Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Around Here




Just an assortment of snapshots of life around our place {for some reason, I had the urge to call it a homestead!}

~ one morning I ventured outside to see what caught my eye and was shocked to see spring hiding very close by

~ enjoying our home: the lived-in feel!

~ playing Monopoly for the first time with littles: a loose connection to the monopolies of the Industrial Revolution!

~ playing grocery store

~ apparently fun = a living room that looks like this!

12 comments:

Wendi said...

The last picture made me smile. Many times my home looks just like that! I call it creating memories. Boy, have we been creating a lot of them lately!

Mom said...

Love these photos -- and they bring back memories of what our living room used to look like sometimes when you and Carrie were little! :) Love you, Mom

Sherie Rowe said...

You took that photo in MY living room, didn't you!!! AAARRRGGGHHH! It drives me crazy every day, but hubs just smiles and says "They were having fun!" and I just melt! I sooo love hearing Bex little babbling conversations between broken seashells and ink pens! And the outside photos...I am so jealous, although I plan to venture out later today in the SUNSHINE!!!! I don't anticipate seeing much of spring though :( Have a Blessed DAy!

LynnMarie said...

Love that Spring is starting to show itself in your neck of the woods. Here, it is still under the snow but that is OK. We are suppose to warm up to 40 today and maybe some of that snow will melt. Love the fun living room, glad it looks like my living room after the grand children leave.

Elaine said...

Loved the pink houses in Monopoly. :) Fun pictures.

South Girl in the West said...

thank you, thank you, thank you, for showing us your home full of life and family. It is always fun to see those perfect pitures online, but gives me a sigh of relief to see a home that looks lived in. No doubt your kiddies were having a blast! Plus i'm very jealous you get to play Eloise Monopoly! I don't think my little boys would appreciate it as much as your cute girls. thanks again for showing us REALITY!

2plustwinsmom said...

Love the pictues! Thanks for sharing! The scene outside my home isn't as "spring-like." We still have snow! So, enjoy the spring preview!!!

Mrs. K said...

Oh, my children used to LOVE to play grocery store and pizza shop! Thanks for being real with your last picture, looks like a home where love is shared and life is lived!

Heather's Blog-o-rama said...

Your kids have a lot of fun :) :) :) I had to smile when I saw the photo of your one little sitting at the wodden fold-out table with the egg cartons sitting on top. When I was about her age, my father and I went to visit my grandmother...and I saw sat in my great-granfather's chair, with a wooden flat board across the arms..playing with egg cartons. I made this giant egg carton mini-bus :) :) Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather :)

Shelby said...

I ♥ your last picture Monica:) Made me smile because my basement looks like that pretty much every day.

Susan said...

Beautiful photos! ALL of them. I remember when my house used to look like that all the time! Ahhh, those were the days. I miss them!

Michelle said...

I'm so glad you posted a photo of your living room after a hard day of play, lol. Your home pics usually look so lovely; I really like it when you post pictures that look more like what my house looks like on a daily basis! ;) (I do enjoy the lovely-home pics too, of course... as something to strive toward!)