Show Us Where You Live Home Tour-Bathrooms

So I have decided to participate in the Show Us Where You Live Friday over at Kelly's Korner (click on the link to the right to visit there). This week it is bathrooms. Keep in mind, I live in an apartment, so my options are limited. Enjoy the tour and then head over to Kelly's to visit the rest! This is my vanity as you walk in. I collect Longaberger baskets, so I use them to contain a lot of stuff in my bathroom.

This is my toilet area. I picked up the heart of roses wreath cheap after Valentine's Day.

The shower curtain was a gift from a friend, and served as the inspiration for the rest of the bathroom.

I found these towels about a year after I moved in. They match the shower curtain perfectly.

I hope you have enjoyed my tour. Hop over to Kelly's and check out the rest.

Happy Friday!

Logan's First Haircut

Logan and Daddy sitting for his haircut (this one he was sitting, the rest he was

wiggling) His reward for getting his haircut, getting to play with the curlers

Checking out his new do!

Logan had his first haircut last Thursday. My aunt (Logan's great-aunt) cut his hair. She did my first haircut and my brothers first haircut too. Her name is Louise, but Logan calls her "we". She said overall he did a good job, considering it was his first time. After his haircut, he got to eat one of Louise's birthday brownies!

Fun at the Zoo

Logan is checking out the ducks (one of his favorite animals) He loved the petting zoo They had lots of cool educations exhibits, this one was on elephants, Logan is feeling the elephants tail. My parents and I with Logan getting ready to go into the zoo. We had the perfect zoo day yesterday. The weather was perfect, sunny and mid 70's. It has been years since I have been to the zoo, but it was like seeing it for the first time with Logan. He loved all the animals and was a happy camper all day long(trust me I saw many kids who were not happy). I am amazed at how smart he is and how much he remembers. We have spent today recovering (pushing a stroller up and down a hilly zoo can wear on the leg muscles) but it was totally worth it and I would do it again tomorrow. My mom even commented that she thought Logan's legs were tired because he was wanting her to rub them today at nap time,and he spent most of the day in the stroller! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Flashback Friday

I am taking Logan to the zoo today. This is Logan's second trip to the zoo, first trip with me. I am posting a picture from last years zoo trip. He is about 8 months old.

A Little Background

I thought I would take a little bit of time today to talk about the background of my relationship with Logan. I believe I have a different type of relationship than most aunt's have with their nephews and there is a little story to that. So here it goes. Logan's parents (my brother) are not married and Logan did not come into this world into an ideal situation. I struggle with this because I don't want out family to be "that family". Obviously we would have loved for it to have been the ideal situation but it is not, so we have had to adapt. For the first 6 months of his life, I saw Logan a total of 4 times, and all of those were under the supervision of his mother. This was hard, because I wanted to be the loving aunt, who spoiled her nephew, but his mother would not let my family see him. At around 6 months things changed and slowly we were allowed to have him during the day and eventually he was allowed to spend the night at my parents house. Since then we have been building up our relationship and I usually get to spend Sunday's with Logan ( my parents babysit now while his parents work). That is why I treasure every moment I get to spend with him, because I know how quickly it can be taken away. I don't have children of my own, so I love spending time with Logan and spoiling him like crazy! Now to part two of the story. Baby #2 is on the way in September, same parents, they are getting along better now. However, I am hesitant because of the situation with Logan's first year, I am not sure how the mother will react and how much time my family will get to spend with her. I have been checking out all these online stores for bows and tutus but can't bring myself to buy any yet because things could change in a moments notice. So I struggle because I can't wait to have a little niece to spoil as much as I do Logan, but we are always on pins and needles, never knowing when the situation will change. I hope I haven't rambled too much but that is a little background on the situation. I strive to give Logan as many experiences as possible, because I only want the best for him. Being a teacher has made me want to give him the best of everything because I see so many children, who lack so many things. Thanks for reading this. Here is a little video from this past Sunday.

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Wonderful Weekend

I had a wonderful first weekend out of school. I am starting to adjust to a new schedule which I like much better (later nights, later mornings). Saturday I spent just lounging around the house in the morning and then I attended 2 graduation parties in the evening. The parties were for 2 boys that I used to babysit, I had one of those, can I really be this old already moments. It just reminded me how fast time goes by.

Sunday I got to spend with Logan. We almost made it through the entire church service without a major fit. We spent some time outside, then Logan took a great nap. I now understand why moms love nap time so much, it is a wonderful break, especially with a busy toddler.

We spent Sunday evening with my friend Kristy, she was hosting her son Noah's third birthday party. They had a clown and a new swing set to play. Logan loved playing with Noah's new bull dozer and other digging toys. Needless to say he hit the bathtub when we got to my parent's house.

This week I am trying to get caught up on all the things that have gotten pushed aside during the school year. Today's task was tackling the bathroom. Mission accomplished!!

Riding his tractor before nap time.

Mowing grass at the birthday party Blowing bubbles with the clowns husband. He wasn't scared of the clown, just not interested in her.

Digging with Noah's new bull dozer.