Adventures of Evie

  Today we decided to go to the aquarium! I asked Evie earlier in the week if she wanted to do the aquarium or the museum and she really wanted to do the aquarium so off we went! We had a lot of fun looking at the fish and there is a play area in the middle she enjoys playing and sliding on. After the aqauarium we got some lunch at Tom+Chee and then we headed back home to get ready to go to Nana's.  Her cousin Katelyn was there and she was super excited to get to spend the evening with "KK" too because she loves to sing and dance with her. Mama got a much needed night off and I also got lots of videos and photos from Nana of how much fun the girls had together. It was a really nice evening and after we picked her up we all went home and blew some horns and popped some poppers and then settled in for bed. Evie didn't get to see the ball drop but she had a lot of fun ringing in the new year anyway!

  Today we had a nice chill day. We played games. We slept in. We had extra snuggles and watched TV. In the afternoon we went to IKEA just to check things out. I'm on the lookout for a new bed for Evie that is raised from the floor so we have some extra storage in her room. We didn't buy anything but we had fun looking around. We also didn't eat there which Evie was very disappointed about but we did bring home some meatballs for later! Our vacation is coming to an end and I'm both sad for it to be ending and also ready to get back to work. We have some fun things planned for tomorrow and Evie is really excited about spending the new year with her nana! :)

  We did it! We finished our new office space! This room was originally Evie's room and when we converted her playroom to her actual room this room was supposed to be the office. However, when COVID happened I ended up working from home unexpectedly and things fell through the cracks. Evie was suddenly home from daycare and then from there our whole world fell apart and it seemed like we couldn't keep our heads above water between tragedies. So it just ended up being a space that collected clutter and wasn't usable. Early last year I started the process of making half of it into an art corner for Evie but even that got derailed in the end. Now that I'm permanently at home and Evie is going to remain at home until the fall when school starts up it seemed like the perfect time to really buckle down and get it functional again. I'm amazed but happy that we managed to get it done over just about three days. We covered the desks with vinyl stick on wallpaper that I had f...

  Today was another busy day full of cleaning and organizing. We also ran around printing some new photos for the walls, picking up some more paint to finish up our desks, and grabbing a new shelf to bring the corners of my desks together. It was a dreary and cold day but we made the most of it. We also took some time to sing some karaoke and play some games!  This evening we headed up to Nana's for family dinner night and we played some more games with family and had a really relaxing evening. We brought Exploding Kittens which was new and super fun to play with everyone. Overall it was a hectic but really nice day. 

  Monday is here again and we have officially started our office renovation today. We got a few things done on the weekend, but we hit it full force today. We started the day with breakfast and some games and then after we were finished we pulled all the things out of our office and started finishing up painting, desk covering, installing drawers and shelves, and reorganizing everything. It's about 60% completed as of today and we will hopefully have it all together by Wednesday so we can take some time and relax but we'll see how it goes! Vacation week won't be much of a vacation for us but it's still going to be great to start the year off in a new, organized,and more functional space.