makeover

Me: "Are you scared of this color?"
Brian: "Nope, I don't get scared anymore."

The above is the color I'm painting my new desk. We found it on Craigslist for $50.00. It does have all the drawers but I forgot to put them back in for the picture. The back room (which is currently my office) will be Grae and Molly's bedroom. So I have to move my stuff into our bedroom.



I love the rounded corner. It looks very 30's or 40's.


I have one coat of the green paint on and it looks like it will need at least 2 more. I skipped the primer coat and now am regretting it. Oh well. I need to find some funky drawer pulls and I may cover the drawer fronts with some fun paper. We'll see.

art class

The saying "those who can't do, teach" aptly applies to me today. We decided to add art to our school schedule. I feel it is very important to create and be creative just as our Creator is.

I lack drawing skills so we picked up this book Drawing with Children" from our favorite book store, Exodus Books . It takes you step by step and builds skills so the kids can be confident in their drawing.

One thing the book stresses, and I wholeheartedly agree with, is to buy good quality supplies. Fortunately we have an art store in downtown Hillsboro and were able to purchase our supplies there.



Our lesson today was following directions and then envisioning what you wanted to draw. For example: using a broad tip marker, draw one line from a border to another border. Then draw three circles on the line.


Not all members were so keen on the idea. I bought Grae and Molly washable markers.



Grae: "Mommy does this look like an elf?"
Me: "Yes, Grae. Good job!"
Grae: "It's not an elf."
Me: "Oh, then why did you ask?"
Grae: "Because, it's Laura from Little House on the Prairie."
Me: "Okay Grae."

ellie and a bird

I made this dress for Ellie for her birthday. It's good to be a sewing mama.

The dress is very wrinkled from the car ride to and from church.







And this is what we found in our backyard.


Isn't he cute? It's a baby Blue Jay. He was on the ground behind our swing and we weren't sure where he belonged. Brian put him back in the tree after Lauren discovered another baby Jay on the branch. This kids wanted to keep him but we told them the bird belonged outside and would probably die if we tried to raise it.

Then they asked for a dog ;)

my dining room/sewing room

I don't think I ever showed my dining room/sewing room. I painted it peach,green,yellow and then settled on gray.

The frames were cherry colored but I like them lime. Matches the curtains which are made of Heather Bailey's Pop Garden (I need to get a picture of them.)





See how I hide my machines. So clever ;)

We have a new room we're redoing and I'm so excited. I'll be posting progress pictures soon.

grae

So Grae was playing with his Playmobil's with Lauren the other day. Lauren's playmobil was the pretty princess in need of rescuing and Grae's the brave knight.

"Help, help me, oh brave knight." said pretty princess.

"No, I need to rescue someone prettier." said the not so gallant knight.

We're so proud.

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Grae walked into my office and laid his head down on the chair beside me. He looked sleepy and I told him to go take a nap in my bed.

"I'm not tired." he said.

I beg to differ.

my prodigy

hamburgers

Ava and I discovered an amazing baking blog and poured over it for about 1 hour. She decided she must make these.

Oh my were they good. I don't like cake as a general rule but love brownies. So I forced myself to try one and ended up eating two. They are low carb...yes they are...look at that burger.

Please excuse my photo skills. They pale in comparison to Bakerella.



The girl who made them.