Art

Ah, yes, a new piece of art for the home.  I made this today between mini baby boy tantrums, naps and messy mealtimes.  I saw this on Pinterest, a fantastic website that is a virtual bulletin board that you can "pin" your favorite things onto.  The person on Pinterest was somehow, via some sort of computer program geniusness, able to organize her letters and numbers on the computer to have it all printed out as one solid sheet.  I, for lack of time and patience, was not able to figure that one out so I just printed the letters/numbers out on photo paper, cut them out and pasted them together.  Then I stuck them in a $1.99 Goodwill frame and called it a day. 

(Don't look too close, I have some trimming and straightening to do)
I don't know where I will put it yet, maybe in the entryway?  I don't know yet.  I am sure the hubs will be so excited for yet another homemade art project for the walls.

This really should not have taken as long as it did but, as any woman knows, when you are multitasking 14 things at once, things take longer to finish.  In lieu of this little gem's creation, we will be enjoying a delicious oven baked frozen pizza for dinner.  Ta ta!

Boys and Baby Dolls

Sully was bored with sitting at home on Monday, so we took a drive.  I decided we wanted to quickly browse through south towne Goodwill since I am always looking for old, cool furniture.  The minute I pulled into the parking lot I saw it.  The most perfect, beautiful little white baby doll crib I have ever seen.  It was out on the sidewalk in front of Goodwill as part of a display that was set up outside.  I was immediately drawn to it.  I slowly walked past it, staring at it and saw it was only $2.99?!?  What a deal!  I tried to push it out of my mind as I headed into the store (after all, I have a little BOY, not a little GIRL).  Once inside the store, I actually found the perfect 1970s end table for Sully's room so I brought that up to the counter.  Wouldn't you know that I forgot my wallet in the car?  As I quickly ran out to my car, I couldn't resist it a second time.  I ripped the tag off of the crib and had her to ring that up for me as well when I went back into the store.  I left with these two items:

As I drove away with the baby doll crib in my car, I thought "I can give it to one of my friends who has a little girl."  But I truly loved the little thing already and it pained me to think I would just give it away.  Then I thought, "I will keep it in case I have a little girl of my own someday."  Yeah, I will just keep it, in case.  But then I thought, why do I have to keep it "in case"?  Why can't Sully play with it?  Why can't a little boy have a baby doll crib?  If little girls practice being "mommys,"  why can't little boys practice being "daddys"?  So I decided it will be Sully's baby doll crib.  When I got home and told the hubs about it, you would have thought I told him I was going to start feeding the kid marbles.  He thought it was weird and a silly idea.  What do you think?  Is it weird?  If so, why?  I am I crazy, wrong, silly?

Anyway, here is where the 1970s table found a home (I would have thought I would have NEVER actually bought a table like this a few years ago as I am sure there was a time when one could not wait to get rid of such a thing.  I think most of my parents friends had an end table or two like this.)
 

Fits in perfectly!

First Time

Well, I have been thinking about starting a blog for awhile now.  So here I go.  I really should have started the blog while I was pregnant because I had so many experiences that were too funny not to share.  Now, as a first time mom, I know that those embarrasing, hilarious moments will not cease to happen and I would love to have an outlet to share them with all of you!  Also, I love to try new crafts and projects that I would like to share as well.  One of the things I enjoy doing is finding treasures at thrift stores and garage sales.  Just today, I convinced the hubs to go with Sully and me to Goodwill just to look around.  Here are some of our great finds today.

Yup, a sit n spin, 2 hot lunch trays and a vintage-y desk lamp.  Sit and spins are not easy to come by these days.  I fondly remember my childhood sit and spin, it was blue and I was super good at it!  Sully will have soooooo much fun with this little yellow one!