Starting to look a lot like home

Tuesday, I put together the kids TV Room/Romper Room. the Perrys came over for tacos and Tommy helped Jim do the stove swap and put the microwave in. Thanks so much Perrys! The TV Room is really cozy and the kids really love it. I have the 36' tube TV in there on the TV stand with everything snug inside, there is an air mattress on the floor with bedding and tons of pillows for the kids to lay on, all the stuffed animals and blankies and lovies they can handle. The Wii and a VCR are in there for the kids to watch Netflix or VHS movies. I think I am going to need another DVD player to make it complete for them. We tested it out that night with all of the kids and it is quite comfortable. I think it is going to work out quite nice for movie night!

Last weekend, on father's day, we visited Lexington Beach with the Perrys. The kids had a lot of fun playing in the water and in the sand making sand castles. Liesl loved wearing her sunglasses and hat on the beach. She was very brave and walked into the water up to her chest holding momma's hand. We actually spent the whole weekend with the Perrys which was really fun. Had a sleepover with Aly, Gavin and Heather on Saturday night and put the library together in my studio. It was really nice to get that together and got a lot of boxes out of the way. Then Sunday morning Tommy greeted us with bagels.

Last night Oma Gabi, Liesl and I went to the AMC theater to watch Toy Story 3 which was really good. This was Liesl's first real theater experience and she was captivated with the movie. The whole movie there was not a peep out of her. She sat very nicely with her Barbies in hand and blankie, juice and snacks in lap. The people around us didnt even know there was someone so young amidst them. Even after the movie finished an hour after her bedtime she was so sweet.

She has been saying just about everything she can repeat. Alot of her favorite phrases are "Help you", "I love you", "bubbye (person's name)", " I did it" among others.

Also I have some darling pictures of Grady, Liesl and Gavin playing in our back yard