The Best Parents EVER!

So, all of you who know my parents know that they are fabulous! It pretty much goes without saying. Last week I had a terrible night with Hannah! An after midnight tantrum had really gotten to me and I was feeling terrible and frustrated and completely overwhelmed! So, of course I had to call my parents for some 1am advise and reassurance (yep, 1 o-clock in the morning). Not only did they answer and soothe and help but the next day I received this wonderful surprise. It made my cry again but for completely different reason! Thank you Mom & Dad for always being there for me. For advise, love, and a shoulder to cry on. I can only hope & strive to be as good a parent as you have been and are to me. I love you dearly!
And thanks for keeping the kids happy and busy with balloons!

Sponge curler photo shoot

My little model!

Notice the cocoa pebbles residue all over her face?!

So recently I purchased some good old fashioned sponge rollers to try in Hannah's hair. I have to admit that I miss her cute curls. So, last night we tried them out. She thought they were so fun and we ended up doing a photo shoot. The before pics are from last night, with the after from this morning. She actually woke up last night at 4 am and told me, "Thank you for my new hair curlers mommy." Priceless.
Disclaimer= all Hannah's poses are entirely of her own doing.

I want to ride my tricycle

Both Ben & Hannah love to ride their bikes. Hannah is getting so good at peddling. Ben however does not feel the need to peddle yet, but man he can go fast with those feet.

A little more craftiness

The single branch bird mobile's now on sale at Soel.

I got this pattern off Etsy & had to make them. I think Ill make a few more versions.

What do you do with tiny fabric remnants. Make a mini Owl mobile. Now on sale at Soel

My brother Jeremy is getting married this month and we had a "kitchen" bridal shower for Lindsey. Her favorite color is yellow so I made her this apron.(yes I borrowed the skinny manaquin at work for the photo) I love how it turned out, so I might need one for myself!

Got this idea of "dollar store crafts" . Its a scarf made from 4" x 4" squares of t-shirt material. I made mine from a big bag of t-shirt scraps I found at DI. Brice thought I should be in a 4th of July parade, but I think it's more Christmas. I made one for Hannah with pink and white stripes.

Made from 2 of my shirts that were too small. I kind of just made up the pattern. Im not sure that it's my favorite. I might have to keep messing with it.

Due to the recent popularity of my sweater baby booties I created a new store on Etsy. www.peekaboomonkey.etsy.com.

Future Baby Booties!!

Sweet Deals

I got these little cuties for only $2.99 each. (Brice hates them but I love them!)

This beautiful wool coat for Hannah was only $3.50.

I got all these items for Ben for $1.99 or less. I bought him 13 items in all for $33.00!!

How I love Saver's thrift store! Now that they have recently reorganized their store it's almost impossible not to find great stuff at good deals. I used to favor DI but it takes forever to sift through their round racks, and their prices seem to keep getting higher. I did find a few great items at DI this week - a bannana republic wrap dress for $10.(I had to take it in a little), and a car mat for Ben in perfect condition for $5. Even if I had all the money in the world I bet Id still thrift shop!

My Room Redo's

Recently we added another bedroom to the upstairs by turning our front living room into the master bedroom. That way we were able to seperate Ben & Hannah & give them their own rooms. Here are some pictures of the new rooms. I love the way they turned out!

Ben's nickname is Monkey so I thought it would be fun to put some on the walls. I made these out of cardboard using the barrel of monkey's game as my inspiration and then just painted them with some craft paint I had on hand. Cost=$0.00
The Dream sign and stickers were from $1 section at Target & the $1 store.

I made these pillows years ago out of some T-shirts and an old dress.
Cost=$0.00
The pillows in the first picture I made from old sweaters.
(The pompom one is from the thrift store.)

This was another fun cardboard project. I saw it in a book called Dorm Decor. I did a google search for the template and found that Chronicle Books was offering the template free on their blog. YEAH! I covered it with some old contact paper (Grandma) and voila.
We actually sell something very similar at the general store.

One more cardboard decor. I made this a while ago. We were selling this sign (in metal) at the Sundance Deli but I didn't want to spend the cash so, cardboard and spray paint.

This is Hannah's new Duvet cover. I am in love with it. It's from Dwell studio for Target.

The dresser's in this room are older than me. I was going to paint them but after I replaced the knobs with glass ones I liked them enough to leave them alone. (For now at least)

This dresser was mine as a baby & the hamper was grandma's. I made the sheep clock for my grandma back when I was a teenager.

You just get one picture of my new room. (the other side was too messy). We're using Grandma's bedroom set of course. And my new bedding couldn't be more perfect. I love how much more space we have now!

Saturday's with Daddy

This car will never stop being fun!