I love how this room turned out. When boy #2 arrived, we decided to put him in his own nursery. But, the plan was to eventually move them into one room and make the other room a playroom. This past Sunday we woke up and decided “today is the day”. What an adventure. We worked and worked and I am pretty happy with the results and the boy likes it too.

Before (I LOVED this room, but it was time for a change.)

During (What a MESS. We let the boys play in the pile of toys to keep the occupied. They both had a great time, but the little one had the best time of all. His eyes were huge when we set him down.)

A couple of pictures of the boys in their new room. There is still a little to do, but it is generally finished.

Dillon and I had an awesome time in Boston. He had a CLE and I had a little vacation sans kids. It was kind of strange…being away from the boys, that is….but we had a great time. Here are a few of the highlights. The weather was a little dreary and pretty warm for this Okie, but there were a couple of absolutely beautiful days.

I walked from our hotel (that, by the way, from our window, we could look down into Fenway Park….AWESOME) across the Harvard Bridge, through MIT and all over Harvard University. This was my own little fantasy world, being the professional student I am. I even thought about sitting in on a class or two, but I chickened out.

On Saturday, when Dillon and I had a whole day together, we took a ferry over to Salem. It was a little touristy for me, but once we got past all of the people dressed as witches there were some wonderful homes and boutiques. I fell in love with this yellow house. The weather was beautiful and we just walked and walked. A perfect day and surroundings to catch up with my husband.

The sun was setting as we returned on the ferry. We got back to Boston just in time to watch the game at a fun little place up north. A Great Day!

The day we flew out our flight did not leave until late afternoon. So, we got up and walked the Freedom Trail. I know, a little dorky, but it was really interesting and a beautiful day. This is a picture of North Church, where the lanterns of Paul Revere are kept. You can see them up in the steeple. We ate lunch, when we weren’t really hungry, just to eat one more Italian meal on the North Side. Then, as luck would have it, the Head of the Charles Regatta was taking place near our hotel, so we watched that for a while.

As you can can probably tell from the excessive use of superlatives we had a Wonderfully Spectacular time.

Today I picked up a couple of fun toys to add to my art supplies. I have been looking for stencils like this and I found some Pitt pens at Office Depot. SCORE!

I have also been trying to interest people in a book club for years. Finally, this month not one but two came into being. So, I have some reading to do. The first one is The Faith Club. The mom’s group at my church is reading this book. I have already read it, but it is really good. I will look over it again before we discuss it. The other book is Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. A group of girlfriends is going to read this after seeing Elizabeth on Oprah.

Busy, Busy, Busy!