The First Day of School

Well, today was the first day of school for this year. There were alot of first too:

• First day in a new school for everyone.
• First time riding the bus
• First day of Kindergarten for my youngest
• First day of Private school for my oldest
• First time mom has all kids in school
• First time I sat in the parking lot at school and cried.

Can't wait to hear all of the stories when they come home from school.

Hooked on Upholstered Chairs

I'm joining Julia over at Hooked on Houses for her weekly blog party. This week I am hooked on upholstered chairs. I am frantically searching for the perfect pair of chairs to put in my family room. Here are some of my fave's.Previous 2 chairs from Ballard's. I love that you can cover them in any fabric you choose. So Custom.

Above chair available here

I couldn't resist this silver faux leather from chairs1000.com . I wouldn't use it, but thought it looked very funky.

Well the Tate chair from Bassett Furniture won. This is the style of chair I think I will be using. I love the contemporary arm style, but not too contemporary that it will clash with my traditional home. This is the chair I am HOOKED ON.

Stop on over at Hooked on Houses and tell everybody what you're hooked on!!

Sneak Peak

So my sis wanted to see what I was up to the last couple of day in my sons' room. Here is a sneak peek of the wall with the dresser.

The pic is a little dark. I do need to work on my camera skills a little more. I love the IKEA dresser. It turned out great. My little handyman was a great little helper. I decided for now to leave the dresser white. I'm afraid of ruining it with paint. I'm debating putting a small chair next to the dresser on the right. I'm going to look for something I think. I'll show the other side of the room and the attached bath sometime next week. There's still more work to do. ***Upon further reflection I think I need to move the memo board down a few inches. It looks a all scrunched up to the shelf. Will have to do that tomorrow.***

Summer Days

Oh the lazy days of summer. I love summer.

• Sleep overs
  
• SLEEPING IN ( this is the one I will miss most)
  
• Swimming


• Going to Lunch with Friends


• Napping


• Playing Legos


• Casual Suppers


• Staying up late
  

I will miss the summer days. School starts on Monday. It is bittersweet.

Little Boy Room

Well I have been busy for the last few days working on getting my youngest sons room complete. I will not call him the baby of the family, EVER. I am also the youngest, and my mother to this day calls me the baby. It's something I do not like, so I will never call him THE BABY. I digress.

Anyway, we have lived in this house for 2 years and I am finally getting around to decorating the kids' rooms. My plan was to spend the summer getting it all done. The best laid plans never pan out.

Here is a view of his room in our old house. It wasn't much, but he was in transition to the toddler bed so it looked a little empty. I am using alot of the same accessories for his new room. I still love the circus toile so I made new awning window valances that need to still be hung. His new room has 2 smaller windows now. I am repurposing the old valance in his bathroom. We bought him a twin mattress and frame and I am going to attempt an upholstered headboard.

I went to IKEA and picked up this Hemnes dresser.Photo courtesy IKEA

I can't decide whether to leave it white or paint it dark blue like this one from Pottery Barn Kids.

Photo courtesy Pottery Barn Kids

Any suggestions on what I should do? I don't really like white furniture in a boy's room. Maybe I should put it together and live with it for a while. If I do decide to paint it, does anyone have any tips for painting IKEA furniture. I want to spray it, but I read somewhere it won't stick. What to do, what to do?

I should be finished with most of the room by the end of the week, (still need to sew a dust ruffle and a sham) and will post pics when it's finished.

Hooked on 3D Movies

Well this has been the summer of 3D movies. My kids love them!! I didn't always think the story lines were that great, but the 3D effects were all very good. Today we watched this movie at home.

I thought the 3D was very good, but I wished I had seen it at the theater. I thought it would be scary for my kids, but they loved it.

Here are some of the other 3D movies we have seen this summer:

I think my favorite 3D movie of all time would have to be Journey to the Center of the Earth. Probably because I had not seen 3D like that before. The story line was also good for an adult.

Here's what I'm hooked on. Now go take a look over at Julia's Hooked on Houses to see what everyone else is hooked on today.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Almost 2 years ago my husband set out on a quest to lose the weight he gained after we got married. I guess I was a really good cook, NOT! We ate out alot.

Here's the before.

Here's after he lost 90 pounds.

I am very proud and a little jealous. I did lose 50 pounds but gained back 20, so now I still have 80 to lose. It's a never ending battle for me.

He's taken cycling back up and was in his first race last week.

He did pretty good for his first race in 22 years. He didn't crash and he didn't come in last. We were very proud of him.