The virus hits again! And some dreaming....

Well, Zac got hit again last night with this silly virus. He seemed upset at first that he would miss his soccer game, but then curled up on the couch in his little soccer uniform and watched the redbox movie I got him.

He looked so small and sweet and innocent.

But I suppose as a mom, your kids will always kind of look that way. Like the mom in I'll Love You Forever, but not as creepy. Because as much as I can cry while reading that book, she does have some serious letting-go issues.



And then this morning, I was totally enveloped in my quiet time on our patio with my Snuggie and my bible. PERFECT weather for it!

Only to have Zachariah find me to tell me that Selah Grace was awake.

Only to go in there and find vomit everywhere.

And, you know, there are some really really gross parts of parenting. Cleaning up chunky vomit being one of them.



All that said, I'm bleaching once again. SG's room stinks like bleach and vomit and a lit match. Because I thought the match would take care of the stink, but instead it all blended together.


During this tiny little quiet moment while Zac lays on the couch and SG sleeps in her bed and the washer and dryer and dishwasher are all running and Brian's plane flies home and I wait to start my own vomiting... I am dreaming about when we move back to our house and the cool things I plan to build.

First in Zac's room:
From what Zac and I have decided, he is going to have one camo wall, a rock climbing wall, and a zipline. He will also have part of the wall that is chalkboard paint. I am SO excited for him and he loves all the ideas. Oh, and he wants a swinging-door gate on his doorway just like his friend Ethan - to keep the babies out.

But I have yet to decide between these 2 beds. One has storage, and one has room for a friend to spend the night. Since we have a small house, storage would be great. But I loved having a trundle when I was growing up for friends to sleep. I like the storage bed for the simplicity and the fact that there are no rails to crash into while zip-lining.

I have the plans for both of these beds and they look fairly easy to build. Just need to decide which. :)

Also if I want his bed to be black or a wood stain.

Zac trundle bed



Zac storage bed



In the nursery, with SG and Leroy, we will probably only have room for the 2 cribs. We will put a storage unit in the closet for all their stuff. I am planning to build some pretty built-in shelves on one wall, around a large window. But I'm going to build some other things first, so I know what I'm doing. And I have a really super cute idea for the other walls. :)


We will need a new dining table - not just because I have burned my child's name into it, but also because it only has 4 chairs and we need 5 - and I found the PERFECT one. I've searched for this exact table in stores in the past and never found it for any kind of realistic price. NOW I can build it!!!

Isn't it fabulous?!!

We have a very narrow dining room, so now I can make it just the width that we need. I don't know about the benches, but my favorite wood-building-plans girl doesn't have a good plan for parsons chairs yet. Hopefully by the time I make this, she will some chair plans. Those chairs are from Pottery Barn I'm sure, but I'd love to have them! Unfortunately I cannot weave, so I don't see that happening.

I kind of also like this one with the board running underneath, but I have heard the chairs sometimes don't push in all the way with this design.

If I do have to do the benches, I thought this was a great idea for the entryway to make use of the bench when we didn't need it. We plan to have Moses push back a wall in the entry anyways, and this would fit perfectly and go really well with our "style." I can just picture our coat rack next to it carrying 3 little backpacks. :)

Last but not least (since it's actually one of the first things I need to build!), the high chairs for the babies! High chairs typically frustrate me. Having them in my daycare, I know how they are to clean. Plus they are bulky and, again, we have a really small house. Right now, we have a little one that fits on a chair, but I really wanted matching ones for the little kids when we moved back home.

I love the simplicity of these and I plan to paint them black. With really glossy paint that is easy to clean. I heard they are SUPER easy to build!

I have a folder of pictures for the two bedrooms where our kids will be. It's so fun to plan it all. :)

That's all. Now, what to feed the little people for lunch that has the possibility of ending back up on my carpet?