9.27.10 Nature Hike

Jeff has been wanting to take Jakob on a hike on some trails lately, so today after work, we did just that. I don't think Jakob was that impressed, but he still had fun. He found a stick and carried it for most of the hike. At the beginning/end of the trail, there was a crummy playground, and of course he wanted to play on it. Despite our awesome supervision, he managed to fall off of the thing from about three feet in the air. It was pretty scary, but luckily the only thing that he seemed to hurt was his pride. After a quick hug and check, he was squirming to get out of daddy's arms and run back up the stairs to go down the slide again. HE may not have been scared to go back up, but we will not be taking him to that park again since it is not safe.

9.26.10 Inspired and Lucky Again

Inspired by Mom's find at the garage sale yesterday, I went to one today and found this beautiful dollhouse bookcase. It needs a little paint but is in GREAT shape and perfect for Ashlyn's room. We can use it as a shelf now and she can play with it as a real dollhouse later when she is older. It is from pottery barn and retails for $400, but I paid $75! Score!

9.25.10 Jakob's New Ride

Mom drove by a garage sale and saw this car along with a big springy horse and bought both for Jakob for quite the steal. Jakob loves them both, especially the car, which had a hard time making it outside. He rolled it all over the house first, honking its horn and saying "vroom vroom, beep beep."

9.24.10 Dallas World Aquarium

My sister called to see if we wanted to go to the arboretum to see the pumpkins this weekend, and we were pumped to go. At about 4am though, I was awoken by thunder, and it rained all day, never stopping. We decided to still all go out and do something though, and Mom had never been to the aquarium. Jakob loves going there and seeing the fish, so it was a fun afternoon and the rain couldn't spoil that. We will try the pumpkins again next week.

9.23.10 The Stripes

It was definately alot more work than I had anticipated to get the wall striped. I had to go up and down the ladder sooooooo many times taping out the lines. It took forever, but the painting took like 5 minutes. When I [ulled the tape off though, it was well worth it. I lvoe the way it looks and I think it is perfectly balanced between subtle and visible!

9.22.10 Yellow!

I love the color I picked out, and once all the pink is in there, I know I will love even more that the walls are not pink! The yellow looks so beautiful and warm and cheery, especially when the sun shines in during the day. Next up, striping the accent wall.

9.21.10 Let the Painting Commence!

My goal this week is to get Ashlyn's room painted. I started tonight by prepping the walls and draping the furniture. Bring on the paint!