Saturday adventures

We had a great Saturday!

This morning we took Hannah and Noah to the Children's Museum. I haven't been in a really long time; it was fun to go back. Elizabeth's parents gave us a membership for Christmas, so it's fun to be able to go for just a couple of hours and feel like we didn't waste our money. We went straight to the Playscape area and the babies loved it. They spent most of the time pushing around these little lawn mowers. After about an hour in Playscape, we went and rode the carousel. I used to love riding things that spun around, but now, even the carousel makes me feel kind of sick. What a wimp! We headed home after spending a couple more minutes walking around. I didn't get to see my favorite part of the museum, which has always been the science area, but I guess it wasn't about me! :) I forgot to take the camera, so no pictures. :(

While the babies took their afternoon nap, we got a lot of stuff done around the house. Elizabeth has been working on painting the bedroom and she was able to finish up the first coat. The color is called Barrel, and it's an Eddie Bauer color. It's a very deep green color that looks really nice with our rustic pine bedroom furniture. I got all of the furniture at Pier One while I was in college.

Elizabeth had asked me to clean up a little bit while she was painting, but there's never "cleaning a little bit" with me. It turned into moving all of the furniture in the family room to vacuum under it, cleaning the leather, and cleaning the kitchen floor. I love deep cleaning!

After the babies got up from their nap, my mom came over to babysit while Elizabeth and I went to order our dining room furniture! We are very excited to finally be getting some. We've looked about everywhere for something we liked, but only found one. I think I've mentioned that one before, it was the one up in Berne that wasn't there when we went back because the store had closed. There is a store not too far from our house called Simply Amish. We ordered a custom table where we were able to specify the size, shape, wood, stain, leg shape, and edge profile. We spent a whole week going through their catalog and deciding exactly what we want. I'm very excited with our choice. Since it will now be custom-made to our order by Amish craftsmen, it will be 8-10 weeks (that's the end of March!) until it arrives. However, I'm sure it will be well worth the wait as this will be heirloom furniture. Don't worry, I'll post pictures once it arrives!

Anyway, that was our Saturday. Everybody bundle up tomorrow; it's going to be COLD!