Changes

We've had a few changes in our house this week...

This old, ugly nightstand from ReStore went from this...

...to this...

...and with a little help from Kai (although he had no idea what he was helping to make)...

...to this, along with a little TLC from me, Bryon and my dad as well as a few Thrift store and ReStore additions!

Complete with a chalkboard which is still curing, thus no writing on it yet.

After it was finally finished (yes, it's been sitting in our garage in various stages or readiness for the past few weeks now), we gave it to Kai on Saturday morning.  He instantly loved it and has already made us lots of "snacks" and "drinks" etc.

A basket of veggies in the oven is kinda weird, but you do what you gotta do when your kitchen is the size of a nightstand :)

And, this sweet little blonde, curly-haired boy went from this...

(oh so concerned!)

...to this!

And a few days later to this :(  I have now vowed to never prune trees while Kai is anywhere near.  But, as I carried him into the house, feeling absolutely horrified and scared as the blood poured from his eye, he quickly assured me by saying, "Mommy, I'm just fine.  It's okay.  Let's go play again!".  What a trooper!  And, I'm so glad he's okay and can still see.

Our weather changed too and we had some beautiful sunshine yesterday afternoon (but back to snow again today sadly) which meant we got to enjoy a fun evening outside, complete with bubbles on the porch with good friends.

And finally, we're counting down the last 2 weeks of tax season.  Hooray!  Each day Bryon gets to pop a balloon and find a paper inside naming his treat for that day.  Yesterday he got to go on a post-dinner bike ride to the beach with us before returning to work.  We can't wait to have him around more, and he can't wait to have a life again.