Early last month we had a particularly nice day, it was sunny and dry, but it was cold. The dandelions were coming out so I decided to bundle up the kids so they could play outside. Well we went out there and I told the kids we should pick the pretty flowers (you know, try to limit the number that we'll have later). We had a great time of it. They got distracted pretty quickly but had a great time playing outside on the slide and swings.
We have been working our tails off for several weeks trying to get Dillon's room done. He climbs out of his crib regularly (has been doing it for a while) and he needs his own space. There are a lot of times that Kayda goes back to her room and wants to play alone and I really wanted him to have that option as well. When we were putting the first coat of paint on Kayda and Dillon both wanted to help. They were content with the little brushes for a while but Dillon quickly got bored and Kayda decided she wanted to use the big brushes and rollers with Mommy and Daddy. I can only say that I am VERY glad we took off their clothes before they "helped" us and that I am VERY glad that they both are so interested in being helpers. 
The end of April Kayda had her second ever dentist appointment. She actually had her own appointment this time and got to have her teeth polished. No cavities! Yay, way to start! She thoroughly enjoyed going and is excited to go again. She got to have her teeth counted, she was very shy but loved to listen to the dentist and dental hygienist talk to her. She loved "Mr. Thirsty" and gave the dental hygienist a hard time while the flouride was being brushed on her teeth because she kept closing her mouth!
As I said before we have been working like CRAZY to finish Dillon's room. Since I decided I wanted to finish it completely (molding, crown EVERYTHING) so that we could say we had one room DONE (none of our house is 100% complete) it rapidly turned into getting Kayda's room DONE as well. We ordered new furniture for both of them. Daddy's best friend, "Uncle" Jordan is back in town looking for work and he has been helping us TONS with the molding and painting and such. We've managed to finish the kids rooms and with the help of Kellina (aka Kina) put all that furniture together! They look great I am SO happy with the results. We decorated a little today and got all their toys in there, now it's just a matter of getting clothes into their new places. We also got the hallway done. We finally have closet doors and molding and I LOVE the new color! Sounds silly I know but when you were tearing out carpet and raising ceilings and painting and tiling and so on, the closet doors kind of get left out of the mix. Thanks SO much Uncle Jordan and Kellina and of course Daddy! Oh and thanks Grandma and Grandpa G for letting us borrow the tools, they made it SO much easier. Anyways, here are the rooms minus pictures on the walls. I think you can tell which ones which.
While the adults have been so preoccupied with doing all the necessary parts of the project (painting....painting....painting...) Dillon and Kayda have been bonding with the other kids in our cul-de-sac. Kylie (5.5) and Kayda are great friends and then Tazzmyne and Jasmine (9 I think) both ADORE Dillon. They keep the kids happy and out of the way. The kids all kind of migrate together from the front yard to the back yard, to inside to someone else's yard. It has worked out very nicely and the kids have LOVED it! Here's Kylie, Kayda and Dillon all on the teeter-totter on our swing set. They all wanted to be on it together!
The kids both slept in their new beds last night. They both love their new rooms and furniture. They were tough to get to sleep because they were so excited. Combine that with the fact that Kayda napped when she usually doesn't and it wasn't an easy night. They'll get used to it though. I didn't put up any pictures or anything in their rooms until today, the first thing I did put up was the bed net over Kayda's bed. When she first saw it she said "So pretty thank you Mom!", then she proceeded to lay in her bed and yell for everyone in the house to come in her bed with her. When she finally got Dillon's attention he wandered into the room, stopped, saw the net and said "Oh Cool" and then climbed into bed with her. They are getting so big, so quickly and they are so entertaining!
