Missing

Look carefully... do you notice anything missing from that smile? That's right folks, the crown prince lost his first tooth! It had been loose for a while (the tooth, not the prince) and on Tuesday his teacher yanked it out for him. For the record, I don't care that she yanked it, but that is totally gross!
So, as you can imagine, the tooth fairy came! Apparently she now gives $1 for your first tooth and 25 cents for every tooth after that. I know times are tough, but she feels it is important to be generous with these big milestones.

A Taste of Spring

So...as is often the case in this part of the south the weather has flip flopped again. We were happy to have a spring - like weekend with no coats required. The kids spent nearly every minute outside on Saturday and Sunday. We are praying the cold and snow are gone for good!

Check out our big kids! I can't believe they are almost three! What happened to all the babies?

Cheesy smile for the camera.

Where is our oldest? Refusing to have his photograph taken he "wasn't in the the mood"!

Snow in Wake Forest

This weekend we traveled to my parents house for the weekend. Much to our dismay, it snowed AGAIN! We live in the South folks! Enough with the snow! Fortunately this is the first snow that has been ideal for building a snowman! The kids played and built for a good chunk of the morning. By afternoon the snow was all melted (praise the Lord!).

Here are a few pics...

My mom with the kids and the snowman.

Winding up for the kill.

Building the snowman with Daisy (the dog) and my dad. Liv will not stop talking about how Daisy ate the snowman's head- in reality she just devoured the carrot nose. Yes, she likes carrots, weird dog!

Deep Space

For sometime now I have been meaning to post about the boys room. I started it last June and completed it in September (yeah - it took that long). I really thought it would take me about a month... but I was terribly wrong and by the end I swore I would never paint anything again. (Obviously I have broken this vow). Ethan is ridiculously into science and outer space and so my inspiration for the room was "Deep Space". I had a couple obstacles... one wall of nasty old 70's dark paneling, a bunch of mismatched furniture, and old shutters on the windows. Take a look...

First I primed and painted the paneled wall several different colors of blue - in stripes. Also painted the trim.

Next I primed and painted all the furniture. All the furniture was hard wood - but mismatched - I made it match. It looks great now, but it was a nightmare to paint and took forever!

Next I painted the ceiling with a swirled effect to look like the night sky... not fun.

Then I designed this sun for the solar system and glued it to the ceiling. Then the husband put in a new ceiling fan. Old one was oak with brass... yuck. I got the inspiration from Design Dazzle

Next I bought planet decals and glow in the dark stars.

A few simple art projects... one here with three wooden airplane pegs (PBK), grapevine wire, and clothes pins to display art work.

I kept waiting to do this blog when the room was all clean and I could easily take pictures- well that just about never happens. So last night I went in while the boy were asleep and took these shots, as you can see Isaac is on the bottom bunk!

And, finally, I know I have a before picture somewhere - but of course I cannot find it. As soon as I do - I will post it!

Working on Livy's room now - I will post pictures when I get done!

PCA

No this is not a blog entry about the Presbyterian Church of America... it is about Popcorn Cheese and Apples. This is a tradition we practiced regularly before we had the twins. My friend Robyn grew up doing this and passed the tradition on to us... thanks Robyn! (ps- you still need to get a blog!).

Basically, every Sunday night we would rent a movie and eat Popcorn, cheese and apples for dinner. Every week we would have several couples over and they would do PCA with us too. Now, if you have never done it before you may be thinking, WHAT? But, really, it is fun and tasty. The key is having enough cheese- variety and quantity both count! And, to popping fresh popcorn (none of that microwave junk!).

We have started doing it with our kids on special occasions... like a snow day. They love it! Here they are earlier this week with picnic blanket and all...

Even though they enjoyed it- I am praying next week we are back to the regular schedule... I love schedules.

Don't let the calmness of this photo fool you... about five minutes later Isaac broke his popcorn bowl (I know, I never should have used ceramic bowls- they were a Christmas gift). Then Liv tried to clean it up and cut her finger on one of the shards. She actually tore a chunk right off and it took forever and lots of gauze to get it to stop bleeding. My kids are pretty much always injured.

The Snow is Still Here

Well, we got more snow last night. And, I am soooo tired of it. Not because I don't like it, but because when it snows in the south EVERYTHING gets canceled! The first thing to (usually) get canceled is school. Ethan only went to school one day (Thursday) this week. We are all going a little crazy stuck here in the house. The kids are not even asking to go play in it anymore!

On an upnote. I have been getting a ton of painting done (since I am stuck at home). More on that later...