Dani's Duds

Over the weekend, I went to a huge consignment sale called Dani's Duds that comes to the area 2 times a year. I signed up to consign a few things which allowed me to shop before the general public on Friday night. Although I didn't find the toddler tricycle I was looking for, I did come across a toy bin shelf for 50% off the price in stores. It looks like it has barely been used. What a find! We have been looking for one since we began planning to build the wall unit in the basement. The other side of the basement is now Evan's play area. He has a tv and VCR/DVD player and toys, and we eventually want to buy a car road rug from IKEA. I also found an AquaDoodle that Evan likes and is clean and safe.

I discovered that most of the clothes at the sale that were Evan's size were either ratty or overpriced. I am glad I found clothes at my mom's church's consignment sale in March. We were also blessed to get hand-me-down clothes from some friends at church. They have given us 4 big bags of clothes all the way up to size 4T! I guess when you have toddler boys, you are lucky to have clothes to consign at all, since most boys' clothes need to be burned at the end of the day from the grime and muck! Thank the Lord for OxyClean!

Inspiration

I guess it might seem random and strange to just start a blog. My two biggest motivators have been wanting to share the exciting milestones Evan has been accomplishing and the fact that this may be the only time I can share what I write with the world. I love what my friend Sabrina writes and she has inspired me to give blogging a try. So, thank you Sabrina!

This week Evan has amazed me every day. He has developed a taste for raisins (yay!), he has learned to drink with a straw, and he can count to ONE! This morning he accidentally dumped his cup of fish (crackers) and I started counting them as I put them in the cup. He promptly dumped them out again and started putting them back in the cup, saying "oine" as the first one went in the cup. My first thought was, "my son is a genius!" I don't think he is quite ready for first grade though...

Today, we start construction on our basement built-in wall unit. I am excited for the finished product, but not looking forward to the process of dust and debris in our basement! Hopefully, it should be finished by Saturday and we can begin to enjoy it.