Update from the Coenens!: January 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

House tour- upstairs

Maggie is posing on the stairs going up

Stairwell

The landing at the top of the stairs. Linen closet to the left, bedrooms ahead, and book nook to the right

Our "Book Nook"

The hallway leading into our master bedroom- bathroom to the right

Master bedroom- wall of 4 closet doors on the wall to the right

Master bedroom

Master bathroom

Our gigantic bath tub

Upstairs guest bedroom

Monday, January 28, 2013

House Tour- Main floor

The living room

The living room leads into the office and the dining room

Leading into the office

The office

The other view of the office. There are also some really great built in's to the right of this photo, but we still haven't gotten anything arranged on them, so I left them out of the picture.

The dining room

The kitchen

Kitchen

This short staircase leads to the "mud room" area to the right and then the stairs going down to the left

The breakfast nook

The "mud room" area with the closet, hooks for hanging coats/bags, and a little seat to sit down and put your shoes on.

This it the small hallway off the kitchen where the kids bedrooms and the bathroom are located

The wine nook

Main floor bathroom

Main floor bathroom, located in between the kids bedrooms

Maggie's bedroom

Aaron's bedroom

Friday, January 25, 2013

Time to catch up on my photos from the last 4 months. Life was very busy with the move and then the holidays, but we are all settled in and can finally post some pictures of the house. We are loving La Grange and are so pleased with the home and community that we have chosen!

Our home!


The back patio and back yard (there's also a bit of yard on the side with a patio area for the grill and a little deck off the office, but I forgot to take a picture!)

The Metra is a block and a half from our house

Downtown La Grange- the downtown is awesome with lots of shops and restaurants and within walking distance from our house

The La Grange Theatre

Monday, January 21, 2013

Pull my finger

I had to get this documented before I forgot this hilarious Aaron story. We were in the car on our way to pick Maggie up after school last week and here is the conversation that we had.

Aaron: "Mom, will you pull my finger?"
Me: "Not right now because I'm driving."
Aaron: "Ok, when we stop, can you pull my finger?"
Me: "Why do you want me to pull your finger?"
Aaron: "Dad showed me that when I pulled his finger, he farted."
Me: Laughing, "Sure, when we get to Maggie's school, I'll pull your finger."

So we get to Kensington and I get Aaron out of the car, pull his finger and he doesn't fart.

Aaron: "Hmmm- it didn't work like it did for Dad."
Me: Laugh as we're walking into the school, so I don't go any farther into this with him.

Fast forward two days and we're again, in the car after school on our way to pick up Maggie.

Aaron: "Mom, can you try to pull my finger again and see if it works?"
Me: "Aaron, you do understand that just because I pull your finger, it doesn't mean that you will fart."
Aaron: "It doesn't? That's how it worked for Dad."
Me: "Nope- Dad just asked you to pull his finger when he felt like he was going to fart."
Aaron: "Oh, all right."
Me: Laughing, "I will definitely talk to your Dad about these tricks that he's showing you!"