All work and... a little play

Yet again it has been over a week since I posted anything. It seems like all we do is work on the daycare anymore, which is exciting but exhausting at the same time. It is so cool to see it come together but we have been on such a rollercoaster with this place. The main problem is with the inspectors. We wanted to open tomorrow but they have completely killed that idea. It has just been a pain. We pretty much have our part done, just finishing touches but we have to wait on the building inspectors stuff and it seems like everyone you talk to to get things done has a three to four day job. So after much stress and irritation I decided to just relax and just go with it and when they finally finish their stuff we will be ready for it. Maybe with the extra time I have to wait I can get more organized! So it will all be for the better hopefully, and we can plan out a better plan to reach people for a possible Open House right before we open! Cant wait to actually see this place with kids in it! :) It still seems so far off and I still cant believe we are doing this, and opening a business. Its a pretty crazy/exciting feeling. Cant wait to post pictures of people in there!

The last couple days this is all we worked on. We had alot of fun building the rock climbing wall though! We are soooo excited because Derek LOVES rock climbing and me and Jordan have alot of fun with it too so I hope that other kids enjoy it as much as us.

We were measuring good spots to put the holds for a kid around Jordans height. She was our test-kid :)

Working hard lol

Reach!

The finished product up on the wall!

Jordan my little monkey. She has been breaking the wall in the last couple days. By the time we open she will be bored with it! lol

She looks so little on it but its really not that big. We didnt want to make it too big for kids that it would be dangerous its actually only six feet high. And has a big crash pad below :)

Looks alot smaller with Jack on there! lol And he even went without the crash pad haha! Pretty excited about it though! I hope kids really enjoy coming I cant wait to get some feed back from kids and their families! Im really excited about having the Open House!

I thought I would add this picture, Jordan steals my camera all the time and runs off with it to take pictures and often they come out really funny. She also took a picture of my shampoo bottle too lol. But she has a lot of fun with it, maybe one day she will enjoy photography.

A little update

So I just wanted to put up a couple new pictures of stuff we did in the last couple days. We have been working all day long every day, we finally got the signs done I think they looks AWESOME! I am really excited about our progress! We think we will be done in about six or seven more days! I cant wait!

Our fancy sign

Our cute little fence for the baby room!!!!! I love it! Have to say, my husband isnt a bad little carpenter. lol

Cut the back doors down

This is our table and below are the benches we made to it. I think this wood is so neat so we stained it and it will be our big kids table.

Awesome benches we made

long view of our table

We are pretty excited things are starting to come together!!!

Mothers Day, Drop Zone Kids, and Tom's Birthday!

Mothers Day was the first lazy fun day we have had in a while. We spend most of the day lounging around and sitting at the park just enjoying the weather and our family. It was really nice to relax for a while. Working on our business can get really exhausting but hopefully in a couple weeks it will all pay off!! (That is if it takes off like we are praying that it does!)  I cant wait to see our work in action! Its such a crazy thought to own a business, I still cant really believe that we have a business? Crazy. Well on to the pictures!

My greek inspired Mothers Day breakfast. I love feta cheese so Derek found a neat way to use it for breakfast! It was sooo yummy!

Doby..watching Derek cook breakfast. He is getting big fast! He was 10 weeks old on Mothers Day :)

We went on a lovely little picnic for lunch in the park! It was such a nice day!

Jordan, Doby, and Nesquik

Mommy and Jordan :) (who I can NEVER get to look at the camera and take a nice picture without making that silly face!)

Jordan decided she likes climbing trees!!

Jordan was trying to collect sticks for something, but Doby kept stealing them lol

This was at the park there, at Campbell house, not really sure what it is but thought it would be a cute picture :)

Here are a few pictures of our progress this week. It feels like it just drags on and we never get much done. But hopefully it will be done soon and we can finally put the paint brushes and hammers away!! Cant wait!

Jordan helped me paint the desk! I think she got more paint on her than on the desk.

I dont know if I have put this picture up yet but I think its so neat, we actually finished this a week or so ago but I thought I would talk about it now, because I think its so cute! Its our dress-up clothes closet! We havent hung the clothes yet (so they wouldnt get dusty) but I think it came out so cute! I hope the kids love playing dress up!

Derek has spent several days on this project. We wanted to cut this hole in the wall so everything is more open and the parents can see the kids back there. Then Bernie suggested we put on little puppet shows from the backside and hang up some little curtains. I think we just might!

We finally finished the floor!!!!! YAY...whew! that was a pain!

My little bench for the front entry way, I am pretty excited about it. We got it from someone who was throwing it away and I re-upholstered it! Now it looks bran new again! Im pretty excited!

This past wednesday was Toms birthday! We all met up at Pik n Pig in carthage and had a fun dinner outside on the patio! The kids loved running around and playing in the grass.

The love each other one minute then they fight the next lol

Spinning

Tom and Ben chasing after Jordan

 Derek with Ben and Jordan

Grandpa Bernie and Clark :) He is a funny little boy

Tom, Mollie, Betsy and Carson...and Bens ear :) Happy Birthday Tom!!

We all had a lovely evening. I love when we all get together!

Twins Bday, Easter and Drop Zone Kids inc,

SO it has been forever again! Twice in a row that i have let too much time go by before a post. I actually have a good excuse this time! We started a business and have been soooooooooooo busy that I havent had enough time for anything, but I am finally getting a little extra time to post pictures and the exciting things we have done all month! First up the twins had their first birthday!!! It was so cute! Mickey Mouse theme and a big cake that they got all over them!! The kids had fun despite the chilly morning and the family had lots of fun taking pictures of those cute little boys!!

Jordan and Ben driving at the bday party!! Poor little Ben still cant reach the petal.

The birthday BOYS!!

Trying Watermelon! What a face!!

My daughter hates getting her picture taken HA

All the men shot some hoops at the end of the party!

Then we have The Grace Church Easter Egg Hunt! Ben and Jordan hung out the whole time and ate waaaay too much candy!! Jordan even got to see her friend bradley! It seemed like the whole town was there! It was a beautiful day and alot of fun!!!

Ben picking up his easter eggs!

Jordan in the boncey house, she loooved these

Jordan and Ben love playing together

Sweet Cousins :)

Easter Morning!!!

Jordan picked this dress out at Target. She said she had to have it for Easter so she could look like a fairy princess!

Hunting for eggs

Our Easter family pic, we couldnt get Jordan to smile

Tasty

Mommy & Jordan

OKAY! Now we have the pictures of our business. Derek and I are opening Drop Zone Kids! A drop-in daycare in Southern Pines! We are pretty excited, here are some sneak peak pictures of our work in progress!!! Only a few more weeks til we get it done!!

The divided place is for toddlers and behind that will be the area where they eat.

The front room, this is were the smaller kids will play, kids around 3-8

This is the back room. It has been alot more work than the front. Derek and Bernie built that little room to block of a big bay door. It will be for storage.

This is the space beside the new storage room. Derek wants to put in a rock climbing wall!

View from the back door

This past weekend we put the ceiling in the back room, makes a BIG difference I think! Oh and we painted some more!

The ceiling going in and working on the lights

We are soooooooo excited about Drop Zone Kids, so tell all your friends about us we open soon!!!! More pictures to come!!!!!!!