Keeping It Real!

Keeping it real! My friend Amanda did a post last week about keeping it real!! There are so many blogs out there and people always post the pretty things about their lives! They rarely show pictures of their house looking messy or tell stories about the chaos in their lives! Amanda posted a picture of their basement. There were toys all over, clean clothes on the chairs...it looked like a basement that has 2 little ones running through it all day! She challenged us to do the same...so here you go!

This isn't our basement, but it is our upstairs! We use it as a playroom and office. There are toys all over the place! This is what it looks like most of the time. My excuse, Dylan is 2, he isn't the best at picking up after himself and he is SPOILED so he has way too many things!
These are the stairs leading up to the room! Yes, I walked over all that stuff to just go up there!!

That is life! It isn't always pretty! But I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. I like my little family and all the chaos that sometimes surrounds it!

But this is also life...we have to clean! So, yes I know the above is keeping it real, but taking an evening to clean is also real!!

This is the clean stairway up to the playroom. We have pictures going up the stairs-it is ribbon and the pictures are attached with mini clothes pins!

I love the "giggle" at the top of the stairs! There is a lot of giggling in this room!


This is most of the room! I know, it still looks messy! I think we need to get rid of some toys-he doesn't play with a lot of them.

This is the side I was standing on in the picture above! We have a very large Thomas tent and our computer desk.


Dylan is such a lucky little boy! Mommy and Daddy are pretty lucky too though!

My parents will watch Dylan anytime we ask! Usually, we don't have to ask though. It is them calling and asking if Dylan can come stay for a night! This past Saturday Seth and I had plans to go to Dave a Busters with some friends. We took Dylan to grandma and grandpa's to stay while we went!! This time it was a little different though! Dylan got to stay with just grandpa! What fun! My dad is in heaven when Dylan is around! They baked cookies, played with tools, took a bath, and who knows what else!

The reason it was just Dylan and grandpa is because Grandma had to go to The Crystal Merit Awards!!! It is an award ceremony put on every year for all of the apartment communities in the Kansas City area (my mom is the manager of an apartment community in Overland Park). The have to get all dressed up, it is like The Oscars for them!! My mom was up for Manager of the Year!!! Pretty impressive I think!!! She didn't win (big mistake on their part!!) but her community did win 3 awards, the most for her company! Way to Go Mom!!! Isn't she a pretty grandma!! I love my momma!!Seth and I at Dave and Busters! Not the best picture, but it will do!!