Playing catch-up

I realized I haven't posted for awhile so I thought I'd use this to catch-up. Since getting back from our Oregon trip, we've been busy with projects around the house. We had a swell in the backyard that made the yard not as user friendly. So we had dirt brought in and filled that in....now we just have to wait for the grass to grow. The previous deck hadn't been treated in the 5 years it was there, so we had to replaced the boards and stain it. They weather has finally cooperated to get the second coat of stain on and it should finish curing today with all of the sun! Today and tomorrow are forcasted to reach 70! We decided against a garden since the deer are living in our backyard. They literally are sleeping on our drain field at night.

The weather hasn't been great so we've been stuck inside until now. The book collection was getting redundant. And when Lauren is saying the same sentences as you are reading them....you know you've read the book too many times. We made it to Goodwill and picked up some new ones. Not sure how long those we'll last though! She likes to look through her books and "read" to herself. She was exhausted afterwards.


Lauren's vocabulary is getting better and better. She is also Miss Independent and has started to insist on dressing herself after baths. Some things end up backwards, but oh well. Oh and she has learned how to open the refrigerator and sliding glass door on her own; 2 things I wish she never would have learned. Thank goodness for our alarm system.