It’s Pinned It, Did It Monday where I challenge myself to actually do some of the pins I pinned on Pinterest. Not on Pinterest? You should be! Follow me here. The pins are pretty simple this week as it’s been a little crazy around here.
Picture I pinned:
My pictures:
My review: Ok, duh. I could have thought of this myself. But I didn’t. So props to Pinterest. While we were at IKEA, I bought a little fish ice cube tray for $.99. But any old ice cube tray would work. I put food coloring in the water and froze it. Then I dumped all of them in his bath tub. He had fun trying to catch them and eat them. It only last for a few minutes, but I’d say he enjoyed it and it turned his bath water a nice shade of purple.
I was craving something sweet. And Owen had never seen the air popper, so this was a fun thing to do one afternoon.Picture I Pinned:
My Pictures:
My Review: Great tasting caramel corn. It was gone fast. I’m not sure it’s the best out there, and Julie if you’re reading this, I want your official kettle corn recipe. But overall, yummy!
Monday late afternoon, our visitors arrived from Tennessee!! Becky and her 3 kiddos made the daunting drive by themselves to see us (along with a few other friends). It was so great to see them as we hadn’t even met Emerson yet. Ellie was born on Emerson’s first birthday, so they’re birthday buds. Aww, how cute! Her poor little guy, Liam had started to get sick on their trip so we all just crossed our fingers that the sickness wouldn’t travel to anyone else. Caed impressed William with a new architecture-like game on his iPad. 
Becky decided to cut out early Tuesday morning because Liam still wasn’t feeling great at all. So we headed to the library for our weekly Tuesday Two’s story time. On the way, we ran into BoRics to get Owen’s hair cut. The poor gal butchered his hair. Not sure you can tell in this picture, but it’s uneven everywhere. I mean, I know he was squirmy. . .but it’s bad. Oh well, at least it grows fast.
When Owen was feeling well on Wednesday, we thought we were in the clear! We played outside and got all hot and sweaty and enjoyed some popsicles.
Ellie enjoyed the toy show. She loves watching her big brother.
Thursday morning, Owen was a happy little guy. We went to our last Beth Moore bible study and he did great in childcare.
But then it hit. Like the plague. After dinner, I was getting Ellie to sleep for her pre-bedtime nap and I heard William yell “if you’re free I could use some help.” I came down and saw vomit everywhere. On the couch, floor, and a trail to the bathroom. Owen has NEVER been sick like this. Wow does it break your heart to see them get sick. He had no idea what was going on. He just kept saying “I puke.” Poor little guy. We bathed him and cuddled him while watching a movie. And I made the rookie mistake of giving him a cracker and some water. And then it all came back up. Another bath.
He's been his happy self ever since, just a little tired. But man I sure hope that he stays as healthy as he has been in the past. Watching your little person throw up makes you feel pretty helpless. And yes, it makes me so thankful that this is as bad as it’s been for us. I know many mommies deal with much more serious things with their kids! 
That is one thing I really miss about teaching. The laminator. I may have to buy a small one if I ever decide to home school. Anyways, then I took 6 clothespins and colored them the matching colors.
The goal was for him to match the clothespins with the color. It was pretty easy for Owen as he knows his colors well. But he had a hard time pinching the clothespins so we’ll get it out again for that fine motor practice.
Then, we went around and found cards that were the right colors. He found this part a bit more up his alley. :)
Well, just a week late. :) The post was done, I just needed to take her pictures. Happy 3 months of life Ellison Jakeh!
My mom made this little flag bunting using all the fabrics in the room:
This little cubby is from Target and helps curb his massive book collection. The blue tubs holds recently loved books or the library books we have for the week.
I don’t have a duvet or bedspread for him yet. He HATES covers and always yells if I try to cover him up. So my mom and I are trying to find the right inspiration to get one made in this next year, but it’s not pressing. He does sleep with a safety rail on his bed, but I took it off for this picture. :)
Nothing huge in this picture, but I did rehang his nursery mobile above his bed and those are the simple “curtains” my mom made. 
We got all his furniture, the bed, dresser, and nightstand (which is just in his closet for right now) from 
Above his dresser is a frame I found at a garage sale for $.25. I spray painted it orange. I’m going to hang a couple clothes pins in there and rotate out current art work he’s done.
The book pockets are also made my my mom. I love that the books are at his height and he uses them a lot! There are usually more toys scattered on the floor as well, but it was clean for a short few days while he was gone. :) The little orange rug is originally from IKEA, but they don’t sell it anymore so I got it cheap on eBay.
I put the pictures in sequential order, so it’s kind of like a short timeline of his life. 
And that’s it. It’s simple, yet I love the pops of orange. 
Then, tape off the stripe or stripes you want on your wall. We used a laser level to help get the lines straight.
Then, here’s the trick. Go OVER the tape lines with your base color, in our case the tan color. Let this dry thoroughly. Why do this, you ask? Because this creates a seal with the tape. If any paint got under the tape, it’s the same as the wall color so it doesn’t matter.
Then, paint your stripe! It took us 2 good coats of orange to get the coverage we needed.
While the second coat is still DAMP, peel off the tape. This will prevent the tape from peeling up any paint.
Enjoy your nice crisp line (or lines). Ignore the slight discoloration of the orange in this picture as the paint was still drying.
