{Where did the weekend go? But...Monday means time to join carissa at lowercase letters for more random ramblings about your week!}
1. {hot and cold}
I'm so glad the weather is starting to cool off and feel like Fall is finally in the air! And even though we still had a few hot days last week...Emily was still dressed like this...
...for her ice-skating lesson!
I love cozy fleece and a reason to wear hats...but I'm not ready for the cold weather...so for now...we'll just enjoy the cold indoors and watching Emily glide on ice!
2. {clean up your act!}
I know I've been saying this every. single. week. but I'm still continuing to clean and organize, and starting to feel like we have some breathing room again! Alex and I cleaned out his closet this weekend, and I'm still amazed out how much can hide in such small spaces! Just about everything in his closet was either trash, old toys to donate like his stuffed animals, and all clothes that didn't even fit! We were thrilled to find his floor again and be able to actually open both his closet doors without something spilling out! I was happy that Alex wanted to help...and it gave us more appreciation to start taking better care of things and start donating things to others instead of stuffing it away. He's such a good helper! Next...Emily's closet...yikes!
3. {save it for a rainy day}
We finally saw some rain this weekend! It was great! Alex and I stayed in our pj's all day {the same day we cleaned out his closet} played Super Mario Bros. on the wii {we are at the final castle of world 8!} and just relaxed. Emily has finally made it six weeks with her earrings...she was just a few days away of changing them...so a rainy day was the perfect day to get out her new earrings and try them on...and I think she seriously changed them at least 5 times!
She is so excited to finally match her earrings to her outfits...but I'm not sure this is a good thing, ha! She has already planned what earrings she is wearing for the rest of the week...she just needs to find an outfit to go with them! She has done such a great job taking care of her ears and has been so responsible when cleaning them without being told...and she has not been back into our bed at night one time since she got them pierced! {bittersweet...} Such a little lady now...sigh...
Later...the rain stopped and it turned out to be a sunny late afternoon...and I couldn't help but take a picture of Emily in the sun room with the sun shining in while she worked on her puzzles...
It was a good day to catch up on some down time...but still get some things accomplished.
4. {gettin' my craft on...}
...at least...I plan on it! My goal for this week is to finally paint the baby's room {and still no name...we need to get on that!} I've picked out several green paint chips...but I'm scared I'm going to pick the wrong one! I'm going for a light green and accent the sheets and accessories with pink and green. Wish me luck!
I also want to get my Cricut out {I've missed it so much!} and steal borrow Kelli's idea and hang this quote in our basement over Alex and Emily's artwork. She is so good with craft and design ideas...I love what she's done...and I hope I can accomplish this! {be sure to visit her blog for so many other fun ideas!}
Happy Monday!
Hope you have a great week...and make the most of those miscellanous moments!
great catch up post...wish it would cool down a little here too...although Em looks quite cute all bundled up! I need to get my clean on as well...blah. Love the colors green and pink; I am sure the baby's room will be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIce Skating time again. How fun. She looks adorable with her toothless smile and big brown eyes in that hat. Cute.
ReplyDeleteWe had big rain on Saturday for Actress football game. Soaked cheerleaders= no fun. :)
i love kelli's crafts too. I want to do that idea as well.
I want to get my craft on too now that the kids are in school.
Awwww, Emily is growing up! :) Love the earrings and with her sense of style, I know she'll make the most of being able to coordinate them with her outfits!
ReplyDeleteI love the pic of her doing puzzles. Don't you just love to catch them during a quiet, alone time like that? Such sweet innocence but also shows that they're learning to spend time on their own, doing their own thing. :)
what a beautiful post! we used to take our girls iceskating. my husbands best friend is an instructor there. they have since out grown it. i miss taking them! love emily's earrings. soo cute she is coordinating them with her outfits!! i actually cleaned half of my closet this weekend. and i threw 85% of the things away. my closet feels so much bigger!! i'm not scared to go in there anymore!
ReplyDeletehave a great week!love your blog!
-April
loving all the pictures. matching earrings to outfit. so cute. as for cleaning out rooms. I love it. its nice to declutter.
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~blessings
dorcas
I stole Kelli's idea too, but haven't painted the quote on my wall just yet. HA! I do love her :)
ReplyDeleteAnd you are never going to believe this...
Layla passed her 6 weeks of having her earrings a while back...and she wore the same hearts in her ears....how crazy is that.
BUT Layla is so scared to change her earrings out...I don't know why. I think she thinks it will hurt, so we put her original daisies back in.
I thought it was so fun that they picked out some of the same earrings...
Have a great week and I hope you get your craft on!
Stopping over from the Monday Miscellany. Your daughter is too precious. Love the hat. Yippe for ice skating lessons. I use to do competitive roller skating decades ago! My daughter got her ears pierced when she was 8 but let the close up. As soon as she took the first ones out, she had this fear of putting others in. Oh well, must try again! Happy Monday!
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought "what did I do" but it's the other Kelli...she is so talented (and she makes good cookies!). I just love that Emily does ice skating...she is just so adorable. Cleaning out...we are doing the same but we still have such a long way to go. I need to be more persistent about it. Way to go on the closet and good luck with Emily's. E is so sweet about her earrings too. I think since Jamison was just a baby when she got hers done she doesn't think about them. She still has in her starter earrings :)
ReplyDeleteIt was great to catch up with your blog...I have been MIA for a bit in reading blogs.
ReplyDeleteSasha has already pulled out her touqes and scarves and it's really not that cold yet. She has also been asking for her ears to be pierced when she turns 5 in January...ugh... not sure if she will be as responsible as Emily.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the quote.
I will have to read the rest of the posts later since I have a MOm's Morning Out group to get to this morning!
Take Care.
I love that Emily changed her earrings 5 times! Such a girly thing to do! I can't wait to see how your art wall turns out...I know it will be adorable! The walls in our nursery are a light green...I think it is something like asparagus from Sherwin Williams.
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