Funny Story for the Ladies

Gentlemen, you may want to step away from the computer for this one.

Today while I was taking my shower, Aidan got into a new box of Lightdays that I'd accidentally left within his grasp. I peeked out to check on him at one point, and he'd dumped them all in the floor. Annoying, but no big deal. They'll go back in the box.

A few minutes later, he flings the shower curtain back and asks, "Mommy, do you like my sticker?" When I turn to look, I realize he's taken off his underpants, peeled the backing from one, and stuck it to the end of his peep. It was the funniest thing I've seen in a while. He's lucky I was in the shower, or I might've taken a photo to preserve the hilarity of the moment.

The worst part, though, was when it came time to rip it off.

Roosters

A few months ago, I got tired of looking at these:

Not the kids. Look way in the back. Do you see them? Those yellowed lace curtains? They hung on all four windows in my dining room and all four in the living room. One day, I'd had enough of looking at them and took them all down, regardless of the fact that without them, you can basically see everything going on in my house when it gets dark out.

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Stacey dug this Waverly rooster toile out of the clearance shelves at our local fabric shop.

It was $4.99 a yard! I'd been thinking of using red and white toile to make new curtain panels for my dining room, I just couldn't make myself pay $15 a yard or more for it. I got a little over three yards of this fabric - the biggest whole piece they had - for a little more than $15 total! Very exciting.

I've been working on these bad boys all week. I'd wait until the kids were in bed at night and spread out my giant pieces of fabric, measuring tape, and pins in the living room floor. I finished them last night, and I got them all hung this morning. They're definitely not perfect, which I'm okay with since it was my first attempt at curtains of any kind, but I like them. (Oh, and sorry the picture is weird. The light comes straight in the front of the house in the morning, so the photo is really bright on one side) I'm using that not-quite-the-right-color-red ribbon as sashes for the moment. I do have leftover fabric that I'll make matching ones with soon-ish, but I have more important projects I need to get cracking on...like the ring pillow for Joe & Maggie's wedding that is fast approaching.

Achoo!

Aidan is trying to learn how to blow his nose. He came to me a little while ago saying, "Mommy, I need a tissue!" I reminded him that he knew where to find them, and told him that he should go try to blow his nose all by himself. Moments later, I heard a manufactured, "Achoo! Achoo!" coming from the bathroom. After a few tries, I heard him actually managed to blow out and into the tissue. If this means I have one less nose to wipe, I'm going to be thrilled!

Spray Paint and a Sofa Table

Last week, I drove to Marshall, Texas to pick up this $35 Craigslist find. It wasn’t a bad looking table to begin with, but the moment I saw it, I had visions of spray paint. I’m going to lay blame on Kimba over at ASPTL for this. I’ve seen one too many of her furniture rehab projects. But I digress…

I started out by sanding it down. I was a little lazy with it, so I just sanded until the piece of paper I was using wore out and called it good. Then, I wiped it down really well to get all of the dust particles off.

Next up: primer. You can buy it in a spray can now, so that is what I opted for. Easy peasy.

Once that dried, it was time to paint! My original plan was to paint the entire thing blue, then paint a chocolate brown color over all of it and distress it. However, once I got the blue paint on, I decided I really liked it and chose to leave the legs blue and just paint the top brown.

You can see from the picture that I got a little messy with that brown paint. If I’d planned it out right, I’d have done the top first and then painted the legs. Since I changed my mind midway through the project, I made a mess of it. And I ran out of blue paint. I’ll have to go buy another can tomorrow and touch it up. But I love the (nearly) finished product, and I couldn’t wait to share it!

Once the table is situated in its new home and properly decorated, I’ll share photos of that as well.

Ta-da!

When I went to get my baby girl out of bed this morning, this is what I found. She was standing! It's a good thing we had the forethought to go ahead and lower that crib mattress, or she probably would've been flipped out of the bed, too! I can't believe how big she's getting. She tries to pull up and stand all the time now. This afternoon, she was holding my hands, standing in the middle of her bedroom floor, with Aidan running laps around us. Neely was just wiggling and bouncing, trying to figure out how to move her little feet. She wants to chase her big brother so badly. It's adorable. And he's in big trouble once she figures it out.

Sunday morning

God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.

~ 2 Corinthians 1:3, NLT

A couple of goofballs