Missed Us?

We have been busy, busy, busy! I have lots of fun pictures to share, stories to tell, and news to spread, but it will have to wait....like I said, we are busy around here!
Just wanted to let you know all is well, and I will be back to update things soon!

Spring Fever

We have some major spring fever around here! This has officially been the longest winter of our lives. Well, I'm sure I had long winters in West Virginia, but I don't really remember them. We have been pretty much house bound since November. We have had a couple of nice days here and there, but they usually follow a downpour, so it's been too wet to go outside and really enjoy the weather. That changed on Sunday! We all had a great time -Ben cleaned the garage, I cleaned the car, the girls decorated our sidewalk with chalk. Then we headed to the backyard and played on the swing set. We decided to have a little picnic before we had to head inside for nap time.

Allie has decided that she is terrified of swings this year. She is however a big fan of the slide. She thinks she is big stuff now because she can climb up the ladder by herself!



We decided since it was such a pretty day, that we would dye our Easter eggs outside. I got some marbled kits (you mix vegetable oil in the dye--we won't be doing those again--they were slippery little things! Not really conducive to a 3 year old and a 2 year old!), and a sparkly and glittery kit. That one was a lot of fun.


The Sparkle eggs aren't your standard dye kit. Instead, you paint them and then dust them with glitter. So girly and perfect for our girls!

A certain someone thought that she needed a sparkly and glittery hand to go along with the eggs! Clearly, the tradition of the family has been passed down to her..."Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize!"

We are very proud of our eggs. They are now sitting in a pretty nest of yellow Easter grass as the centerpiece of our kitchen table.

It looks like another rainy week is in store for us, but we can make it another 7 days with our memories of smiles...

and bubbles....

and sunshine!

Painting, swimming and Tarheels-Oh My!

What a big weekend! Emily's room is done! Well---mostly. I still need to get some things on the walls, change her curtains and blinds, but the big part (the painting) is done! Ignore the crazy look on her face here. She really does like the room! :-)



I am thinking about doing hot pink for her curtains. I got new blinds-white wooden ones like the rest of the house, but they are the wrong size. Since I am currently obsessed with wall decals, I will be adding some of those too!

Now the before pictures. Don't say I didn't warn you. I'm sure this color palette worked great for the previous owners, but it just doesn't really go with the flow of our house!



We thought about keeping one of the stars, but ultimately decided to cover them all.




We didn't paint all weekend! The girls started swim lessons! They are taking them at a local college. It worked out great because they offer the parent/tot class (that Allie and Ben are taking) and the Level 1 class (that Emmy is taking) at the same time! Even better---I don't have to get in a bathing suit! :-)


Some of our friends are taking the class with us! Ben has hit it off with the husbands of two of my friends. All 3 guys have 2 year old's that they are doing the parent/tot class with! It was so precious to see these big guys dancing around in the pool with the babies!



Emily is taking the class with a friend also! There were some tears at the first lesson, but I think they will end up loving it! Emily has literally been counting down the days until her next lesson!


And, of course, it is MARCH MADNESS here at the Gravitt house! The girls wanted to show their support for Daddy's favorite team! Even though we are now Pennsylvania residents, we are happy and proud that the Tarheels will be destroying Villanova this weekend!