Out with the Old, In with the New!

The first part of December found our home without a working oven.  After a week of looking and researching, I finally decided on which one I wanted to purchase.  Add another 10 days for it to arrive for pick up...it was finally time to install it.

 

My old oven...

New in the box!

Doug working to hook up the gas line

Once it was hooked up and cleared of leaks, we discovered the new stove was about 1/8th of an inch too wide for the space!  Thankfully, there is a short counter/cabinet to the right of the stove, and we were able to take up the countertop and slide it over the needed space.  Unfortunately, we peeled some of the paint in the process, but (luckily) there was matching paint downstairs that had been left from the previous owners!

Ta-Da!  The new stove!

I asked Dallas what I should make first in the new oven.  His reply, "A pie!"  I asked what kind of pie.  He answered, "Rhubarb!"  So...rhubarb pie it was!

Until next time...

Wordless Wednesday - Transitions

You can go ahead and call me a "soccer mom", but I'm lovin' all the room!

Until next time...

Thursday Tails

This past Sunday evening, we found out we were adding to our family...


...baby sheep that is!
Pa-paw called to let us know that one of his ewes had a set of quads that morning, and he was wondering if we would be willing to raise two of them at our house.  The kiddos were pretty excited when we woke them up from naps to head to Corydon to pick them up...
Pa-paw and Reba waiting as Aunt Lisa was getting the babies out of the truck

Aunt Lisa hold one of the lambs for Dallas to see

We put the babies in Fred's dog crate to bring them home

Introducing them to their new home (yes, they are living in our garage)

The kiddos telling them night-night

Dallas took an interest in helping right away

Yesterday, Reba finally decided it would be ok to help as well

I'm glad I have some good helpers - if only I could have them get up in the middle of the night...

We finally settled on names...

Introducing (Lightening) McQueen

and (Tow) Mater

Until next time...

New Things the Kiddos Do

The other day, Dallas got my phone. Before I knew it, he had sent his very first text/pic message!
Miss Reba has discovered the joys of table food! With her iron levels being on the low side, the doctor suggested we give her more meat - and that has lead to more table food and less baby puree.

Reba has also been "stealing" Dallas' cups for about a month, so this past weekend, she got her very own cups (pink/purple with flowers!) Unlike her big brother, Reba loves to drink water.

Last night, I was quite surprised when I found Reba had climbed on the rocking horse all by herself! She even sat and rocked on her own, but then she got stuck when trying to get off!

Until next time...

Little Miss Reba

Since the last couple posts were about Dallas' Spring Break, I thought I would give Miss Reba some blog time!

Pretty in Pink
My sleeping little angel

Daddy found the perfect wagon to use to take Reba for a stroll.

Reba and Great-Grandpa Robertson at Easter

A new milestone for Reba is that she can now roll from her back to her tummy! Poor thing though gets mad when she can't get back to her back side...oh well, she'll learn.

Until next time...

New Thing or Two

I bought these flash cards at a garage sale earlier this spring. Dallas loves to spread them out on the floor and "shuffle" them. The other day, he found them, plus Kleenexes, plus a few other things in the diaper bag, so he decided to shuffle them all together!
Dallas loves to play with our shoes. He has always had a fascination of shoes ever since I started putting them on his little feet. The funny part is his tongue! Here lately, he walks around with it sticking out...it's pretty funny stuff!

The last thing he does a lot of is making an "ooo" "ooo" sound...the facial expression with it is the best!

Until next time...