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update

it's not that i haven't thought about you, dear readers... it's just that we've been busy. and when i do find a free moment to pull out my laptop and write to you, it's really only a matter of seconds before two little people come racing over to touch the lighted apple on the back of the monitor.

so, quickly...

the boys love each other. they love to chase each other. they laugh with each other. they're starting to take steps on their own.

and now i have to go. :)

JMB

these boys love music and they seem to have a particular fondness for the JMB. maybe it has something to do with this...


maybe, maybe not. all i know is that every morning the boys say, "mama it's time for julia!" and that's my cue to pull out the laptop and hit play. ok, ok... so those aren't their exact words, but they grunt and i know what they mean and so we listen and we dance dance and we shake it shake it and we clap clap.

AI

all i have to say is DANNY GOKEY!!!

true confession

a little history: i was the first one from my family to be born in the united states. my mother and father are from england. all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins still live in the UK.

knowing the above information you would think that if i didn't have an english accent myself than at the very least i would be able to do a decent impression of one. the truth is that i cannot. my imitation of a british accent is horrendous. at best i can imitate the accent one word at a time. my efforts to speak full sentences result in embarrassment and laughter. i sound like a mixture of a brit, an irish man, an american, an african, and occasionally a pakastani. what's even funnier... sometimes when i'm reading stories aloud to my sons and no one is around, i try to practice my english accent.

just thought you'd want to know.

music men

projects

so i promised some pictures of our new bedroom wall color, and here they are with some added bonus pictures of our 12-hour day project on saturday. we decided to paint our upstairs hallway and stairwell. the color is called sensual silver - it's supposed to be a pale gray color but you can definitely see the blue in it, which in this case i don't mind. we also decided to paint the trim on the stairwell an espresso color.

with no further ado:

the coat area at the bottom of the stairs


the stairway


upstairs hallway


upstairs hallway heading towards bathroom and nursery


master bedroom


master bedroom - the next project involves painting that built-in dresser the espresso color


just because they're so cute. these boys are best friends - they love to play together.