Happy B-day to my Sweet Adele!

We had a mini party for Adele's 1st birthday last night. She was the first Grimes kid to dig into the cake!

Look Mama no Hands!

Any guesses on when Adele will start walking?

Eden's 5th Birthday Rocked!

Eden's 5. My baby girl, my first born, I can't believe it. In honor of this momentous occasion we threw her a rock star themed birthday party. Lot's of food, friends, and fun! Here are some pic's, enjoy:

Everything's Coming up Grimes!

Alas the time has come. The time to reveal.....our living room. For those who are unfamilar of our home's humble beginning, here are a few pictures from February 2007.

The house was abandoned a year or so earlier.

In transion:

And now drum roll please.....our newly renovated living room!

Here was a fun little project. Check out this beauty.

Pete picked it up two of these for $2 each.

A couple yards of fabric later. Not to bad eh?!

Vintage Grimes

Three years ago....

Eden was not quite two and had to get daily injections to help prepare her for heart surgery. We were regulars at the Omaha Children's Hospital - seriously they should have given us a punch card!

I was pregnant with Noah and had just started nursing school at Nebraska Methodist College.

Pete and I bought our first house and were knee deep in major home renovations. Yep some things never change : )

Pete quit his job at CM's to work at Olive Branch with Mike.

Exciting times!

sacrifice

Well it turns out the Millard school district feels that the long-haired hippy look doesn't convey responsibility and competence. So I guess we'll have to sacrifice and go for a more conventional look!

Music, Art, and Dance

So this Christmas season I discovered that when it comes to gifts, I work really well with themes. For Eden this year, her theme was "Music, Art, and Dance".

For the dance section of her gift I made a tulle princess skirt. I found this tutorial on a blog called Grosgrain and it was super easy! My only concern is that when Eden wears "princessey" things she often gets a spoiled rotten princess attitude to go with it (thank you Disney). So for this gift I wrote a short story to go along with it. In short, after a magical day of exploring, Eden is given a special princess skirt from a gentle King who explains that whoever wears it must behave with gentlness, kindness, generosity and obedience. By accepting the gift, and because of her grattitude and love for the King, Eden promises to act like a daughter of the King and not like a princess of the world I know it's cheesy but hopefully *fingers crossed* it'll work. Here are some pics.


































For "art" I created a craft/activity box that holds everything from necklace-making materials to pipe-cleaners (Eden will flip for these!). Sorry for the sideways pics but you get the idea. I pretty much owned all the materials, save for the file box and a few organizational aids that I got at Walmart. Oh ya, and check out the beads box, if that doesn't reinforce her obsessive side, I don't know what will!

And lastly, for "music" we got her a recorder. Ya know those plastic flute-like instruments you played "Twinkle-twinkle little star" on in third grade? Ya ,I hope we don't regret that decision, but I really think she'll enjoy learning how to play.