm just not. If I have $30 to spend on shorts, I am going to be hitting up Anthro to find some on sale that are really cute.......not on some that advertise that they will wick sweat away. So, I have been scouring EBay for some at a cheapo price and always come up empty handed. But this weekend I was at Old Navy and found these guys on sale for $12.50!! I only picked up one pair since I was at the summit and the summit Old Navy is a HOT MESS. Hopefully I can scoot on down to my Old Navy later today and pick up a couple more for the summer. When I am taking the kids to the splash pad, or doing anything where I will be facing the Alabama sun I am in shorts and a tee, so these are super important!
- Can I just add that a plus for these kind of running shorts is having the underwear built in?! Why can't all shorts, or bottoms for that matter, have underwear built in?
Did everyone have a good weekend? I did, and will post later this week about my awesome Mother's Day present! But now I need to go tend to some laundry. I washed Lucy's car seat cover for the first time in......oh.........well, this is the first time :/ So please imagine the nightmare I was putting into my washing machine. Im afraid to go see if it did it's job. Wish me luck!
I worked at Old Navy in Tuscaloosa when I was in college, and the one at the Summit would request us to send people over to help them clean. Like, for days at a time. I actually stayed in a hotel in Birmingham for several days one summer because they needed people to help so badly. You think the front of the store looks bad? You should see the back!
ReplyDeleteOh I bet! I mean, EVERYTHING is in disarray. I know they probably have way more foot traffic than the one here, but sweet Lord! It looks like the delivery truck parked itself in the store, exploded, and that's how they kept things. What's their deal? Do they just have a high turnover rate at that location?
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