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Happiest Birthday: 10 Months!
Happy Birthday, Joyful Tater!
You are a butterball of pure delight. You have grown so much personality this month. You know exactly what you want and you make it happen for yourself, whether that involves testing out all your pacifiers, pounding on a shut door to be let in, or throwing your napkin on the ground while you’re eating.
You love pushing your walker wagon all around the house for loooong stretches of time. I have to follow you around and help you turn it around when you hit a dead-end. Otherwise, you can get quite distraught. You have the most adorable little waddle-walk.
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Summer Fun!
Summer has essentially hit Austin, and I’m excited! I love each of the seasons for different reasons.
What do we want to do this season?- Build a mud pit
- Get a plastic child’s pool for the deck
- Get the backyard landscaped
- Build a pool! (I need to write a whole separate post about this to explain why we are making such an environmentally and fiscally irresponsible decision).
- Swim in creeks
- Make popsicles
- Harvest vegetables
- Travel to Michigan with family
- Invite friends over for backyard movie nights
- Host a movie “walk-in” (instead of a drive-in) for our neighbors
- Go for lots of evening walks in the neighborhood
- Go for lots of
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Kitchen Island Chalkboard
It’s finished! We finally converted our kitchen island wall into a chalkboard. I had the idea to do this before we even built our house (I just though it would be the perfect place for our boys to have a big open canvass). Once we started using the space (picture lots of scuff marks from feet), I realized it made even more sense to turn it into a chalkboard.Steps:- I wish I would’ve sanded the wall to smooth it out. Note to self for next time! I think the bumps look okay, but they make writing difficult.
- Tape around the edges. I prefer Frog Tape to regular painter’s tape.
