How to get things done

So, Ian and I are still working on getting our bedroom painted and fixed up.  We've finished the painting, but we still have things to hang and cleaning up to do.  It has been slow going because everytime we were home and able to hang mirrors or pictures the boys were sleeping so we couldn't make any noise. 

Today, the boys were awake, it was raining, and we were at home.  So, it was the perfect time to hang some pictures.  We just had to figure out how to keep a toddler and a baby busy while we did it.  Ian and I had the perfect idea...we pulled out our baby swimming pool, filled it with our collection of plastic balls, and set it in the middle of the bedroom.  Perfect!  Toddler and baby were completely occupied.

Evan enjoyed rolling around in the pool for a while, then threw every ball in the pit around the room.  Ben first simply enjoyed sitting in the balls.  Then, of course, they went in his mouth.  Finally, he actually started pulling himself up to a standing position on the edge of the pool.  He had never done that before, ever.  That was soon followed by leaning over and dumping himself, rather ungracefully out of the pool onto the ground.  He's really a baby on the move. 

Thankfully, our ball pit bought us the time that we needed to get everything hung.  Now we have a beautiful master bedroom that is almost done...and full of multi-colored plastic balls!