Bed

We finally received the rest of our bed frame for the bed in the master bedroom. We need to add a wall hanging behind the headboard and then this bedroom will be finished.

More Decorating

We are getting closer to being finished with setting up the house. During this past week the drapes were hung on the back porch, our bed posts came in, my craft bookcases came in and were put in place, the pool table FINALLY (after 3 attempts and 6 weeks) got put together, art was hung in the gameroom, and some other decorative pieces were hung. Here are a few more pictures:

Outdoor drapes.

Half of gameroom.

Other half of gameroom. I could not get a good picture because the flash kept reflecting in the mirrors.

Ink drawings of old downtown Austin and my husband's grandfather's radio.

Man-cave bathroom featuring a replica of the mask Ken Dryden wore from 1975 - 1979 while playing for the Montreal Canadiens.

Small sitting area in gameroom.

This is in the entry. I have not decided if I like it. There are going to be 2 candle wall scones layered over the reflective circles. I will withhold judgement until I see it completed.

Sandbox Park

We went to the sandbox park around 8 o'clock this morning. We had a breakfast picnic and played before the temperature hit 90 degrees F. Boogs and I built sandcastles, tunnels, bridges, played tic-tac-toe, and buried each other in the sand.

Boogs is getting so tall.

The dinosaur is eating me for breakfast!

Sweet, cheesy smile.

"With a little bit of work I can turn this wet sand into a work of art."

I love this amazing boy!

Where's Ollie the Octopus

Thanks Aunt J for the fun toy octopus. Boogs has named him Ollie the Octopus. We are finding Ollie everywhere!

Waterslide!

Boogs was beyond excited when he was able to go on his first big water slide. We went to a friend's birthday party and Boogs had to pass a swim test to slide. He loved the slide. He probably went down the slide 50 times.

Theater Room Curtains

The curtains for our theater room, I mean "my husband's theater room", were installed today. The room looks A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Our decorator had us wait downstairs while the curtains were installed so that she could do a big reveal.

First reaction to seeing the room with curtains.

                      The curtains count down like the beginning of an old movie.                                            

Soon, the speakers will be painted to match the wall.

Grandfather Tang's Story

 I put Boogs' toy storage unit together and now I just need to get it organized. Boogs was helping me unpack some of his toys, when he came across a package of tangrams. It is funny how new his toys seem since they have been in storage for 7 months. He has definitely outgrown a few things. I want to start a "donate" pile, but I can't do that while he is around. Anyway... back to the tangrams. Boogs asked what they were and how they work. I remembered that I had a book with "Grandfather Tang's Story" in it. So I got it out and we read it together. In the story, the grandfather creates many different animals with the tangrams. Each page shows how to make the animal on that page. Boogs was fascinated with being able to make so many different animals with only 7 shapes.

Two foxes

A hawk and a turtle

After the story, we played with the tangrams and made up our own animals and objects. Boogs asked if he could make an animal and make it stay. So I cut the seven shapes out of paper for him. I told him we could glue the shapes on another piece of paper and write down what he had created. He played with the paper shapes, but decided he really needed to think about it before he made it "unchangeable" with glueing it down.