Real painting and pudding painting.

Hola amigos and amigas. Happy Monday to ya! Let's make this week a good one. The weekend went too fast like it always does. Friday night we were glued to the TV while we hoped and waited for the Boston suspect to be caught. The police, fireman, FBI, special agents, CIA, and everyone involved are all incredibly brave and I am thankful to them that no one else was hurt. Saturday we went to our first O's game of the season. Charleigh lasted 5 innings! I didn't expect her to do that good since she normally goes to bed 6:30-7pm, but she showed me. Sunday I had a morning football game and then we did stuff around the house. 

 

Greg painted 2 walls in our bedroom a deep dark plum color. I will decorate the rest of the room in black and white everything. We are digging it!

Charleigh and I also had craft time on Sunday. I've been trying to find fun activites for her age range that aren't expensive. (She will be 15-months tomorrow!) I found a children's website that suggested painting with pudding because she is still in the oral stage and everything ends up in her mouth.

It was a brillant idea!

And no, I didn't eat any pudding ; ) I've been doing the Advocare 24-Day Challenge. Today is day 20! YES! I've almost made it. Friday will be my last day.

Float on...

Snow, Happy Birthday, And A Sneak Peek!

 

 

 

Good morning from snowy Baltimore! We woke up to find a heavy wet snow falling over the town. 4 inches has stuck around and caused a morning rush hour hassle. Baltimore County Schools closed. That's crazy considering it's almost April.
Didn't the groundhog predict early spring? Just saying...

Today is also a special day because it's my brother's birthday! Happy 31st birthday to you, butthead! See the picture below? That's us with our godparents kids, Benny and Katie. They are also like siblings to us.

Zach, I still feel this happy to have to sit next to you.

 

Moving day is Saturday! I think what I am most excited about, besides not having to always walk on top of 2 other people, is that Charleigh will have her own room. This will be her very first room. She's never had a nursery. She's never even had her own space. We have lived in a one-bedroom apartment her first year of life and we simple took our dining room table out of the living room/dining room and put in a pack and play. She never slept in our room, because we wanted to keep that our own space. Every night she goes to sleep and we are a mere 3-feet away from her on the couch watching TV in the living room. It's not ideal, but we have made it work.

 

*Before I get angry emails - we don't judge those of you who do co-sleep, it's just not for us! Save your angry emails for when I really piss you off. Thank you.

Anyways, here is a sneak peek of some things happening! I bought the words at the craft store and spray painted them. I bought that frame at the dollar store and put poster board in there and wrote the Shakespeare quote!  It's going to be a fun, inspiring room for a little girl! Yay!

 

Float on....

I got crafty!

Hey there pals! Happy Friday! This week has seemed a bit on the long side. I'm looking forward to a night of Duck Dynasty and frozen pizza. Yeah, I know how to live ; )

 

I'm really excited to show you something today! I got crafty and wanted to make something special for our new house. We move at the end of the month! I have seen this idea around Pinterest and decided to give it a go. I adore the way it turned out.

 I got the frame at Michael's for $6.99 and the yellow poster board for .49 cents. I had the spray paint lying around. I thought about spray painting the frame black, but decided against it.

 

I printed out the pictures of the states from the computer on plain computer paper. I drew the little hearts on myself with a pink gel pen.

 

I will hot glue the yellow poster to the back of the frame, but super glue would work too. I used a simple glue stick to add the states to the poster. I decided to write "follow your heart, " but you could use song lyrics or a quote about family if you wanted!

I then added the finishing touch, the flower! I had some fake flowers that I used to decorate my office and took one for the corner of the frame. Wa lah! The whole project was inexpensive and took little time. It's unique and sentimental. It tells my family's story!

If anybody out there wants me to make one for you and your family, let me know! I'd be willing to do it for a $28 charge! That would cover the materials, shipping, and my valuable time ; ) I can do any states or countries.

 Let me help you tell your family story!

Float on...