Birthday Party Madness!

 

We had the girl's big birthday party this evening. It was a blast! I'll post more tomorrow, but just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came. You guys made it a fantastic evening!

Addison's first haircut

Today we took Addi down to the local barber shop. Yes, you read that right LOL. Dave is a good friend of ours and we chose him to do the honors. She was fantastic. Not a tear, whimper or whine. In fact she made it look like so much fun, Payton just had to give it a dry run. Of course we all played along and in the end both got a sweet treat for being such good girls.

And the winner is ...

So it's Tuesday and not Sunday. However only 2 people entered my giveaway in any case LOL.

I used the coin flipper at random.org to choose the winner, (assigning heads to Collen and tails to Kristen [that being the order in which they posted]) and this is what happened.



So Collen, please email me your address and I'll ship this out ASAP! Congrats and thanks to you both for the blog suggestions!

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day...

and now, so can you!
I recieved this book in a give-away from my fantastic friend Jules at Pancakes & French Fries, and in the spirit of 'passing it on' I'm now offering it to you! It's a quick-witted, lighthearted novel that is both easy and fun to read. I finished it in a few hours and would love to share my love for reading with one of you. Sooooo ... if you are interested please leave me a comment with a link to one of your favorite blogs. I'll use a random number generator to choose the lucky book worm this coming Sunday. Good luck!

Tu-Tu's, Toys and Tables

We had a great Christmas. Lots of family time, fun toys, and great food. Now all we need is the new playroom for everything to go in right?

What's so great about Handy Manny?

I mean his tools do all the work right? He just sits back reaps the benefits and takes all the credit. I need a job like that!
This is just one of the observations I've made this week while on vacation.
We're still working on plans for the big toy room remodel, but at my insistance they are on hold until later this week. DH wanted to just clear out the room and move toys. I put my foot down, insisting if we're going to do this then we're going to do it right. If I can't hang drywall and replace carpeting I at least get to fix it up to some of my semi-standards. I know I promised pics, but it being the storage room for all of Santa's presents things were a bit crazy this past week. We're also at odds just which room to use.
Upstairs is typical of the bungalow style homes in this area. 2 rooms with entry to one depending on the other. Currently the back room is my office and the front a guest room. DH wants to leave the guest room as is and dismantle the office. I'm fine with that ... however ... I think we should move the guest room and put the toy room at the front of the house. There are many reasons for this.

1. It's bigger and has 2 closets for storage.
2. The back room is the entry to the whole upstairs. Meaning there is an open landing to the staircase and a 1 foot edge that runs along above the steps themselves.
3. If we do have guests I would prefer them not to have to stumble through the toy room to get to bed.
4. The doorway is easily gated.

So we're at a standstill. I plan on hitting the store for some paint samples this week although DH is still against painting the paneling.
I'll win though, I always do. ;)

Jules?!! I need you!!

And any other inspiring designers out there. We've decided (thanks to the jolly one in the red suit) that we're going to bite the bullet and convert the upstairs office to a play room.
The problem? We have no 'extra' money to do it the way *I* want to. So I'm forced to work with what I have.
What I have is dark wood paneling and bright blue shag carpeting direct from the 70's. Ugly in all sense of the word. I need ideas. I'm not adverse to painting the walls, anything is better than living in a wood pile. I want a fun place for the kids to play and relax that also fits in with the style of my home. Some toys will be staying downstairs but 99% will be going up. Eventually the girls will move up there to share a bedroom as well, but not until they are self-sufficient enough to come up and down the stairs themselves.
So please help a girl out. I've never been one to have decorating woes, but would love to have some feedback and ideas from others.