I am always getting postcards from Sears portraits studio for a free picture, and every now and then I go and take Bridget in.

Thought this one was pretty dang cute!

Park

Here are some pictures I took while we were at the park today! It has finally cooled off!

Lately she loves hanging from things

She is such a climber, and is getting pretty good at it too!

Dining Room

I'm a few weeks late on this post, but better late than never right? It all started one Saturday night when we had some friends over for dinner... They(as in the husband) were in the middle of re-finishing their hardwood floors in their house. He and Josh were talking about it, Josh tells him how we always wanted to have hardwood in the dining room, he asks if we knew what was under our carpet, and next thing I know he is removing the air vent cover and lifting up the carpet to look!! Sure enough there was wood. That of course got all the wheels moving in Josh's brain, and the next day after church Josh was tearing up the carpet. Before I was super nervous, worried that it wasn't going to look good or wouldn't be possible so I wanted Josh to just roll the carpet back that way we could put it back down if it didn't work out...Then I see this... The carpet cut up into sections!

I get that it made it easier for him to roll up and haul out, now there is REALLY no going back! Underneath was this lovely, green shag carpet!

Underneath the carpet was this black, foam-like carpet glue that was stuck to the wood. We got this solution that had to be scrubbed on, let soak for about 10 minutes, then scraped off. After getting all that off, it was time for sanding! We could hardly believe our eyes! All the hardwork, finally paid off to see this beautiful wood!

Time to stain! The color of the stain on the can didn't look this dark, but we are happy with the way it looks anyways!

Final step:clear coat

Finished product--DONE!!

I am so glad Josh took the plunge and did this project! It makes the room look a thousand times better, makes me not so worried about whatever gets dropped during meals, and makes clean up so much easier!! And Bridget loves driving cars on it too!

Goats

On Monday we went to the zoo, and what an awesome time we had! In our zoo they have what is called the Children's Zoo, and during the first hour it's free! They have a playground area, a farm animal exhibit with farm tool toys, and an indoor exhibit with all kinds of smaller animals and play stuff too! And then they will also have seasonal exhibits that they trade out throughout the year. Well as we were getting ready to leave I noticed they had a goat exhibit going on. I didn't think much of it because when I looked down at it, all the goats I could see were up high on some rocks, behind a fence. I didn't think Bridget would be that into it. But I decided to walk down the ramp and see what it was all about. Boy am I glad we did, because I was suprised to see about 15 more goats just walking around all out in the open! Bridget did not hesitate one bit, she walked right up to on and started petting it! We spent at least a good 25 minutes there just going from goat to goat, seeing every one!

She really liked touching their ears, I just had to make sure she was being soft because I didn't one to snap at her! Thankfully these goats were very tolerant of all the kids touching them when they probably just wanted to be left alone!

Some of the goats got up on the bench, and Bridget just went and sat right next to them! She was so funny how into them she was!

I love our zoo!!

New shoes

Bridget was really in need of a bigger pair of tennis shoes, so we headed to Payless and this is what they had on sale for $7! And needless to say, she is obsessed with them!! The next day after buying them, I put them on her to wear to the park. She was estatic!

I think they are funny looking, but a perfect fit for an-almost two year old! The next night, a friend came over to look at our car because it was having issues and of course it happened while Josh was at Scout Camp. Anyways, Bridget was just in a diaper outside and a couple minutes later she went in the house and when I went to see what she was doing, she was putting on her new, pink shoes!! She wants to wear them all the time!

Duck Pond

Last Saturday I took Bridget to a park that also has a pond to feed the ducks. (Josh was sanding the floors, which will be an entirely different post to come when completely finished!) Anyways, this was our first time doing this and she loved it!

Everything was going great, until a big goose came up out of the water and started walking up to Bridget! He was not slowing down, and I was so scared it was going to snap Bridgets fingers off. So I quickly threw the last piece we had at it, and took off for the playground! We went back after playing and they all left us alone since we didn't have bread, and Bridget just enjoyed watching them for a good 15 minutes! She just loves animals.

Thank you Pinterest

A while back I had a friend invite me to Pinterest, and then I never did anything with it. People were always ranting & raving about it and I never understood. While Josh was at scout camp and I had extra time in the evenings, I rekindled my Pinterest account and realized what all the hype was about! I am so thankful for other peoples creativity and posting it for me! I found lots of great ideas for indoor and outdoor activities. The only one I took pictures of was finger paiting. I bought the crayola washable "finger painting" paint so that is why she is wearing her clothes. And she wouldn't let me take them off!

She loved it and since then we have done much more painting. I also made playdough, which is by far her favorite activity!