The Wolf Family: June 2013

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Hard to believe that this time next week they will like be covering the walls up and we'll be close to ready for cabinets to go in. Lots of progress. Unfortunately, I think that most of the budget is going towards things we will never see, but you'll have to trust us that we have some lovely new plumbing and electrical wiring.

Here are some pictures of before demo and I stood in the same position and took pics tonight. I think it is going to look really different tomorrow because a lot of the walls studs you still see are going to be gone. Gonna look a little different - yippee!!

View 1 Before

View 1 Tonight

View 2 Before

View 2 Tonight

Sunday, June 9, 2013

In The Ocean

Ella went from not wanting to put a toe in the water to this...

I think that this picture pretty much sums up the girls' relationship - sisterly love!

Friday, June 7, 2013

Kitchen Remodel Lesson Week 1

Kids dinners must be prepared on tall counters. I've been using the table to prepare dinner plates...no bueno, I can't keep the kids from eating before everything is ready. Yesterday they were done eating and were asking for dessert before Michael and I had even taken one bite of our dinner.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Kolter Kinder Awards

Where did the school year go?? I can't believe Addison is finishing kindergarten. I remember last year we were just starting to figure out school uniforms, backpacks, and all of the new school, new school year activities. Last week the school had Kinder Awards, no real awards necessarily, but the teachers called each kids name and the principal gave them a medal. I'm not sure we could have asked for a better introduction to "real school" - Addison's teacher and classmates are the best!

Ms. Glapion - best kinder teacher every!

My baby is growing up TOO fast!

Summer 2013

We are in our beach routine and loving it! Memorial Day was a very busy weekend down at the beach, but we were able to squeeze in a spot at the water and did plenty of hole digging, sand castle building and Addy's newest sport - riding the waves on her new body board.

Addy made an alligator out of sand and took it for a ride.

Addy followed with a ride on the body board.

Maybe the best purchase from the Big Store, ever.

Princess Ella is starting the summer anti-water. Again. She didn't even want to get out of the car at first. After a nice snack, she was eventually back on the sand. Not in the water yet, but no doubt she'll be jumping waves soon!

Little Dancer

Ella took her first dance class this spring, she wasn't 100% sure about it at the first class, but did great the rest of the class. Parents were invited to the last class so Addy and I went to watch Ella. I was pretty amazed at how well she listened and participated.

Ella and her good friends at both school and dance class.

Dress Up Princess

Sleeping Beauty

Tinkerbell dress, pink bunny pants, yellow crocs - perfect!

Happy 3rd Birthday Ella!

We celebrated Ella's actual birthday with a trip to the Mexican restaurant...what girl doesn't want queso on her birthday!

What Ella didn't want was to have her picture taken though!

Happy Birthday Party Ella!

Ella's 3rd birthday kicked-off with a Doc McStuffin's inspired birthday bash with all of her buddies from school. A fun time seemed to be had by all! Ella has a lot of boys in her class, so the little bounce house was probably the biggest hit - a couple of times the girls were brave enough to get in and play, but it was a little Wrestlemania-like.

Me and Ella in the "Clinic"

Bounce house and bubbles - what more could a 3 yr. old ask for!

Mid-morning party = lots of snack eating.

Ella turned shy when it was time to sing "Happy Birthday". She didn't even want to blow out her candles, but luckily her friends were around her to help, so we counted to 3 and all her friends helped blow!