Before and After

We have been doing some projects around the house. I think it is because we have had to stay inside the past few months so we have found stuff to keep us busy. We knew we wanted to update the kitchen appliances when we bought the house so that had been on our To-Do List. We decided to take on that with our tax refund money so after much searching we finally found some that we liked and would work in our kitchen. I also made some drapes for the living room. We found material we liked but couldn't find curtains already made so I decided that I could probably do it and I DID! So that has been our two main things we have done to the house lately. Here are some before and after pictures.

The Kitchen as it looked for the previous owners.

The Kitchen Before

The Kitchen After

This is our living room before the curtains. Actually you can see Ricky had already hung one curtain rod.

The living room with the curtains.

The curtains up close.

Keeping Busy

We are more than ready for it to be Spring so we can get outside and play. We have found lots of fun things to do in Columbia during the winter months but Caden is more than ready for more outside time. He loves slides right now so I think that parks are going to be a big hit this spring/summer. We have been able to make it to the neighborhood park a couple of times in the last week or so and he has had a blast. The only thing is we can't stay for too terribly long because it isn't really that warm yet. We are hoping some warmer weather is coming soon. Here are some pictures that are from the last month or so of fun things we have been doing indoors. Hopefully we will have some outdoor pictures to share soon.

Caden loves playing with his stuffed animals right now. He likes to move them all into the rocking chair in his room and then climb up in the chair with them. Sometimes he can even be found reading them a book.

He did this one morning when he first got up and I went to get the camera to take a picture. When I turned the camera on he said "Cheese" so that was also funny. So here he is saying cheese for his picture to be taken.

I love spaghetti!

And Corn on the Cob! What took you all so long to give me this?

A few weeks ago we went to a Parents as Teachers Event on Saturday morning. They had lots of fun activities for the kids to run around and do.

Fishing with Daddy.

Crawling through the tunnel.

Playing with balloons. It looks like really he is just taking balloons from others.

At the Mall - Playing with Trains at Barnes and Noble

At the Mall - Sliding at the Kids Play Area

There is a gymnastics place up here that has open gym every couple of weeks for toddlers/preschool age. We went a few weeks ago and Caden had a blast.

Playing Ball

Saying Cheese for his picture while he walks the balance beam.

Jumping on the trampoline.