Life as we go it

"Girlffiti"

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I'm decorating a 3-foot tall fork for a local Meals On Wheels Fundraiser. Here was my prior post:

Well, I finished painting and decorating my fork on Monday night. I ended up making it all flowery and girly and artsy, as I kind of assumed I would.

I present to you my fork, titled "Girlffiti" (a combo of Girly and Graffiti):

We had a thrifty weekend.

We excitedly said YES to our neighbors when they offered us their beautiful playground set for our yard. It has swings, monkey bars, a rock climbing wall, a lookout tower and a slide.

It will be perfect for Liam to play on as he gets older! And the coolest part is that they just gave it to us. They didn't even want any money for it. They were just excited that Liam (and any other future Bremser kids) will be able to use it and enjoy it. We feel so, so blessed that they thought of us.

It's in pretty good shape. We have to anchor it to the ground yet, once we figure out exactly where we want it in our yard. We may add a few shingles on top of the lookout tower and a fresh coat of stain to the wood. I'm hoping to find a toddler swing (at a rummage sale) so Liam can swing in the sunshine this summer.

Liam is already enjoying playing with rock climbing rope and likes to crawl underneath everything. And he loves swinging on the swing with his mama :)



We also picked up a plastic swimming pool for free from our neighbors house! They had it on the curb, so we took it. Liam's going to love splashing around in it this summer.

Okay, and one more thrifty thing from this weekend: there's a church a few blocks away from us that had a huge baby & kids rummage sale on Saturday. They had crazy amounts of kids toys, bikes, books, clothes, etc. Matt and I rummaged through the 12 month and 18 month boy clothes and found some great finds for Liam. The best part is - all of the clothes cost us only $14. And that included a sa-weeeet pair of garden boots for me :)

Here are a few photos I took of Liam this afternoon in our backyard:

I love this little boy so dang much!

He finds random sticks in the yard and thinks they're the coolest things on the planet.

Exploring.

Marlee pop art

Jack puts his butt on my pillow, Marlee drinks out of my water glass and their duo litter box stinks up our basement. But I still love them. They've brought endless smiles to our faces over the years.

Marlee is the quiet, reserved one. Sleep is her favorite thing in the world. If cat food didn't exist I'm pretty sure she'd never leave her kitty pillow. She'll get up from sleeping, eat, poop and go back to sleep. On occasion she'll get feisty and want to play. But it's usually short lived. She's also the brave one. She's unafraid of Liam's erratic hands. She snuck outside once for half a day and just sat by our back window and meowed.

So serious

I love her eyes

Jack is the crazy one. He's so, so playful. Rambunctious. Energetic. He'd rather chase a toy around than sleep. He loves being naughty and beats up on Marlee. He's a neat-freak. He loves licking popsicles (weird, I know). He's also a scaredy-cat. He startles easily and is "kind of a pussy (cat)" Matt says. But he's also the sweetest and most loving cat around. He loves snuggling with Marlee and with me. He sleeps wrapped in my arms most of the night (sorry Matt). He's a lover, as you can tell by this photo:

Snuggling

 We love you Jack and Marlee. Happy birthday to our fluffy kids!