Photo Tag

My brother and his wife were photo tagged on their blog. It was interesting to see what was going on at the moment with them, so I'm passing it on (in all it's rawness).

The rules are you have to take pictures of the following things. And you have to do it right away. No straightening, cleaning or wiping your child's nose. Then you tag five others. So here it goes:

Kitchen Sink

We just ran dishes after dinner which is usually hit or miss. Until two days ago there were also white latex paint drips all around the sink from refinishing the bunkbeds. The plate and knife were from me - herb bread with butter.

Fridge

We just stocked up at Costco, so you may see 3 dozen eggs, 4 quarts of strawberries, too many grape tomatoes, Costco milk, and a huge bag of cheese sticks. No leftovers in our house!

Toilet

Our bathroom is pretty plain. It's one of the few rooms in the apartment that we didn't paint. Most days there are hair accessories on the counter. There is some nail polish remover in the basket from the girls' nail polish time earlier this evening.

Closet

This is where we begin to reveal what goes on behind closed doors. My wife and I treat our room (and our closet) as a "staging area". Basically, it's the storage space for everything that doesn't have a place in the rest of the house. It's where unfinished projects end up. Last weekend we set this aside as our major project for this upcoming weekend.




Favorite Room

This is my favorite room for two reasons: (1) it's finished! (2) it's where my sweet girls are at the moment. The bunkbeds were finished a couple of weeks ago, and the bedding sets were provided by my wonderful aunt! Stephanie and I refinished a yard-sale dresser (visible on the right) and we painted the room to bring it all together. It's late and everyone is asleep, so this is the best I can do at the moment.

Laundry Room

This is another room with a pending project. Our 3 bedroom apartment has limited storage space, so flat surfaces behind closed doors are all used! We plan on installing another shelf above the existing shelves behind both the washer and dryer. Until then, the cat crate, the baby chair, and several other things remain on top of the dryer. You have to be somewhat of a contortionist to get through the pile to set and turn on the dryer.

Stephanie picked out the hanging racks from IKEA a year ago. They were originally marketed as a kitchen spice and tool rack, but Steph saw past that to their current use as a craft station.

Also, witness my awesome plaid shorts in the pile to the right.

(I skipped "Favorite Shoes" cause come on, that's dumb)

Kid Photo #1
It's Eden's turn on the top bunk tonight (as it seems to be 75% of the time). Eden rarely gets her head to stay on top of the pillow, and all our kids prefer to layer on blankets than get under their covers. Sweetly asleep.

Kid Photo #2
Britta is like me and is often warm. She likes salsa, tangy food, and savory flavorings. She has the cutest naturaly curly hair and the sweetest, tender heart. Britta is always smiling, and sometimes she just needs some time on her own. Whenever she is grumpy it's usually not too hard to coax a smile from her.

Kid Photo #3

Avery tries hard not to act like she's two years younger than Britta, but sometimes she just can't keep up. Her new favorite game is hide and seek, which we often play inside the apartment. Avery is brave beyond brave and repeatedly jumps off the pool steps into deeper waters regardless of whether Steph and I are there to catch her. Avery has a purse fetish, a lip gloss fetish, a nail polish fetish, and loves to water plants.

If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged! Don't clean the house first, get out your camara and get real.