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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Ahhhh.... spring!

For the past week or so, the weather has been in a crazy mood. One day, it is chilly and rainy. The next, it is a warm spring day. Today when the kids finished school and I finished an afternoon meeting, I was so thankful to realize how warm the sunshine felt. Just yesterday, it was so cold that Matthew's baseball practice had to be cancelled.

I gathered up the troops and we headed down to the park. We played a game of kickball (mom and girls vs. the boys) and then the kids had a great time on the slides and swings.

Matthew finally got his new baseball uniform and was excited to try it out! This year, his team is the "Nationals."

This girl is fearless. She isn't satisfied to play on the toddler slide. She has to climb to the top of the tallest play structure and go down the big slide!

Friday, April 6, 2012

New girl room

BEFORE:

This is how Matthew kept his room most of the time.

When Andrew was almost 2, I painted this room. I literally drew and then cut out the stencils of the vehicles that are on the walls. It took me about six hours to hand paint those vehicles on EACH wall.

Let's just say it took me a few years to get to the point that I was OK with sanding and painting over the walls in this room. Well, 10 years. I also created a stencil to paint that wavy road around the room.

AFTER: This room was the largest of the kids' bedrooms, so we moved the two girls in here. This gives them a lot more space than they had in the 10x10 room they were sharing before.

It was so fun to swap out the storage bins in the primary colors for the ones in pink and white. It was even more fun to fill them with baby dolls, purses, Barbies and all things girly-girl!

I thought the rock star theme that Alayna chose was great for her personality. We bought this decals and had a great time working together to stick them on the walls.