Projects of the Week

I love smiling babies!

This has been a semi-productive week! I didn't get my house organized like I wanted... but I did work on lots of fun house projects. (Sidenote: I always thought when I was working that my house would be spotless if I was home. HA! Boy was I wrong.) This past week I gave my two week's notice to my work. I am officially a stay at home mommy! Hooray.

So my projects this week:

I found these "stretcher frames" at IKEA a while ago for $5. You could make your own though. You cover them with your favorite fabric and viola! Instant art for your wall. I recovered them this week with these cool fabrics.

I also recovered all my dining room chairs and they look so much nicer. No more food stains... hopefully these ones will clean up easier.

And I finally finished up vinyling up my laundry baskets to make easy sorting for the kids. These were cheap $3 laundry baskets from Walmart and I used my cricut to cut various fonts out to decorate them.

I also got my haircut today! It always feel so nice to get a hair cut. I am getting colored in two weeks... watch out - we might get wild.

Care Bear Bananza

Sarah is nuts for Care Bears right now and cheers excitedly when I put the Care Bear movies on for her (thank you Netflix Instant Streaming). Today I went to some garage sales with a girlfriend of mine and happened to see these 2 gigantic bears. I HATE buying ANY stuffed animals at garage sales but knew how happy Sarah would be to see it so for .50 cents each we took them home. They are as big as she is but she takes them everywhere and cries when we leave the house without them. Love my girlie girl.

Dear Daughter...

Dear Daughter,

Today is the first and LAST day that I will butter up your leg that is stuck in between the bars of your crib. Yes, it is true that in your efforts not to sleep, your legs have been getting stuck quite often lately, but we've never had to grease you up. Until Today.

So, no more buttering you down. I have taken those bars down and put up your toddler bed. Please behave yourself at bedtime and don't make me completely sorry that I didn't just keep a bowl of butter next to the crib instead. :)

I love you!

Love,
Mommy

Out of touch

I am so grateful that Chris' mom works for a children's dentist and keeps me informed on the latest "cool" stuff for kids. She bought these bracelets for James and all the kids love them. Boys and girls in grade school all the way up to high school wear these plastic shaped bracelets and trade them around. I don't know what I will do when Chris' mom stops working there. I will be so out of touch with the "cool" stuff.