The finished products--Ashley's is the far left, a scared pumpkin, then Rachel's, a happy Jack o' Lantern, last is Melissa's fancy cat.
Here's our now 2 year-old Sara blowing out the candles on her Minnie Mouse cake.
She loves her new little Dora couch--right now the only furniture we have in our basement!
She likes balloons, too. What kid doesn't. Happy Birthday, my Sara!!
Ashley recently got glasses and picked out the cute frames herself. The picture is a little blurry because I had to take a candid photo. She's still pretty self-conscious about them. But doesn't she look great?? Her eyesight isn't very bad yet, but bad enough that she was struggling to see the chalk board at school and her piano books! Now maybe she can sit down like a normal person when she plays. It does make her look a little too old.
This is our upstairs hallway (and our realtor) before I got to it. Yes, it was sponge painted pink. No idea what they were thinking.
This is after. The carpet is still pink and it will be a while before that gets replaced, but believe me it is in the plan!! You can't tell in the pictures, but I removed all the popcorn texture from the ceiling and painted it as well.
The dining room before. There was wallpaper floor to ceiling and all the molding was dark green. 
And after. Once again, popcorn texture removed from the ceiling and we hope to some day replace the carpet with wood flooring.
This is just a maple leaf Ashley wanted to show everyone. Trees really know how to grow out here!!
