Being Eight is Great!

We have enjoyed watching you grow up these past eight years. Growing up isn't always easy, and you have had your share of bumps, bruises and broken bones. But you always know how to put a smile on our faces and how to give the best hugs when needed. You are the best cuddle-bug and I will never turn down your request to tuck you in at night...and when you get older I might have to request to tuck you in and sneak a hug or two. I hope you continue to enjoy the crazy adventures we have, I know I enjoy watching you experience new things. Happy Birthday buddy!

Happy Birthday Lil' Man!

Crazy how this guy...

is growing up to be this guy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Review

So I don't know about you, but I just don't have the time to do some of those little things for myself as I use to. Having three little boys I don't have the time to paint my nails, and when I have in the past the it just didn't last long enough to make it worth it. I had seen the Sally Hansen Salon Effects "sticker polish" before, but looked at the price wrote it off as something that probably would be a waste of time and money. Boy was I wrong! 

I was at Kmart (scooping out all the clearance items since our store is closing) looking for some inexpensive Christmas and Birthday gifts for family and friends. I had picked up a cute 31 purse on a virtual garage sale for our base and wanted to put some goodies in it for my oldest niece. What tween wouldn't love some fingernail bling, so I picked out some polish for her and happened across a good selection of the Salon Effects by Sally Hansen...for 30% off of $4.99 (which is already a good price for the little box). A couple of days later I decided to try it out.

It was super easy to apply and I actually used only one set out of the box so I got two uses out of one box. I applied one rounded end and carefully filed the end off and turned it around and applied it to the other hands matching nail. I did have one tear, but there were extra "scraps" that were still stick that I pieced it together to cover the full nail. Once all nails had the "sticker" applied I took it one step further and used a clear top coat to my nails. The box said it would last a week, but I wasn't going to chance it, I am really hard on my nails and didn't want to go through all that work (30 minutes the first time) and have them scuff off when I loaded the dishwasher after supper. 

Day 1 after application

That Ugly Monster Named Anxiety

Anxiety, we all have some form of it...some little thing that we aren't confident about and worry about. Some **raising hand** may have anxiety about things in more then one area...Doctors, Dentists, driving on unfamiliar roads at night, driving with less then a quarter tank of gas, moving, meeting new people, writing on the blog that I have been contributing to for five years (ya, this one. Do you know how many posts I have saved and never posted, or posts that I end up deleting because I don't think they are worthy of being read by others? I may be a little crazy.)...do I need to go on ;) 

Project: Creating a Tween Boys Room

So M is nine and a half, going on thirty it seems. He is far to old to have a little boy room, but still wants his room to have a theme of some sort. He picked out his paint color and has had a lot of input on what decor is going up on the walls and on the bookcase shelves. In his past rooms we have gone with airplanes, so we are reusing a lot of that collection over again, but giving it a more sophisticated look. Well after looking at his room I felt like his room was a little to blah and not enough fun. I saw that Hobby Lobby had some the mini metal airplanes in stock and picked a bunch up when they were 40% off thinking I could use them as shelf filler...then I saw that there were rings on them for hanging, so I got some supplies and went to work.

I used some fishing line and tied on end to the airplane.

DIY Bowl Hanger

So I found these super cute lattice bowls on clearance at Target a couple of weeks back. For a couple bucks I thought they would be perfect for making some sort of art on the walls. I had a couple of plate hanging kits at home and thought I was good to go...but found out otherwise. The kits I had don't work with concave bottomed bowls and so I had to think of something else...and was getting impatient about getting them up on the wall.

Tricks and Treats 2012

We had a fun night on Halloween, the whole day was fun and filled with activities, but the moment the costumes and face paint was put on the fun was elevated ten fold.