Happy St. Patty's Day

So my husband told our kids that today is his special day because it is named after him, and of course they thought that was pretty neat. I decided to have a more exciting St. Patrick's Day this year thanks to my friend Jamie and her great ideas from last year. So here is how our day turned out. The night before we set up Hadley's Leprechaun trap. This was an assignment for Kindergarten and I think it turned out pretty great.


Then we sent our very excited kids to bed, with the hopes that a Leprechaun would actually visit our house. The next morning we went out to see what we found. Turns out those guys are pretty sneaky and all we were left with were some chocolate gold coins.


We also found a surprise in the toilet, which Rawley thought was great. He even asked if he could make his green too!


Then to the kitchen where we had some Lucky Charms and green milk!



It was then time to hit the bedrooms to change into our green garb and head out the door to school!


All in all I think it turned out to be a great day! I even attempted to have a real Irish dinner. Turns out my husband is not to fond of Corned Beef and Cabbage, but I was pleasantly surprised to see both of my kids gobble it up! What can I say. I tried!! Next year it will be something different I guess. Can anyone say Green Mashed Potatoes!!! I think that might be the safest bet!

Last one for the day!

So I don't have this room entirely complete, but I did want to post it for my sister Renee. I told her that I had painted my laundry room green and she was curious to what green. It does look pretty bright and I haven't added the cabinets and shelves to tone it down yet but once they are in I know it won't be such a shock. This is the only room I could convince my husband to let me paint this color, because I know he will never go in it. We actually changed it a lot. We added the wash tub, and moved the position of the dryer. I think it makes more sense this way. The previous owner had a thing for sponge painting. Again here are the before and afters.


Before




After





The dryer hose looks like a big silver snake, but I am planning to hide it on the shelves that we are putting up. The final finished picture will be on once that is done. I do have to mention the flooring that we used. It is cork and I love it. Very easy to care for and so warm. Which is nice because it is a basement. For any of you wanting a warm flooring idea for your basement bathrooms, etc. I highly recommend this.

Goofy girl!

I am so excited to finally have my computer back. Be prepared to be bombarded with photos, videos etc. Anything that I feel deserves a mention you will see. Any who... I love this video of Emmy clapping. She is such a copy cat. You have to ignore the dirty floor, I know it is terrible! After seeing it I immediately found the broom and mop!

How could I forget???

I thought that it took forever for Emmy to finally figure out crawling. Now I find that I am constantly looking for her because she disappears faster than I think. Now she is also starting to pull herself up onto the furniture. I think it is funny because today Hadley gasped and said Emmy is standing!!! It makes me wonder how much longer till she walks. Yikes! to upset to even imagine that my baby is growing up!

New Tile and Paint all in one Day!

So today I had a full house again, we had our kitchen back splash tiled and some more of the basement painted. Hooray! One more day and the kitchen will be complete. Mind you it only took us 2 years to do. We had every intention of putting it up ourselves but in the end decided that if it was ever going to happen we would have to hire a professional (totally worth every penny).My husband the interior decorator made the final choice, and I think it works well for what we were going for. Take a look and tell me what you think.

Again here are the before shots.




Here are the Afters



I thought that I had better include a close up of the tiles as well.




The shadows are bad I know but I just took them so it was too dark to use the natural light.

Poor Daddy!

On another note. I got a phone call last week from my dear husband. He told me not to worry but that he was on his way to the ER. Eight stitches and a black eye later. I think that it might be time for him to hang up his church ball shoes, but I don't think I will be able to convince him. Here is a picture of his eye!

On my knees!!

Emmy has finally decided that her one armed crawl is no longer fun unless it is along the tile floor. She has found her knees and although she isn't quite as fast she is getting the hang of it. She has also finally moved out of our room. She is teething so night time is somewhat of a challenge. She has been up quite often during the night now so the move was much needed. Because of that Hadley has been banished to the floor in Rawley's room until the final finishing details can be completed in the basement. I do have some pictures and they will be in another post. Just thought everyone out there would like a little update!