Oh What Fun!

Elliotte and I had a little messy fun the other day! I broke out the washable paints and let E do her thing. She loves to paint at school, so I knew she would love to paint at home too. Every Tuesday and Thursday when I pick her up from school and ask what she did that day, she says "PAINT!" with tons of enthusiasm.

So that's what I let her do...we started with green.





I had envisioned a "hand print" Christmas tree, but E had other ideas...and that was fine.


Then we moved to yellow.











And finished with a little red.





When she started to paint herself, that's when I called it quits!


Luckily a dip in the tub took it all away.


What are some activities you do with your kids to beat the winter blues?
Christmas is just a few days away!! Are you ready?

Tree Hugger

Happy Friday everyone! My little "Tree Hugger" and I want to wish you a happy Fall weekend! We've got a hayride at church tomorrow and then our much anticipated new church building dedication on Sunday! I hope you get to enjoy the beauty of God's colorful trees this weekend! Happy Fall Y'all!




Beth
I'll be back on Monday with a post about our new headboard! I'm so excited to share it with you!

Redneck Girl

Much to her Daddy's delight, this little redneck girl loves animals, the outdoors, and loves to go looking for deer and turkey. We’ll be driving down the road and she’ll say, “I don’t see any deer! I don’t see any turkeys! Go look!” Her Daddy is thrilled, of course. Ben bought her a camo hat that says “Camo Cutie” on it. She loves to wear it!
A true redneck girl loves to sit in the back of a pick-up! She may follow in her Mommy’s footsteps and drive a 4x4 truck as her first car! Though, the only boy’s lap she will be sitting on for quite some time will be her Daddy’s…

She cracks me up in this picture. It looks like she’s saying “Hey you! Whassup?”

This little Camo Cutie will be decked out in some real camo before too long! Ben can’t wait to take her hunting and fishing!

Love my sweet redneck girl (who also wears very pretty smocked dresses)!

Beth

Playroom Gallery Wall

I decided to make some changes to Elliotte’s playroom this weekend. I’ve been wanting to add a chalkboard to the wall so she can draw and color to her heart’s content. Anything to keep her occupied for a few minutes! I also wanted a place where we could display her “artwork”. I picked up a thin piece of plywood from Home Depot and painted it with chalkboard paint. I also got some trim so I could add a frame to the chalkboard. After cutting the trim with a friend’s miter saw (the cuts with the miter box last time were too rough, and I really wanted to use a miter saw!), I hot glued the frame together and then spray painted it.


Below is a pic of the green paint I started out with. It was WAY too bright, so I went with a softer blue, and it turned out much better.



The color is Peekaboo Blue by Krylon.


Much better!


After the paint dried, I glued the frame to the chalkboard with Liquid Nails and placed some of Ben’s weights on top to make a good seal. After a few hours, it was ready to hang!


Here’s the chalkboard all finished along with a new gallery wall! I am so excited about E’s new gallery wall in her playroom! The white frames are from Michael’s, and I plan to paint them a few different colors. The pink frames are from Goodwill. I spray painted them and added some scrapbook paper and metal clips to display artwork.


The table and chairs were mine when I was little and they received an update a few months ago.


E now has a proper place for tea time!


I ordered these baskets from WUSLU knowing that I would use them for playroom storage. The bottom basket holds favorite friends, and the top basket holds E’s chalk for now.




E can draw on her tabletop too! It’s coated in chalkboard paint as well.

I still need to fill in two of the white frames, but I couldn’t wait to post about the new gallery wall! I can’t wait to see E playing in here now and all the pretty pictures she will draw on her new chalkboard!


Please excuse the horrible lighting in these pictures! The playroom is in the end our basement that does not have any natural light! It’s a fabulous space, but you have no idea if it’s day or night!

Beth

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Big Girl Room Pinspiration

As much as I don't want to face it, my baby is turning into a big girl. She even tells me so, "Big Gull" and, "Myself" is a fav of hers. I started thinking about a "big girl" room a few months ago and began pinning. Her room right now is cute with a green, pink, and black color scheme and subtle (ok, maybe not so subtle) "pug" theme. The pugs will always stay in some form or another, but the colors need to change. The walls are green and her furniture is black, and some of it will need to be painted.

I'm leaning toward a pink and blue color scheme and have found LOADS of inspiration via Pinterest. Here is some of my favorite Pinspiration!

A possible color palette. I love the varying shades of pink with some blue and green.

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Love the blue and white polka dot wall and soft pink curtains. Those pillow shams are pretty awesome too!

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This room is just precious in every way. Love the shades, daybed, pillows and wall color.


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I think E's dresser needs a coat of pink paint!

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Of course I heart this dog fabric!

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These pink and white striped curtains are adorable!

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I would love to incorporate a loft bed into her room, but that's not going to happen in this house. There is absolutely nowhere in her room for one! Hopefully our next house will have the perfect wall for a loft bed. E also needs to be a bit older...I can picture her trying to "fly" off the bed at this point in her life.

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This room has the perfect little alcove for a loft bed! I love that the bed is not taking up any floor space, so you don't lose any play space! It's the perfect spot for a play kitchen.

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I have no idea when this big girl room will start to take shape. Right now, it's just all in my head. And, thank goodness for Pinterest, since my head is not the place to be storing things! Isn't Pinterest the greatest!

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A Day at the Zoo

E and I went to the Nashville Zoo one pretty day last week. We needed to get out of the house, and she needed to literally run off some energy.
Here's my monkey looking for the monkeys.


Where are they?


You can see it was NOT crowded. She ran/walked the entire zoo. No, she does not sit still.


There's a monkey!


Meerkats!


I can't take my eyes off this child...


Zebra spotting


E: "Fish! Big!" There's a gator in there too.


Mommy needs a Diet Coke


Love the flamingo exhibit


They are so pretty!


Off to run some more in the foam playground area!


Had to go see the "Nake"!


Anything in there?


And she still had enough energy to swing for a bit!


This mommy was worn out, but E did take a 3.5 hour nap that afternoon! Thank you zoo!