Before and After

Today the boys and I were on the trampoline and we were playing, "puppy," a game that involves far too much licking for my liking. At one point we all ended up in a heap of arms and legs, one small boy head tucked under my chin and another bigger boy head on my shoulder. And we just stayed like that in a rare moment of stillness, the smell of warm blond heads making me drowsy with content. And I declared to myself that I must start blogging again, I must start writing these things down again. So I am sitting and ignoring the things that need doing right now and I will try to show you a small glimpse of what we've been busy with. It will probably be "Part 1" as there has been plenty that we've been doing.

We moved. *Shudder.* Boxes.


Surprise! The new house has lovely blooming bushes in the front, even though the inside had 300 layers of dirt to remove.


This is what the living room of our new house looked like when we walked through. (Don't be deceived. It may look semi clean but it's not.)


This is the living room after we moved in and started to prep the walls for paint.


Ta da! After paint and some new furniture. It's definitely a work in progress and the stacks of DIY blogs in my feed and decorating magazines on my shelves is a testament to my slight obsessiveness.


And a glimpse of the dining room.


I will definitely do a bigger reveal once I get a little further along in the process, but I'm having loads of fun and loving my thrift shopping. I haven't been brave enough to attempt to refinish furniture yet or sew things. But I want to. So I will work up my courage and let you know how that goes.

Meanwhile... I have very busy boys to keep up with.




And a video to show you exactly what I have to deal with every day. Excuse my yelping and clucking. And the mess - we were redoing the guest bedroom.



*No babies were harmed in the making of the video*