This spring we did a little dining room update. I decided I was tired of decorating around a mirror and even worse, photographing into a mirror. Since so much of what we do with this space revolves around decorating for holidays and parties, I knew I wanted to put something up that lent itself to decorating. I had grand plans to build this massive chalkboard. We even started picking out materials. Then one day while perusing Hobby Lobby, I saw a chalkboards and thought---a trip tic. With ...
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Lemonade Stand: Cash-Money Millionaire Style
Clearly you are all here to learn how to get rich, quick! Right? There are five steps to becoming a cash-money millionaire via a lemonade stand. 1. Enthusiasm. Every single time someone rode, biked, ran or walked by he jumped up and down and yelled "Lemonade, Lemonade, Lemonade". His enthusiasm was hard to ignore. 2. Appearances. If it looks cute and appealing and clean and refreshing, they will be a whole lot more likely to stop. 3. Charm Like anybody ...
Summer To Do List: Fly A Kite
Slowly, but surely we are checking things off of our summer to do list. You can see our first summer to do list post here. Our latest summer to do activity: flying a kite. Did you spy the grasshopper? All in all flying the kite was a success. Next time I am getting a fabric kite, though. This one just didn't hold up the way I would have liked. So far we have completed: a trip to Chicago where we visited the Shedd Aquarium (Haven't blogged about it yet), ...
Summer To Do List: Water Balloons
Our mission to check things off our to do list and make the most of summer continues. I introduced the summer to do list during my mid-summer crisis, which usually happens for me right around the Fourth of July. I already shared one thing off of our list here, and today it is all about the water balloon. This was a first for both kiddos. This laundry basket put Quinn's patience to the test. OMMM...Cannot touch the water balloons, OMMM...cannot touch the water balloons. And its ...
Summer To Do List: Sleepover
We have checked off a few things from our summer to do list (read more about our list here). One of those things was a sleepover. Quinn slept over his grandparents with his aunt, but never had anyone sleepover. My cousin Ian, who is 12, slept over. Quinn just idolizes him and thinks he is pretty cool. He was the perfect sleepover guest too, because I didn't have to worry about him getting homesick or missing his mommy. The most amazing thing about having children is everything is magical. You ...
