Friday, March 19, 2010

bedroom re-do

First of all, this post is dedicated to Ash J. and my sis who have persistently kept me accountable ever since i mentioned last spring that i was hoping to re-do our master bedroom. I happened to have picked 2 people to randomly mention my idea  that didn't forget...even when my project took months and months to begin and finish and then when it was done it took a few more months to actually take a couple of decent pictures.
the reality is our room doesn't usually look like the pictures on the bottom. If you could insert an ironing board in the corner, a few sippy cups on the floor, baby socks by the door, baby doll accessories scattered about, legos on our bed, and then dump over my jewelry box (favorite activity of one of the 3 kiddos- i still haven't discovered who...) you would get a more accurate idea of  what our room typically looks like. But, i thought i needed at least one nice picture to get a sense of completion....


So....here's the "before". I hope you all appreciate my honesty in posting these very real pictures. We were in the process of destroying our room so we could paint when i remembered i wanted some before pics.


lovely





And the "after".....




this corner still feels a little undone. we used to have another chair up here but i stole it for the living room. now it makes a good home for the unused humidifier and an old red gap bag behind the chair.



this is a shelf that my dad and i made together when i was about 14. We made it especially for my cabbage patch dolls. Yes, all 8 of them needed a place of honor in my room. i was such a cool teenager.
 Now, it holds pictures. And f.y.i- i didn't want to go buy black frames so i rounded up as many different kinds of frames as i had around the house and then spray painted them all black. worked wonderfully!


i'm hoping to post re-do pictures of the girls room soon. They just turned 2 so we thought it was about time to decorate their room and paint over the horrible pepto bismal paint mistake from 1 1/2 years ago. We'll see how long it takes...maybe check back next spring!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

dinosaur meat

Will and i have been learning about dinosaurs recently so when Andrew got it into his head to make his own beef jerky he quickly named it "dinosaur meat" to further justify his proposition. The boys had lots of fun acting out this one.
pretty scary actually

pounding the meat and getting it ready to marinate...mmm, mmm.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

St.Patrick's Day

 We love St.patrick's day. everything about it so much fun and now that we're going to "st.patrick's church" it gives us even more reason to have a good time! This year, we all did errands in the morning while sporting our green attire. Once we got home we realized Sophie was coming down with a fever...bummer. She slept 4 1/2 hours during her nap!

In the evening Will and Andrew still went to the annual community party hosted by our church. Since i wasn't there no pictures were taken but i think they still had fun. As i was tucking Will in tonight he said, "i'm just exhausted. i've gotta get some rest"
 
Some quick pictures before naptime


poor baby

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Girlies turn 2!

Madeline and Sophia turned TWO on March 8th. 
Here are pictures from our family party the day after!
 


the girls loved having complete control over their own cake. hoping all that sugar only made them sweeter!

most of the group
sister, mom and me

 
madeline and mommy.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

in other random news...

Baby #4 is on its way!

We have an dr.appointment next week as well as an ultrasound so until then I must admit i feel a bit anxious about the possibility of carrying baby # 4 AND baby #5....yikes.


(thanks swishers for the prompt- apparently my brain is a bit scattered already. :)ha! )