Easter - I know, it's almost May

Sorry, I started to do these once and blogger wasn't working- so back at it.  

Mom got the boys some bug catchers.  They already filled one with worms one day.  The rule still stands - All bug catchers STAY IN THE GARAGE!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Dad was giving Olivia pie and oh - boy, she sure did like it!

 

 

 

Silly Baby

I told you shoes taste icky!

 

A new solution for all these water bottles

I don't know about you guys, but one of these falls out of my cupboard about every time I open it! So this weekend I tried something new- I'm keeping them all in this basket.  So far, I'm liking it!  

The things you find around here

This weekend I spent a bit  or A LOT of timing cleaning the basement.  You can't tell that much, but to me and Keith it is way cleaner.

So here is where they keep their guitars.  

They insisted I help them put together ALL our puzzles.  Good thing I noticed the 750 piece jigsaw puzzle and hid that away before they noticed.  And on a side note, I try not to even start those jigsaw puzzles because I seriously get addicted and would be up late every night working on it.  

this morning Dylan decided he wanted to have a stuffed animal party.  Whipped these ribbons out from his drawer - the tape too and started hanging.  Luckily I was able to convince him to finish that up later.    Later tonight he wanted me to come to the party and I think he told me it was doing to be delightful for me.  

Seriously, turned a corner to this (above) and that (below)

Inside that jar - "jelly fish" in actual water.  And in case you were wondering, about 20 minutes later, Carter put a box of legos on top of there (d moved the fish) and about 5 minutes later all did fall:)  Lucky for me I got to pick that up.

D glued these to his glue- lovely!

We'll see what tomorrow brings us!

Miss Olivia's Nursery

Since Olivia will be 10 months in about a week, it's about time I finish this nursery and share some pictures with all of you - sorry, took a lot but when she is a big girl, I'm sure I will like looking back at these pictures.

I just found these fun books at Rustica in Valley Junction.  I'm sure it would be easy to do, but you would probably spend more buying the stamps than I did on the books.  

I wish I could tell you where I got all these odds and ends- some I bought before she was born!  If you do want to know, I could probably look through my email or it might be on my oh baby pinterest page. I got the frames here.  The little pink one is from Target as well as the lamp.  

I got the elephant pillow and "olivia" cutout on etsy.  My sister found this pillow and it's one of my favorite things in the room.  The wood elephant from Pottery Barn Kids.  The white shelves were from Menards and I randomly found those curtains at Handcock Fabric.  I originally bought them for our room and didn't love them and they worked great with her room colors.  I did a post a while back on the chair, it was the chair from the boys - she recovered the brown pads with gray.  

To do over again, I probably wouldn't have done the large chevron stripe.  At the time I wasn't sure how the frames would fit in and much of it was covered up.  Plus I really like the pink color and I lost a lot when I added that. 

A lot of people asked me about her sheet before- got it at Pottery Barn Kids.  I've recently noticed they added several new colors and I'm seeing them at Target now too.  

She is so funny, she thought she was hiding back there:)  LOVE HER!

I found the white frames at a great website online for like $10 each - but I had to paint them! That was a pain for this not so patient girl.  That is partly why it took me so long to finish this!  

A couple girly touches!  

Keith actually bought this little sign when I was pregnant with the boys.  Works great in her room and I have always liked these words.  

I got this O here. 

I tried to work in some pink here and there and keep it girly!

I always tell moms now who are looking for bedding - don't stress too much on the bed skirt, once you lower your crib it always gets bunched up and barely fits.  

That nice DAY we had

One day we didn't have to wear coats.  I guess I shouldn't complain, our MN friends are buried in snow right now!  Tristan got a new play set so the boys were pretty pumped to play on it!  I think Olivia and Nora will probably  be having a lot of fun in that little house in about 2 years!  

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise Time

This one is too funny!  So the boys do this thing called Jump Bunch once a week with Coach Kirby.  I didn't realize they did exercises with them until one of them was telling Aunt Sarah about their sit-ups.  Then one day they were showing me their jumping jacks - which was ridiculous!  So last night they just started breaking these out.  Silly boys! I just love this.

Pin Success

I was home all day Sunday - me vs. 3 so I had to play a card from the Pinterest collection.  Click HERE for the pin. Not too bad- it was basically flour and baby oil.  It didn't entertain them for the 4 hours I hoped, but I guess I'll take the 40 minutes:)  At least the time put into making it was minimal.  Haven't cleaned it up yet though.  If anybody in the neighborhood wants to borrow it for a day, it's all yours and really wasn't too messy.

Note to self- by more flour and baby oil.  All out!

Back at it...

And you know this didn't work the first, the second, or the third time!  More to come if it ever gets finished.  End Date:  TBD.