Randomness!

In my new craft room/boys playroom the light pours in the windows from about 3 in the afternoon till sunset. Its so beautiful and inspiring! Because of the boys adjusting to actually having light in their room during naptime (as opposed to the basement room with no windows) I have not been able to sit a get creative! Jay is turning four in 3 months and I am pretty sure he is saying good bye to naps..eek! So he has a quiet time for about an hour (or however much i can convince him of) and then up and full of more and more questions to exhaust me with! But right now he is sitting at the desk with me talking to himself and drawing, so I am blogging:) Today it is a blog of what we have been up to, via random pictures!! Hope you enjoy!

I painted the underside of the boys' train table! The playroom is gray and yellow, so I decided to just go with gray, which is a titch boring, but I like it. The great thing is I bought a sample jar of paint, in "elephant skin" and mixed it with 2 tablespoons of non-sanded grout and viola! its a chalkboard table!!

Remember in an old post I had this picture frame, it was brown with an ugly looking chicken as the picture? Well, I took the picture out, painted the frame with yellow paint I got from the "oops" sections at home depot and made in into a hanging pin cushion. Cute and practical!

my little artists! 

For Miles's 2nd birthday I made him this art apron with the shark fabric that he specifically picked out and covered it with vinyl so paint could be wiped off. I made it long enough to cover pants if he is wearing them, and it velcros so he can take it off. For his independent "MY DO IT" personality.  He also got a ton of paint and the easel!

I love these boys!

Little mini Bob Ross enjoying his cupcake after a hard day of painting his happy trees.

I wanted to add an S to my shelve that we built (pics to come once the wood is stained!)  I bought a huge S at Joann fabrics and covered it with moss, super easy, inexpensive, and cute!

My little cutie pie son bear.

He was so serious as he was painted and he picked out the paint all by himself (well maybe a little help:)

This is the dresser that I refinished. It is also on an old post of mine. Once I figure out how to link the posts I will.  But it was old ugly brown wood and gold handles. I sanded it down and painted it with a sample jar of paint-only $2.96! and of course bought new handles!

Before we got a box spring...he fell asleep praying, I'm sure of it, so holy.

He was zonked after painting, guess no time to wash his face:)

sister sister...

If anyone is blessed to have a close knit relationship with their sibling they would understand this post. The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful sister. Life would not be the same without her. She is my best friend, closest confidante, listening ear, adventurous other half, and so much more. For one year in about 12 years we had the opportunity to live close to one another and unfortunately she moved to the pretty city of Savannah. Luckily she is the get up and go type and I am the home body, so when she delivers her baby I am ready for her to start traveling again and visit me:)!! I miss her and the easy, know what your thinking, layed back relationship she and I have and I am soo excited about her new little one coming into the world! I love having a chance to have little girls in my life and precious little nieces. Don't get me wrong, I want 6 kiddos and ALL boys, but I love Marley and could not imagine life without her! I cant wait to love this new little addition! Hope you enjoy the precious pictures!

dirty little secrets...

Ahhhhh we are finally settled into our new house and it feels wonderful! We still have quite a few things at my moms. In fact a started to make baked potato soup and had been thinking about it all day, and whoops my soup pot was still at my moms...so Taco Bell came to the rescue. I know all the boys were excited (and me too:) We have been eating like crap lately and it doesnt help that the oven in our new house makes the kitchen about the same temp as what you are preheating at! BUT, this house is a blessing:)! I plan on posting pics tomorrow, that is to say if I get it all tidied up enough to take pics and post on the blog! In the mean time, a blog that I follow inspired me to share with you some dirty little secrets that you may or may not want to know about me:) So here goes.....
1. I pick my nose and make my husband or children get a tissue for me. Ugh. I know its gross, and even saying it or typing it is gross, but I cant stop, why??
2. I allow my van to pile up with junk, papers, wrappers, toys, you name it, and then say to Davon, "Honey, why haven't you cleaned out my van yet?"
3. I sometimes pretend, ok most everytime pretend that I am sleeping when I hear the boys cry in the night just so the hubs has to get up and get them.
4. I leave all the poopy cloth diapers sitting in the bathroom so my husband, who has a s-t-r-o-n-g sense of smell will walk in the house, and oops I forgot to clean the diapers....
5. I have shaved my arms every day since I was a junior in high school. I dont like body hair, and I felt a little bit to braidable, so it had to be done, and still is.
6. I hate bugs. I will spray them till they are good and dead and put a cup over them till someone moves it, ie my sister coming over or Davon getting home from work.
7. I love reality tv. I cant get enough of it. Its killing me that we dont have cable now, I feel like I am going through some sort of detox, and let me tell you its not easy!
8. Probably 3-4 nights out of the week I dont brush my teeth before going to bed. Yeah, I've had cavities I know its stupid, but I get tired and lazy. Dont judge.
9. I never iron. If something is wrinkly I will put it under my pillow and sleep on it, toss it in the dryer, or just do lunges in it for a while.
10. Every night when I get into bed I am fully aware that I am/will be thirsty for ice water, yet I still ask Davon to get it for me on his way to bed instead of just doing it myself. Even now, headed to bed in a minute, thirsty, I'm gonna ask him, why? I dont know.

There is so much more, but lets be honest, I've said to much already! Welcome back to reading my blog! Hope you didnt miss me too much!