It's the Weekend

It's been a long week. James has been working in Long Island Monday-Friday for the past three weeks. And that's not all, he still has two more to go. So. Over. It. Being a single parent is hard. Being a very pregnant single parent of a precocious toddler who is sick with her second round of hand, foot and mouth is seriously - the. worst. Poor Cece was a hot mess for most of this week and by the end of it, so was I. Add on top of it a very busy work schedule and almost no sleep and well, it was ugly. Thankfully, James is home for the weekend and Cece is back to herself (just in time for daddy to come home, how convenient!). The weekend outlook includes family time, a birthday party and maybe some boating. Here's a few pics of James and Cece working on the beginnings of their new model train layout. Have a beautiful weekend, friends!

Throwback Thursday

I've shared a few random pictures of one of the houses James and I rented for a few years before we were married but never really talked about it in detail. It's definitely a place that is worthy of it's own post. We called it The Treehouse. As you can see, it was the funkiest little home you could imagine. Perhaps The Mushroom would have been a better name for it. It had a spiral staircase that led up to a second (main) level with floor to ceiling windows and an open floorplan in the shape of a massive octagon. You can imagine how tricky it was placing furniture in a house with no right angles. It had a deep, round jacuzzi tub in the master bathroom and a deck off the back in the shape of an octagon. Even the garden was laid out in the shape of an octagon. The house was literally surrounded by trees and forested wetlands. Every night we would fall asleep to the deafening sound of crickets and the occasional pack of coyotes. This place was cool. So, so cool.

If Only Cece Had Hair

Oh the possibilities! Thanks to Cece's Aunt Alisa for providing the inspirational photographs.