New House Tour

We have had several requests to see pictures of our new house. As we have very little furniture and nothing with which to decorate it, it is pretty boring right now. However, we love living here. The community and location are both fantastic. We met our cute next-door neighbors who have a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy. All the neighborhood kids ride little bikes and scooters up and down the street while their moms talk and sit in soccer chairs at the end of their driveways. It is definitely small town living at its finest.

Front view

Back view

Back yard - this isn't a fence. It is the neighborhood sound wall. Our yard runs into the main street in the neighborhood.

We are two doors down from the cul-de-sac where all the little kids ride bikes. It overlooks a lake/pond. Of course there are dozens of lakes in our neighborhood... we live in Land O' Lakes. :)

Front Door

Back patio

Awesome fish doormat from Target

Here are the sweet flowers that Mom helped me plant... I have not killed them; in fact, they are flourishing. FYI: I put an alarm on my phone to remember to water and rotate them.

Look how much they have grown in 2 weeks!!!

Family room - see what I mean by no decorations yet...

We did put our dvd's in cute baskets and found this fun glass bottle, but it needs some definite work.

Could be worse - this space used to look like this. (Eliza and Nan playing on moving day)

View of family room/kitchen from loft

Kitchen

Dining Room - it is also sparse. The living room is attached to the dining room (behind me in this pic), but it only has a grandfather clock and a cello in it.

The Loft - aka the PLAYROOM

Hallway to the girls' bathroom and bedroom from the playroom

The Cinderella Castle - this castle was waiting up in the loft for the girls when we pulled up with the moving truck. I truly believe it is the main reason the girls love the "Florida House" so much.

The girls' bedroom closet - the room pics didn't turn out well because it was too sunny. It is a small white bedroom with two white beds and two white windows. It also needs some work. The girls love their playroom so much that they only use their bedroom for sleeping and changing clothes. As we decorate more rooms, I will post more pics. Downstairs we also have a master bedroom/bathroom, guest bedroom, guest bathroom, and office. We are open to all decorating ideas, suggestions, and donations :)

Dinner Time

Our dinner tonight was really yummy - the girls gobbled it down. They started calling all seafood either "popcorn shrimp" or "gooey fish". (Both of which they like... gooey fish is from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse btw.) Tonight's grilled shrimp was "popcorn shrimp with tails" hehe

School Time

Here is a video of Naomi playing "school".

Trip to IKEA

IKEA is awesome. Yesterday, David and I took the girls to IKEA in Ybor City. This was my first experience shopping at IKEA... it was seriously the strangest place I have ever been. I can't even explain it, but it was really fun. The trip was also very successful. We found a super cute, cheap kitchen table.

Naomi in the car on the way to IKEA

Eliza in the car too

It is HUGE. Seriously.

You go in here and immediately go up an enormous escalator to the showrooms. They had really fun little shopping carts for the girls to ride in. There was also a whole indoor playground and restaurant inside the store. Crazy.

Naomi - we had to sample the ice cream cones!

This morning, David put together our new kitchen table. Cute, right?!?

Eliza said, "Yook Mama. Dis chair yooks just yike a yadder. I can climb it!" I, of course, told her that it was not the kind of "yadder" that we climb... hehe.

Being Fancy

So the girls have been obsessed with Fancy Nancy lately... thanks a lot Aunties Jill & Becky. Naomi came down from her room in her electric pink tutu, white polka dot sunglasses, blue Mardi Gras beads, sequined pink tiara, and carrying her red gingerbread purse. This made Eliza come down in her electric pink tutu, but she found Nan's high heels. That in turn made Naomi find another pair of Nan's shoes. Then all of a sudden, they were both playing, Fancy Nancy. Here are a few pics. (Naomi is wearing sunglasses.)