August

BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER

The daughter of one of Rick's co residents had her birthday party in a warehouse full of bounce houses, the boys were in heaven.
LOTS OF FUN OUTSIDE

We spent a lot of time outside. There is something to be said about running through the sprinklers fully clothed until you are soaked, it just makes it feel like summer.

Our yard is full of frogs and Wyatt is an expert at catching them. He loved naming them, keeping them for an hour or so, then he always let them go. In this video he is trying to get Owen to hold the frogs.

BUNK BEDS

The boys got bunk beds. The first three days were rough transitioning Owen from the crib, but he eventually got the hang of it and we meet my goal of both boys being transitioned (Wyatt to the top bunk, and Owen to a big boy bed) before kindergarten started in September.
OWEN'S FIRST BIG BOY HAIRCUT

It makes him look SOOO much older, it seems like he has grown up so much in the last couple months.
THE BASEMENT

The biggest event of August was definitely finishing off the basement. It had been a project slowly moving forward over the past three years. Rick had a week of of work and literally every waking second was spent working on the basement. It was fun to work together all day long. It happened to be the week of our 9th wedding anniversary so it was our anniversary present to ourselves. I would say it is 95% done, Rick is still finishing a built in bookcase and there is not any decor up, but adding 400 sq ft to our 1200 sq ft house has been really nice.

Here is the basement as it was when we first walked through our house.




It was the holding place for all our boxes for quite awhile.
During construction


The boys loved to help when they could, I think they liked it even more when our neighbors gave us their old TV for the basement.
It's current state.
I wish I had a video of the day the carpet was put in. It is the only place in our house with carpet and the boys were freaking out rolling on the floor.
Owen seems to like it. We are now even more set for visitors with this extra space so if you had not been tempted for a CT visit before maybe this is the motivation you needed.