self portraits

By our little artist in residence...

coloring

We went to Denny's for dinner. Mak finished fast as usual...but instead of getting restless, she patiently worked on the coloring page, trying super hard to color within the lines...not bad! Daddy approved!

dancing mak...funky town

Age: 2yrs 4 months
Song: Funky Town
Location: Yeye mama's house

 

sing-along with mak (part 2)

Do Re Mi

Deep and Wide

Edelweiss

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

sing-along with mak (part 1)

A surprisingly cooperative (and strapped in with no where to go) Makayla actually let me record her sing (almost) all the songs she knows! Here's the first of two series of songs! Enjoy and sing-along! :)

ABC
  

Baba Black Sheep

 B-I-B-L-E


 Head Shoulders Knees & Toes


 I Love You


Itsy Bitsy Spider


 Jesus Loves the Little Children


...to be continued...

extreme makeover COMPLETE!!!

BABY ROOM IS READY!

With limited space, we decided to put create a baby corner in the master bedroom for Maya.  But HOW?!  Well, we were so blessed that Auntie Jada came to the rescue! Here are the amazing transformation of our master bedroom. Special thanks to Uncle Kyle for helping too!

 BEFORE: MESSY! 

Messy bed with mismatched nightstands, clutter clutter clutter...boring white walls...BLAH!

 

AFTER:CLEAN & CLASSY! 

Custom-made headboard, matching nightstands WITH STORAGE...no more clutter, and a perfectly made bed! ...can't really tell but walls have been painted a warm beige color...

BEFORE (left): open clothes rack and rocking chair (also used for stacking clothes)

AFTER (right): baby crib and rocking chair (clear of clothes, ready for feeding/baby bonding time!)

BEFORE (left): clothes, clothes, clothes and more clothes on chair...

AFTER (right): freshly painted wall with no clutter!

 

   BEFORE (left): Japanese noren (from the Mayor of Yoshitomi Machi that Heidi was emotionally attached to) to block bright lights and cover clutter...creating separation between bedroom and bathroom

AFTER (right): took down noren (with Heidi's blessings) clearing passage to bathroom - opened up the room and made it feel a lot bigger, new/updated mirror to match cabinet...(still need to do some cleaning)

Other details: drapes and headboard with matching patterns! :)

THANK YOU JADA & KYLE for helping us with this seemingly impossible project! :)