Ahoy!

Okay, here is a slide show to show you how much fun we had on Gabe's birthday. First was a Pirate Party with his friends! We played "Pin the Eye-Patch on the Pirate", then they took turns hitting the treasure chest pinata. Inside the pinata were treats galore and... a TREASURE MAP! They followed the map and found a buried treasure at the playground. Little pouches filled with plastic gems. They loved it! Then we had cupcakes and opened presents. Each of the kids also got a treasure chest with a pirate duck, a telescope, some temporary tattoos, skull lollipops and stickers! It was a lot of work to keep 11 kids happy for two hours. I don't know how teachers manage!

Unfortunately I am bad at taking pictures when it is my own event because I don't want to miss out on the fun! So there are no fancy pictures here, just snapshots. I hopefully will find the time to take pretty pictures of some of the fun things, like the little boxes filled with goodies. Who knows, we'll see! Anyway, here it is! I will really have to take pictures of the boys in their costumes though, they looked fantastic! Big thanks to Aunt Elaine for pulling through for us and making costumes, drawing a huge pirate, and helping with the party. You are the fantastic sister and aunt. A huge thanks for Tia too for the Awesome pirate cake that we had at Poulson's that night, it was amazing!!!

Buon Compleanno!!!

Can you believe Gabe is 5 already! Sorry I didn't post yesterday, we were so busy with birthday and Saturday plans. I will post some pictures from his awesome Pirate Party a little later, but at least wanted to get a current picture on here. This is his new "cheese" face. I don't like it as much as his normal smile, but at least he's looking at me. :) Just a snapshot, but can't believe how much he has changed!

Will he still be my baby...

if I cut off his hair??? I just don't think he would even seem like the same kid to me! I am at least getting it trimmed today, he really does look like a girl, but it's just so cute!




Following in Mommy's footsteps???? LOL

House Plans

Well, the appraisal on the PG House is done! So we finally have a few more pictures for all you avid readers! :)

The current renters are in the process of moving out, sorry about all the stuff in the pictures! I know there will be some work to do to update the house, but we are really excited!

Chalky Goodness

It might look like a mess to us, but I think this probably qualifies as a great time for the kids! Here are the boys coloring with sidewalk chalk outside our condo. We are really going to miss hanging out with these kids (and moms) every day!

Custom Tassels

I'm not a great product photographer, but I wanted to share some pictures of my project for today! I saw some beautiful tassels here and I loved this one and this one but she is closed at the moment preparing her summer collection. So I thought I would give it a try on my own! Mine aren't as fancy for sure, but I am happy with how they turned out for my first try! I think this might become a new hobby. :)














Now I need to get a book for some actual instructions!

antique piano

Okay, you will probably think I'm crazy, but I am going to look at this antique piano this morning. They are only asking $95 and I can't pass it up! It is in need of a complete overhaul, but right now I am only thinking about how great it will look with some TLC on the outside and sitting in my front room!!

Gorgeous Gray

After a few weeks on the market we decided we needed to paint our hall bathroom (lavender) and master bedroom (peach) to the same gray that we used in the front room, hall, hall bath and master bath. It looks very modern I think, and definitely cleaner since the peach was a faux finish treatment. I don't know if it was timing or not, but the first person to walk through after we painted put in an offer! Just for fun I am posting the pictures I took the other day. I was going to have our Realtor put these up to replace the current pictures on our listing, but since it is under contract I guess we don't need to worry about it!



I think I might paint the dresser black if I can talk Ben into allowing me to paint over his lovely wood work. :) I will probably wait until we move so I can decide the colors of the new room.






I can't wait to post some pictures of the house in PG! The renters should be out at the end of this month, so we might ask to walk through it again after that and take some "before" pictures. I am planning some major updates in the house, so don't be scared of the current paint and kitchen...

"Awe-some"

love this! it's short and totally worth watching