It happens...

Well today a little part of me died... We converted our dining room into a playroom. That may not seem like a big deal to some, but to me it is. Although it was my idea (which was brilliant by the way), it's still not easy to give up one of our "adult" rooms. Not that it was very "adult" anyway as it became Declan's lego and drawing tables, but still, I was fighting having yet another room be overtaken with kids! So earlier this week I told Andy about my idea, but that I was apprehensive because I didn't want us to have to give up our dinning room and turn it into a daycare. He brought up a great point - that it already was :-) So Em came over today and Andy, Em and I banged out the project during the girls nap. It's amazing what you can get done during nap time. I heart nap time... And let me tell you - I LOVE the finished product. But... Not as much as the girls!!!

Here are a few pictures of our fun new space! It's not that you need more toys with 3 toddlers, but there are certain things that you need more of (case in point, the three chairs and the three ride-on toys) - there are some things you just need more of to avoid fights :-) PLEASE NOTE GRANDPARENTS - we do not need 3 of everything!!! :-)

Aven... As we were going through some of the toys to figure out what we wanted in the playroom, we found an apron that my mom brought out with her when she came last. When we were little my sister and I had matching aprons like this and we used to wear them. Now our girls get to wear it - so cute! Aven put it on and seriously would not take it off. When it would come untied, she would cry until you tied it back.

Our good girl Stevie sitting and reading her book...

And Bria with her purse...

Aven and her apron again... She is such a girly girl... It's so funny how all of their personalities are different (I know I keep saying this). Today we had to get some blood drawn for all the girls - Andy also got some drawn for his recent physical (I heard  him crying just as loud as the girls did :-)) While he was in the back getting his drawn, the girls showed their personalities - Bria was whimpering and wouldn't get off my lap, Stevie got off my lap but made sure I kept on eye on her smiling face, Aven ran over to the nearest stranger and held her arms up until the woman picked her up. I laughed out loud at this...

Snack-time in their new play space...