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Art Show
Saturday, April 3, 2010
So this actually happened last month, but I didn't get around to uploading the pics until just now. It's Mckinney ISD art show time, and of course my talented niece had a piece featured in the show. We have made it to everyone so far :) For whatever reason, Skylar's school only had 8th grade artwork presented, so I guess we won't be seeing his work again for another couple of years. Bailey enjoyed it as always, and I really love seeing all of the work from different grades. Very impressive, and brings me back to many fond memories of my own art classes. My only disappoint is that this year they didn't have much in the way of High School art, but we all had a blast on our viewing.
4th grade art
9th grade art
High School Art
digital art
3rd grade art, pretty impressive!
Bella and her piece
Bella and her bff Kate
chillaxin' on the couch at the show
my little stinker
Honey-Do list
Monday, March 8, 2010
March 2010: 15 months old
John has been on vacation this week. He hasn't had a vacation since last year's Super Bowl. We have had tons of things that were on the to do list for the house, and were able to knock out quite a bit of them while he was off! We got our garage door opener installed, the shower curtain rod to Bailey's bathroom hung, a peep hole installed in our front door, garage cleaned out, and painted two rooms. The first one we did was the breakfast room. I picked orange... don't judge me. Ok, so I know orange is an either love it or hate it kind of color, but I don't care, it's my house and both John and I think it rocks so we went with it. It'll be a little while before we get to dress it up with a new table and curtains and blah blah blah, but I'll show you a teaser pic so you can get the idea.
The other room we tackled was Bailey's nursery! I chose gray to go along with her black, white, yellow color theme. I hand painted tall white birch trees as a feature wall that her crib is against. I got the idea from some decals that I saw online, however the set of decals cost $80 so I decided to try to get the same effect myself with painters tape and white paint. I have heard the trick is to paint over your tape lines with clear glaze before you start painting to seal it off so the lines stay crisp... clear glaze was $16, I substituted for a clear top coat for faux finishes for $6 and it actually worked the same. So I got an $80 dollar look for under $20. I am also planning on adding three little yellow birds to the wall, but I didn't get that far yet. And I need another can of gray paint for touch ups, and to cut in closer to the ceiling, I did what I could to make the other can stretch.
Teething Bites!
February: 15 months
You may have noticed the lack of material that I have been posting. My little munchkin has a grip of teeth all trying to push in at once. Two top molars, two bottom molars, the top k-9 teeth, and two bottom front ones to name a few. This has made for some long days for the both of us. Not all of them are awful, they take turns on which days they want to bug her. But yeah... my poor little girl is drooly, bitey, chewy, emotional, needy, frustrated, temperamental, and nothing I do can really help at the moment. She wakes up whining, whines all day, and has trouble sleeping at night. I end most of my days with a migraine, and want nothing more than a cool dark room with the only sound being the melodic rhythm of my ceiling fan. Being on the computer is usually out of the question, the phone is tolerated for brief periods, and sometimes she is so miserable that she doesn't even want company over... which is totally out of her norm because she is a social butterfly, loves everyone who looks her way, those who don't are a challenge, and crowds are fascinating. I feel really bad for her, and I am absolutely amazed at how much patience I have. On the flip side, she has really become quite cuddly. A lot of times the only thing that makes her happy is snuggling up on me on the couch and watching cartoons, and it makes me so happy that I have the opportunity to be a stay at home Mom and be there for her when she is so miserable.
When she is happy she spends her day chasing Mr. Kitty around the house, "helping" me do the household chores, hiding her toys in random spots in the house, and climbing. The other day she climbed right out of her crib when she was supposed to be napping. I came in to find her hugging the rail of the crib and crying. We were able to lower to the lowest setting, which was only one step down and I hope that will contain her for a while. I don't think it will be an easy transition to the toddler bed, but I could be wrong. She has also taken a liking to purses or anything that has a strap to carry it around like a purse. So cute and girly of her. She also likes the fact that you can put things in and take things out of a purse, it is an amazing feature, quite possibly the second best part. Oh yeah, jumping and standing on our heads is also a great game. She has really developed a big sense of humor too. She cracks up at pretty much anything, the little party blowers that I had at her first birthday are a real doozy... we didn't like them at all at 12 months but at 15 months they are hilarious.
