last weekend we.....

lounged about the house, taking shelter from the sudden wintery weather

made our seed order (yay!)

watched movies

and made valentine treats for school friends

little renovation

Our mudroom has been driving us crazy for awhile now. It was so hard to keep it organized and you could see the mess from almost anywhere in the house. So we finally said enough is enough and made plans to change it up. After whipping up some initial drawings, David started the project last Monday first by removing all the shoes and coats and then tearing down a wall. With the blue wall gone, we could see just how the new mudroom should look. Over the next few days, David build some new walls which allowed us to totally rearrange the living room to accommodate our new tv and couch (yay!), and then following the designs I made for my ideal mudroom storage, he built the shelves. It looks amazing! And is 100 times more functional than the old room. We moved all the shoes and coats back in on Friday. It was a pretty minor change in relation to some of the past construction projects around here, but it is such a huge improvement ~ and one of the best parts is now we get to see the beautiful cordwood wall that has been hiding behind our crazy mountain of shoes and other belongings since we first moved in. SO happy ~

Nimuae's 11th Birthday

We celebrated Nimuae's birthday over the course of a few days. She invited 6 girls to "Nim's fun filled sleepover party." She made the invitations which told the girls they would enjoy some "wii, games, dinner, dessert, and, well, talking." (how cute is that?)

So Friday after school, the Carmona house was taken over by 7 11-13 year old girls. Phew. We did not get much sleep that night but everyone had a blast ~

Her actual birthday was Sunday and we had a super mellow day just hanging around the house, playing her new wii dance game, and opening presents.

David and Nim made a new shelf for Nim's room as a daddy/daughter project. It looks great next to her new full-length mirror, the presence of which reminds me that she is now officially  a tween ~