Cutest Room in the House

Here is the cutest room in our house.  I can't NOT smile when I walk in.  Sometimes I just sit in the chair and bask in the girlie vibe.  I wanted to "nest it up" proper to make up for not getting to put a nursery together for William because we moved around so much when he was a baby.  Until William was 1, his room was just a crib in a storage room.

View from the door

I love my crib set!  The wall behind is where I'll put a hanging quilt rack.

The ottoman opens up and blankets are stored

Love doing the vinyl letters!

 

Love my Cricut!  I got the idea for this project from Crate and Barrel.  They were charging $3 a letter!

I found this instead of a dresser.  We'll get a real dresser later when I find the right one.

I found these cute wall decals online.

I'm so glad we went with a nice crib instead of a cheap one like last time.  William's crib fell apart before he was two!

A craft project with Mod Podge, patterned paper, and a canvas.

Everything is all ready!

I have to say a special "thank you!" to Sean for not making me feel guilty for kicking him out of his office, not making it an issue when I spent a little more in order to get what I really wanted and not just what was cheapest at the time, and for putting all of the furniture together.  Now all it needs is a sweet little baby to make it complete. I love this room!

First Day of Preschool

My little guy is in preschool now.  His teacher is Mrs. Barber and he is in the Blue Fish class.  He loves it and has no issues with being away from me.  All he needed to know is that they have toys, a playground, and new friends and he was saying, "Bye-bye, mom.  Hello, preschool!"  He goes Monday through Thursday, 12:30 to 3pm.  Just enough time for a little nap for me (or a fabulous stress-free trip to Costco). 

His preschool is at a Methodist church so they say opening prayers and blessings on the snacks.  His teacher told me that William volunteered to give the prayer and did it all by himself.  She said she was very impressed with him.   I loved hearing that.  They know that we're LDS.  Back in my hometown, there was a Methodist church that was convinced Mormons were not Christians and were very vocal about it.  I hope there is no confusion at this church.  I guess William will see to that.

Labor Day Visit to the Peterson's

We went out to Philly to spend Labor Day with Darrin and his family.  They took us to their ward barbeque.  We had hamburgers and hot dogs then played a 'no points' game of kickball.  William had a hard time understanding the order of the bases.  Then when he got tagged out, he got sad.  After the game, we played at the playground.  The township had some bounce houses set up and the Philadelphia Eagle, Swoop, made an appearance to sign autographs and toss some footballs.  William was too busy with the inflatables to waste time on a mascot.  It was a lot to pack into my afternoon.  I was so exhausted by the time I waddled back to the car.

William's 4 Year Old Portraits

Look out preschool girls!  William is undoubtedly a chick magnet.  He was such a ham and LOVED getting his pictures taken.  I was such a fool though because on the way to the Picture People, we stopped at the bank.  They asked if William wanted a lollipop and I said, "sure."  Big mistake!  William had a blue tongue, blue teeth, blue, sticky hands, lips and face.  What was I thinking?!  Luckily, we arrived early and I came prepared with a clean wash cloth and squirt bottle.  We went into the bathroom and I scrubbed is teeth, hands, face, everything!  I also made him drink a ton of water to rinse out the blue coloring.  I think the pictures turned out great but it was almost a disaster.  I'll remember to not have any food or candy right before a photo shoot next time.

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

This weekend was the opening of the PA Renaissance Faire.  I had read online that it was listed as one of the top 100 things to do in the country (I don't know who made this 'list').   I really was impressed with how large and involved it was.  It really was a pretty big deal.  I had never seen so many Dungeons and Dragons nerds congregated before!  It was a sight to behold.  Not everyone was pimply and pasty though.  There were many 'modern tourists' like us around.  Although it really got annoying when some characters took their role too seriously and spoke with fake accents, pretended cameras were the devil's boxes, and used 'old English' to speak to my 4 year old who barely understands regular English, let alone their crazy-town version of it.  We played medieval games, checked out a blacksmith making swords, saw too many overweight, over 'busty' wenches, watched the royal parade and jousting tournament.  William got a catapult gun that shoots marshmallows and marbles and rocks or anything small and round.  I already laid down the law on NO shooting anything but mini craft pom pom balls in the house!  I wanted to eat a giant turkey leg like a real wench but the line was way too long.  Overall it was a fun time.  Definitely worth the 2 for 1 price we got in with!

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