If The Shoe Fits...

Stella has always been a big fan of fun shoes.

About this time last year she had a pair

of shiny black mary janes that she insisted on wearing

with everything. 

Dresses, yoga pants,

didn't matter.

Lately she has gotten into trying on other people's shoes.

Here are a few shots form the past couple of weeks.

Cole's shoes

2 different shoes

And Mom's shiny black shoes.

She stomps all around the house in these. 

I'm thinking she's going to be "that girl...." 

The one with all of the fantastic shoes.

Bennett's Home Makeover

This isn't so much a Cole & Stella post

as it is a Jim & Nola post.

So we bought our house in April 2011

and we've basically been living with the most

disgusting master bathroom on the face of the planet

since that time.

Other than the tile floor

it had not been updated since the house was built in 1988.

See that awesome gold shower door.

And the very nice peachy-tan counter top

and tile backsplash.

The previous owners were big fans of the peachy-tan.

Oh, and the sunken medicine cabinet.

And the lovely builder grade mirror.

Yeah, we couldn't take it anymore.

So we updated it. 

Here's our new bathroom. 

Much more comfy.

With a nice clean, white counter top

and cool glass tiles.

Jim and I are a pretty good home makeover team.

And now I don't cringe whenever I walk in here.

Oh, Hi- Yes I Still Have a Blog

 Oh, so I'm supposed to update this blog manually.

It doesn't just read my mind and immediately

post on my behalf. 

Hmmm.

Well, that's problematic because

these two

are clearly keeping me on my toes.

So what have we been up to?

Well, Cole is just wrapping up swimming season.

He has never swam (swum?) competitively before

but he has some buddies who are swimmers and they

talked him into joining the team. 

He wasn't sure how he would like it at first

but he ended up really enjoying himself

and getting a lot of praise from the coaches for his great team spirit.

He learned a lot too.

So did we. 

Like- those jammers are really tiny

and it's very strange to look at your 16 year old child wearing 

shorts that are smaller than Stella's pants.

And swim meets are really hot

And Stella sits really good for about 3 races

And then she basically loses her mind

and makes us feel like we're wrestling a monkey

for the rest of the meet.

Pretty sure next year we will all be better prepared.