Crayon Fun with Adeline

Adeline isn't too great with crayons yet. She just taps the paper with the wrong end, hasn't really gotten the hang of "coloring".

Living Room Arranging

So Alan and I received a great cabinet from a family friend (Thanks Linda!) and it is huge! So in order to keep the cabinet we had to make room. Our family room only has 2 usable walls since we have this huge UGLY fireplace on one wall and the other wall is the walkway for the front door. So we are pretty limited. I think this rearrangement works. I really don't like the two cabinets beside the fireplace, we really need build ins. I really don't know what else would fit in that weird space! Any ideas?

Here's my handy hubby putting it all together! It breaks down to several pieces and is a very heavy piece.

Adeline watching daddy work.

Filling it up! 

Very pretty piece! I love the doors, just need to find a skeleton key to lock the doors!

Our new "adult" living room (even though the furniture is old and mismatched!). No longer looks like a ____. Well I don't know what it looked like before, but it looks so much more grown up now! We keep our TV downstairs right now, so no tv in this room.

Ignore the dumpy cushions on the couch/chair! Marie loves laying up there so I have to refluff and wash the covers soon!

This wall is a bit bare looking, hum. Any suggestions?

Nursery #2 completed!

Over the weekend we went up to my parents house to finish putting together Adeline's space at my parents. She has her own crib and space now so she can nap when we are there during the day and make over-night stays better! Adeline hates sleeping in the pack-n-play, so this will be great.

NOSE

NAP?? What nap??

Playtime at Maw Maw & Paw Paws! Adeline has a zebra toy and a zebra chair!

Short video of Adeline getting in/out of her chair!

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Playtime at the Mall

We had a very trying morning (no nap!) so I had to get out of the house last Friday! This no nap thing is really stressin' mama out Miss Adeline!

Anywho...she fell asleep in the car (which I was hoping for!!) so then after she woke up we went in the mall to play. They have a great play area that is closed in on all sides. I usually go earlier in the day, so I was very disappointed to see so many older kids there. Of course the parents were not paying a bit of attention to the their children - just their phones! Adeline got knocked around a couple times - but she was just fine. I had to stand over her the whole time to make sure the big kids didn't step on her! Grrr.

I've posted before about this play area - check it out here.

Zebra Wall Decor for Nursery #2

I decided that Adeline's 2nd bedroom at Maw-Maw and Paw-Paws deserved some custom wall decor! So I whipped out my Silhouette SD (I sooo need to upgrade to a Cameo) and got to work. I had already bought some canvas' (11x14) and washi tape at AC Moore a week or so ago, so I was all ready!

First I painted my canvas with some Hot Pink paint I already had on hand. I just did 1 quick coat of paint, I didn't really want total and complete coverage. It's mostly covered but you can see white/light pink in some areas.

Next I played around on the Silhouette and found a font and size I liked. I really like the font, just wish I had cut it thicker. I also need to get a better grade vinyl, I used the basic you get from Silhouette - and it would NOT stick to the canvas completely. I also purchased the zebra hearts through the online shop - I though it added a little something.

Next I played with the Washi Tape. This is my first craft project using Washi! It's pretty cool, just didn't stick to the canvas either really. Oh well, live and learn! I also put it around the edge of the canvas.

I hadn't planned on using Mod Podge, but since the vinyl and washi tape weren't really sticking good enough for me I decided it was a must for this project. I was pretty much out of the Mod Podge I had so I went and bought some more (yes I know you can make your own, I don't...). I decided to get the Matte finish for this project. I've used Glossy before and it's just too much.

Here is the finished project!