My Beautiful Babies

Caleb: 5 1/2 years old


















Can you believe this guy will be starting Kindergarten in a few weeks?

Me neither!


Carly: 3 1/2 years old

Carly's new dresser - before and after

Occasionally, I get lazy and let my blog go for several weeks at a time.. ha! So sorry, this is a cross-post from AlexiaJean.com......

I have had this thing finished for a couple of weeks, but forgot to post the pictures. Here is the dresser I painted to match the bed from the previous post. I L-O-V-E the pieces together.

Before: This dresser belonged to a friend, whose boys are grown and it wasn't being used anymore. It was originally painted (or stained) black, but her husband had started taking off the black already. I received it as a "project in progress" and was more than happy to transform this boy dresser into a shiny girly dresser!


After lots of sanding and about three coats of white paint:


Finished! I changed out the knobs to some fun mismatched glass knobs, and again added the wooden scrolly doohickeys on the cabinet door.


Doesn't the distressing look fantastic? Thanks again to my friend Jess!!


Here it is in Carly's room. I'm terrible at taking indoor pictures, so you get what you get, but I think it looks great with the yellow walls, and the pink and green accessories.







Next up: my crazy self bought this nightstand at a flea market..


It's a nightstand (or something) that looks like a cabinet with doors, except it is actually two drawers thast slide out. It's interesting! It's unique! It's gaudy! And sooo ugly!

I LOVE IT!

.....any guesses what my plans are for this gem?! It will go in the same room, but it ain't gonna be white, that's for sure! And it won't be one solid color. My husband just shakes his head at me.. :-)

Before and After Bed

My latest project: Stripping/Sanding/Painting a bed for Carly's room! Check out the before and after pics! I also posted more pics on AlexiaJean.com.

Antique bed before:


After!!


I (and when I say I, I really mean my friend Jessica) distressed the edges for a shabby chic look.. SO much fun!


I also added a little wooden scrolly-dealie to the middles:






Total cost: Around $50, for paint, clear polycrylic finish, the wood details, and paint brushes. The bed itself was inherited, I borrowed the electric sander (Thank you to my Father-in-law! Saved my life!!). Next up is a dresser!

Dyeing Eggs

There's a first time for everything!


Caleb's face: "We're gonna do WHAT with those cups??"






Mommy's neato eggo


Caleb's eggin


Carly's eggy

Easter 2011

Easter Hunting, Country Style:

In the woods!
















Easter Sunday! He is Risen!


Easter huntin' suburban-style:










EYE SEE YOU!!!


<3

By Cracky!

This is a video of Carly "reading" her favorite book -- Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Suess! She had a little help from Caleb, who is off camera.

Spring Scenes

Here are some scenes from our Spring so far....

Caleb wrote his name totally unprompted! I'm not pushing learning letters and reading before Kindergarten, so I was pretty surprised when he busted that out!


Caleb's cute little soccer team - the Little Bears!


Carly posing in front of the azaleas


Reeeeeeach!


I completely love this picture.. she was done posing and was on her way back inside. Just funny.


We have some new neighbors! These guys live with the cows in the field behind us. They are friendly, unlike the cows!


Swinging at sunset





These a re a few little video clips I took of the kids. Watch them if you have a few minutes! The first one is worth your time, I promise (I think they are all worth your time, but they are my kids, so of course I feel that way!)