tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15438480438413179072024-03-19T07:09:17.430-05:00RedBirdBlueReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-90858631240784942672014-07-24T11:59:00.002-05:002014-07-24T11:59:58.582-05:00A prehistoric party!Grady's been obsessed with dinosaurs for a while now, so it wasn't hard to come up with a theme for his birthday party this year.<br />
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He was so excited for all of his friends to come over that he literally waited by the window for a solid hour. Then he waited on the front steps for another half hour. :) I love him so much.<br />
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We had originally planned to have the party outside, but the forecast threatened rain, so my mom & I scrambled to get the attic cleaned up, floor painted, & closets curtained over two LATE nights.<br />
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We drug a table & our dining room benches up to the bedroom (since it wasn't yet furnished), & set up food & games in there.<br />
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We only played a couple of games (the attention span of 3-8 year olds varies!)...one of which was a version of "pin the tail on the donkey" using running Grady's and a T-Rex.<br />
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I googled "T-Rex drawing" & sketched out one of the images that popped up in an old frame we had lying around.<br />
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Getting ready to make his birthday wish while his friends sing to him! He's the sweetest boy. He'll make the best boyfriend someday - no lie!<br />
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We got the dinosaur hats at a dollar store in Nebraska. I searched EVERYWHERE for them. They were a hit!<br />
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Rawr!<br />
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I said..."RRRRRAAAAAAWWWWRRRRRRRRRRR!"<br />
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The party was a blast, but exhausting! Good thing birthdays only come once a year...<br />
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Happy birthday sweet boy. I'm SO lucky to be your mama.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-33046580304746943212014-07-24T11:46:00.001-05:002014-07-24T11:46:36.155-05:005 years...5 years since this little man was born...we began the morning by opening a few presents on the porch.<br />
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His "big" gift was a basketball hoop. It took his dad & I 4 hours to assemble.<br />
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I think he played with it for more than four hours that day, though...so it was worth it!<br />
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That afternoon, my parents & brother came over for pizza & cake.<br />
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It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that this little guy is five & will be going to kindergarten in a couple of months. In. Sanity.<br />
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A few days later, we had 10 of his friends over. To say he was excited was an understatement.<br />
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I'll post some pictures from that party next! <br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-54277242140991635782014-06-10T16:01:00.002-05:002014-06-10T16:01:52.545-05:00Two Things...We had Grady's 5th birthday party at our house this weekend & it looked like rain was in the forecast...resulting in us scrambling to get the attic floor painted (& dry enough to handle 11 kids) in a matter of two nights. Plus get all of the tools, furniture, & misc stuff cleared out of the space, as well as hang curtains. Spoiler: we did it! (Somehow)<br />
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I'll post about Grady's party later. For right now I'll share a few snaps of the attic in all of it's empty glory! Here's a view of the landing area from inside the bedroom. The area to the left of the stairs will be my office, the bunk/reading nook is on the right.<br />
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Here's a view of the bedroom from the exact spot I took the previous picture from (just rotated 180 around). <br />
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And here's a shot of what it looks like looking back toward the stairs from the opposite side of the bedroom. <br />
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The floor color is called "Linen" by Eddie Bauer. I had it color-matched at Menards in Dutch Boy's Porch & Floor paint. It's a little bit cooler on the floor than on the paint chip, but I really like it...a LOT.<br />
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The stairs up to the attic are steep...& when they built the house in 1945, they put a door literally AT the bottom step. That means the height of the opening was really short. I had to duck at 5'9...& there's NO WAY we were going to be able to get a queen box spring through that doorway. Sooo...out it goes!<br />
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Here's what we started with...I took the door off a few weeks ago.<br />
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I tore off all of the old trim, & dad brought his Sawzall over to cut out the door frame as well as some of the wall above the door...<br />
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...and a couple of studs. Until we were left with over a foot more headspace! You wouldn't believe how much more light comes down the stairwell either. Bonus!<br />
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Just so you can get an idea of how much head room was gained, I photoshopped my Sawzall wielding dad into the before & after picture...to scale. Hopefully we'll get the raw edges finished off this week!<br />
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(I just hope after all of that I can get my box spring up there...)Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-36360180804496139462014-06-03T10:17:00.002-05:002014-06-03T10:17:43.126-05:00A (very) quick attic update...We've been busy with birthdays, spring cleaning, & general summer fun in the past couple weeks as the weather has been beautiful. FINALLY!<br />
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In between all of that, I've squeezed in a little bit of work on the attic. Thought I'd share a few quick snaps of the progress!<br />
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I added some white pom trim to the bunk curtains. Love it. Can't ever go wrong with pom poms. (Well...pom pom trim anyway.) <br />
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Dad working hard hanging up the stair rails. $20 on Craig's List...a lot of elbow grease...& the satisfaction of reusing something that would have ended up in a landfill. (The railings are spray-primed in the picture below. Mom & I spent the better part of the weekend brushing them by hand. Not a fun task.)<br />
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Almost done painting in this picture. Black posts & horizontal rails, white spindles.<br />
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Finished stair rails & old wood floor.<br />
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And last but not least...the icing on the cake...I started painting the floor late last night! I'm in LOVE. My office will soon be set up in that little nook. Can. Hardly. Wait.<br />
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That's it for now! I'll <i>try</i> to post some non-iphone shots later this week, but we've got a big 5th birthday party at our house this weekend that I'm busy prepping for, so I can't make any promises!<br />
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Thanks for hanging in there for this massive attic project. It's taken us waaaaaaay longer than I ever expected...but I also love the space way more than I anticipated...so I suppose it's all worth it in the end!<br />
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Still on the list:<br />
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<li>Finish painting the floor</li>
<li>Finish closets</li>
<li>Under eave storage doors </li>
<li>Knock out stairwell doorway & repair</li>
<li>Random odds & ends</li>
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Eeek! <br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-19491831057759220192014-05-09T16:29:00.001-05:002014-05-09T16:29:30.163-05:00Things are moving along!Just a quick pre-weekend update. The attic is clear of tools! The barn light is up! I hung some curtains (that still need to be hemmed)! And I'm hoping to con my dad into starting the stair railings this weekend. It's progress peeps!<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-60392275474065129382014-04-22T16:01:00.003-05:002014-04-22T16:01:38.421-05:00Trim & a "new" headboard...I was lucky to have Good Friday off, making a long holiday weekend last week. You know what happens on long weekends...projects!<br />
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This time it was a lot of painting, a few planks on the wall, barn light installation, & a start on trim.<br />
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Oh, & last night I kind of revamped my old upholstered headboard to fit the space & aesthetic of the attic bedroom! But, more on that later...<br />
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Excuse the mess...we're still in a construction zone after all. Here's a view of the landing from inside the bedroom. (Yes, I shamelessly hung up the blinds - just couldn't wait!) <br />
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<i>See that saw? My grandpa gave it to me a few years ago & it weighs a million pounds. I'm not lying. If I had a scale that went up that high I'd prove it. I'm waiting for it to crash through our makeshift work table & crush someone.</i><br />
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A close-up of the plank wall and some little details.<br />
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...and now for the sneak peek of the headboard that I mentioned earlier. I'm not going to type up an entire post on it right now as my fingers are still raw & sore from all of those upholstery tacks. Not easy, so worth it. (It's not hung on the wall yet...that's just some of my bedding laying on the floor so I could see what it looked like.) It's that patience thing again. Could.Not.Wait. <br />
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My mental timeline says that we're supposed to accomplish the rest of the trim work on the landing this week. We shall see!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-29555659202783335322014-04-15T14:59:00.000-05:002014-04-15T14:59:57.184-05:00A Quick Attic UpdateI got everything primed late Sunday night...like 11:00pm late. But it's done. And it is glorious.<br />
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I'm going to attempt to get everything painted with the final coat this week.<br />
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Then we should be able to hang the light & get the planks up on the upper portion of the window wall. After that comes the trim. We've got a long holiday weekend coming up, so I'm hoping I can get most of the painting & trim finished - eek!<br />
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After that, my dad will be working his crazy carpenter wizardry to fit these $25 Craigslist stair rails around our stairwell. Once the rails get fit into place, I can paint that darn floor & start doing the fun stuff...like decorating!<br />
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It's the final countdown!<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-65342871530703316552014-04-11T09:43:00.000-05:002014-04-11T09:43:58.344-05:00Spring finally came!***Quick attic update***<br />
<i>You guys...we're almost done with drywall! You can't imagine how excited I am about that. This weekend I got the walls on the landing primed, but we still have a couple of touch up coats of mud to put on some spots on the ceiling. Those sloped ceilings are tricky to mud! I think we'll be ready to prime the ceiling & paint the whole room by Sunday. Eek!</i><br />
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In other news, since I don't have enough going on already, I'm also taking Karen Russel's <a href="http://snapshotsofagoodlife.com/" target="_blank">Snapshots of a Good Life</a> photography class over the next couple of months. I'm only a couple of weeks in, & I already highly recommend it! No matter what level of your photography skills, you'll come away with something new. <br />
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Our week 1 assignment had to do with composition. So, I took Grady to the park...which proved to be challenging to say the least. The kid doesn't stop moving to begin with, but get him outside, at a playground, after the longest, coldest, most cooped-up winter I can remember...& yeah...it was hard for this girl to visualize, much less get a shot with good composition before he was moving on (at warp speed) to something new. I did manage to get a few shots that I liked though...<br />
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I'm really looking forward to the next 8 weeks of Karen's class & am anxious to see where it takes my photography! <br />
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{I'm looking forward even more to spring...& more days at the park!}Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-34937429204519976452014-04-03T15:25:00.001-05:002014-04-03T15:25:40.907-05:00Sorry about the Silence!I can't believe it's been close to two months since I've posted anything here! We took a little bit of a break from working in the attic...I think dad & I were both a little burnt out after a couple of months straight of spending nearly all of our free time up there. That, & there have also been a few family things we've been dealing with.<br />
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In the last week or so we started taping & mudding the other half (landing/bunk/office area) of the attic. It's going a lot faster & a lot smoother than the bedroom/closet area - woohoo!<br />
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If you remember what this view looked like a week ago...<br />
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And what it looks like today...<br />
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We're a touch-up coat & final sand away from being ready to prime & paint the walls. The ceiling has a little more work to be done. I have high hopes of getting it all primed this weekend, but I'm on my own with Grady, so we'll see how much he lets me get done!<br />
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We're slowly inching toward the finish line...<br />
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When we first started working up here, I thought it would maybe take 4-5 months to complete. Here we are over a year later & still chipping away at it! <br />
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We're planning on getting all of the mudding & priming done by next weekend, the painting, trim & planks, & light hung in the following week. After that, we'll work on the stair rails, floor, & storage areas. Then, we'll finally be able to move in!<br />
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I.Cannot.Wait.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-44026368402470455022014-02-10T10:54:00.003-06:002014-02-10T10:54:25.900-06:00Chalkboard ValentinesThis weekend we hadn't quite worked up the energy to start mudding the landing area in the attic, but since Grady requested to "create" something, we decided to tackle his Valentines. Lo & behold...the Valentine's Day message board!<br />
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We thought it'd be fun to make chalkboards by slicing up some logs and painting them up for Grady's friends. No such luck. We found the "perfect" logs at my parents' house, but after slicing one section off & letting it dry out, we realized that it just wasn't going to work. So. Many. Cracks. He sure had fun digging through the wood pile in below zero temps though. Seriously...when will it warm up?!? This polar vortex will be the death of me...brrr...grrr...brrr.<br />
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The remaining log did make a great stool for Grady to lounge on in the shop though, so it wasn't a total loss. (How tall does he look here?!?) He's not a little babe anymore, but he still melts my heart. Take that polar vortex!<br />
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Back up plan...we cut out a bunch of ovals from a few cedar boards my dad had laying around. They were the perfect size for an avant garde headpiece. (We watch Project Runway too much.)<br />
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Or perhaps a necklace?<br />
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Grandpa sanded down the edges for us. Nice & smooth...<br />
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Grady picked out a few "Valentiny" colors of craft paint, & we brushed them on the edges.<br />
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I painted one side with chalkboard paint, let it dry overnight, & had my handsome assistant "season" the chalkboard. He's a pro...& a perfectionist...& loves helping me. I love him.<br />
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Then I doodled around the chalkboard with some white craft paint...they needed some flair. Does anyone else immediately think of Office Space when they hear that word? :)<br />
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Ooh-la-la!<br />
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I'm obsessed with the arrows...we'll be keeping one of them!<br />
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We thought the back would be a neat place to write a little message to his friends, so we flipped them over, I left the room, & Grady decided to surprise me by drawing some circles with a paint marker. We collaborated with me adding some doodles to his art. :)<br />
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Then we attached some white ribbon with thumbtacks. Grady's friends can hang them with either side out!<br />
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The project took a lot more time than I'd normally spend on Valentines, & we probably won't do anything this elaborate again, but it was a nice way to spend a very COLD weekend indoors.<br />
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Anyone else doing fun projects indoors during this frosty winter? <br />
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Happy Valentine's Day friends!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-68833111022153442092014-01-31T16:37:00.000-06:002014-01-31T16:37:09.934-06:00Putting down the paintbrush...for now.The bedroom is painted! (Well, everything but the floor...but that's a project I'll tackle at the end of the remodel.)<br />
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Everything is painted Benjamin Moore's Simply White. The walls & ceiling are satin, the mouldings are semi-gloss.<br />
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I've never used it before, but while I was at Menards picking up paint, I saw a display for Glade paint additives. You mix the packet into your paint & it's supposed to freshen your space for up to 6 months! So far I love the smell...I'm curious to see how long it actually lasts! The only thing that I didn't like was that the additive seemed to make some of the paint "chunk" up. At first I thought the roller head was shedding, but I switched to a brand new head & it was still doing the same thing. Of course, it could be the brand of paint I used as I've never tried that kind before. I'll update next time I use it with another brand of paint...<br />
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A few pictures of the space...the next step is organizing the under-eave storage & moving everything out of the landing area & into the bedroom so we can start all over again with the tape & mud. Womp womp.<br />
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Here's a glimpse of the wall our bed will go on, & the access to one of the storage areas. My dad is building custom doors for those spaces.<br />
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The other side of the room, more storage, & Eli's closet.<br />
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Here's hoping we'll be able to get started on the landing area this weekend!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-33905657186557254872014-01-17T15:39:00.001-06:002014-01-17T15:39:14.227-06:00Attic Update #?: The fun stuffThis weekend, in the spare time between basketball games & a late Christmas celebration, we'll be finishing up the priming & painting of all the trim in the bedroom. Cue angel voices & ringing bells!<br />
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In the last few days, dad & I finished nailing up all of the trim & door jambs in the bedroom area, have filled all of the nail holes & gaps with joint compound & caulk, primed a lot of it, & hung up the new medallion/canopy above the barn light.<br />
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My amazing mother is at my house as we speak priming trim on her day off work. She's the best. No, really...she's actually the best.<br />
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The wall & planks are the only areas that have their final coat of paint applied to them. All of the trim around the window as well as the board & batten trim & baseboards are only primed & are waiting for 2+ coats of Simply White paint! <br />
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Hopefully early next week I'll be able to post some pictures of the room completely painted (except the floor) & cleared of miscellaneous tools, paint, trash, etc. :)<br />
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You can't really tell in the picture, but we put up some pine paneling on the upper half of the window wall (& got it primed & painted), got the window trimmed out, put up 1x2 and 1x3's under the paneling on the window wall, got a lot of the base boards up, & even glued up a few of the 1/4"x2 slats for the board & batten. Dad was the measurer/cutter/gluer, Grady was the "fitter", & yours truly was the sander/taper.<br />
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I can't wait to peel off the tape tonight & start getting everything caulked, primed, & painted.<br />
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I'm finally starting to see the light! ;)Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-86318366618251127602014-01-08T15:39:00.000-06:002014-01-08T15:39:00.786-06:00A Light in the AtticYou guys...I knew I was going to love the barn lights in the attic...I just didn't realize how much.<br />
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I ran home to let the dog out on my lunch break & snapped a few quick photos so I could drool over them at work this afternoon - on my allotted "rest" breaks of course! :) This was the first time I saw the lights in daylight as I worked until dark last night when my dad hung them, & left the house while it was still dark this morning.<br />
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The shot on the left below is the most true to color - a perfect blue-green.<br />
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You probably noticed the gap between the top of the light & the ceiling. The canopy that came with the light ended up being a tad smaller in diameter than the box in the ceiling. Enter the object below. Over lunch I dabbed on a quick coat of ceiling paint so we can put this in that in-between space tonight. Problemo solved.<br />
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Can't you just picture white planks on the window wall below with board & batten trim underneath? I can...& it is good.<br />
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For real - I feel like there should be little hearts floating around my head...so excited! Isn't it amazing how the smallest of things can make you so happy?! :)Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-68047427092409351262014-01-07T09:38:00.000-06:002014-01-07T09:38:34.094-06:00This is what's up(stairs)...Things are pretty insane around here. Eli is busy coaching basketball - constantly - we hardly see him. We're still recovering from the holidays. Grady was sick all weekend with a fever, cough, & ear ache. He also starts swimming lessons today...on one of the coldest days of the year. In the middle of all of that, Dad & I are chipping away at the attic project...slowly!<br />
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We're "this" close to being done mudding the bedroom portion of the attic. There are just a couple of small spots that need one final coat of mud & sanding. Most of the surfaces in there have already been primed & painted BM Simply White, though! I should be able to finish up painting the bedroom & closets tomorrow!<br />
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Here are a few quick Instagram (@reneestarzl) shots of what we've been up to...<br />
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Prime & paint on the walls - mud on the ceiling. <br />
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Painting barn lights in "Catalina Mist" by Krylon.<br />
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Ta-da! (Cage is from <a href="http://www.barnlightelectric.com/barn-hardware-houseparts/gooseneck-light-accessories/barn-light-wire-cages-10-to-20.html" target="_blank">Barn light Electric</a>, barn light from <a href="http://www.menards.com/main/outdoor-lights/ceiling/all-weather-barn-1-light-14-38-ceiling-wall-outdoor-light/p-1509827-c-7906.htm" target="_blank">Menards</a>.)<br />
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Gathering some bedroom textile inspiration.<br />
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What's next?<br />
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<li>finishing up the last coat of mud</li>
<li>prime & paint ceiling</li>
<li>hang lights (eek!)</li>
<li>hang paneling on window wall & paint</li>
<li>repeat above bullet points in landing</li>
<li>paint & install stair rails</li>
<li>paint floor </li>
<li>trim, trim, & more trim</li>
<li>closet systems</li>
<li>storage doors</li>
<li>DECORATE!</li>
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Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-85968535115225812562013-12-26T16:01:00.003-06:002013-12-26T16:01:42.515-06:00Attic UpdateOriginally I had hoped to have the attic done (or nearly done) by Christmas - HA! We seem to always underestimate the amount of time it will actually take to complete things. I need to remember that we all have full-time jobs, & I have a part-time job. When you only have a couple of hours a few nights a week, things tend to not happen very quickly!<br />
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Throw the holidays into the mix...plus a 4 year old that is very well-behaved (most of the time), but needs to be right in the middle of everything...<br />
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We did get the chimney leak under control until we can get up on the roof & check out the flashing. We tore off all of the drywall around the chimney, dried it out & foamed & caulked around the chimney, then replaced all of the insulation & drywall. Hopefully we won't have to worry about that anymore...<br />
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Now we're back to mudding & sanding the bedroom & closets. I thought taping & mudding was an unfun job before...now, with all of these angles & corners, I'm realizing that it's right up there with stripping paint...almost intolerable. :)<br />
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We should finish up mudding the bedroom & closets this week. They "should" be ready to prime and paint next week. Then we'll move all of the tools & furniture into the bedroom & focus on the landing. <br />
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My old softball coach used to tell us, "Inch by inch it's a cinch...yard by yard it's hard". He'd be happy that we're moving inch by inch. Me, on the other hand, I wish we could take it by the yard! I'm so impatient!<br />
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We're off to Omaha this weekend to celebrate Christmas with Eli's family. I'm crossing my fingers that my awesome father will feel like doing some sanding while we're away. Wouldn't it be nice to come home to a ready-to-paint room?!? Dad??? :)<br />
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Then, dad noticed that the floor was wet in that bottom left corner of the picture. <br />
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After searching both sides of the wall for the source, we figure that it's coming in somewhere next to the chimney, then running down the sloped wall & out to the floor in that corner. We've had some crazy cold weather & the temps were a little bit higher yesterday than they have been, so we're thinking somehow some condensation is getting in there. It doesn't leak when it rains, so we're pretty sure it isn't a leak in the roof. Anyway, we're going to have to tear out a couple of pieces of sheetrock & all of the insulation in that area to get to the bottom of it. Lame.<br />
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But, because I'm all about finding silver linings...the good news it that it's the only spot in the attic that's having issues...we can keep taping & mudding the rest of the space!<br />
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Speaking of that space (& to end this post on a happy note) here are a couple more progress pictures.<br />
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I'm hoping to have it ready to prime & paint around Christmas. Cross your fingers we can get this moisture issue figured out soon. If any of you have ideas or suggestions, please let me know!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-1944454793775245792013-11-27T15:15:00.003-06:002013-11-27T15:15:50.874-06:00Free Printable! {Christmas Story Advent Calendar}I can't believe that December is just a few days away!<br />
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A few weeks ago, I started thinking about what we were going to do for an Advent calendar this year. (In addition to our <a href="http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-City-Advent-Calendar-60024" target="_blank">Lego Advent calendar</a> of course!) I knew I wanted it to have something to do with the Christmas story, & found <a href="http://www.1dogwoof.com/2012/11/scripture-advent-calendar.html" target="_blank">this one from OneDogWoof</a> that I thought would be fun to put my own little "modern" spin on. I didn't really intend to share it, but after several requests from family & friends, I thought, why not?! <br />
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I hung ours with washi tape, baker's twine, & mini clothes pins in our kitchen window. It's the perfect way to remind us throughout holidays what the true meaning of the Christmas season is. <br />
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They're set up to print as 3x5 cards with 4 per page. I used a round corner punch for a little added flair. My friend <a href="http://almostfabulouscottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie</a> plans to put hers on a key ring for her kids to flip through & also printed a few extra sets for gifts!<br />
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Just <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxEFc76UIlgdeE5iOV9nWjJPZkk/edit" target="_blank">click here</a> to download & print!<br />
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Have a safe & happy Thanksgiving!!!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com437tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-8504933294397554482013-11-21T15:41:00.002-06:002013-11-21T15:41:30.501-06:00Attic Update 12: Sheetrock {continued...}Just a quick update on the attic - we're slowly making progress! As of last night, we have the ceiling done (aside from one piece by the window), & have both closets & the doorway rocked. All that's left are the two end walls (the ones with the windows on them) & the knee walls (the short ones along the sides). The closets were full of angled cuts & the on the ceiling we had to deal with rafters that weren't spaced evenly...at all. It was slow moving when you had to measure multiple angles, go up & down stairs to the garage to make cuts, haul the sheets through the house & up the stairs, then make any adjustments once up there. The end & knee walls will be simple in comparison - one cut on each sheet - woohoo!<br />
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Now for a couple of <strike>Before/After</strike> Last Week/This Week pictures...<br />
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The same view from the top of the stairs looking into the bedroom: <br />
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Then from the bedroom looking toward the landing: <br />
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We've still got a long way to go, but what a difference a few days can make, am I right?!<br />
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<b>Attic Checklist:</b><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;"><strike>insulation: between rafters, loose in walls, foamboard on ceiling</strike><br />
<strike>frame up walls & closets</strike><br />
<strike>level out ceiling & jack up sagging roof</strike><br />
<strike>new electrical throughout attic</strike></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;"><strike>new window</strike></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;"><strike>planks in bunk</strike> </span>& on upper portion of end walls<br />
move vent from closet to bedroom <br />
drywall (hang, tape, mud, sand)<br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;"><strike>build</strike>,<strike> paint, </strike><strike>hang French doors</strike></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;"><strike>prime,</strike><strike> paint (one more coat), </strike><strike>stain</strike>, <strike>varnish steps</strike></span><br />
remove door to attic & open up<br />
prime & paint walls & ceiling<br />
spray, make, & hang lights<br />
finish floors (stain, paint, just varnish?)<br />
paint & install stair railings<br />
paint & install baseboard trim<br />
paint & install board & batten trim<br />
closet systems<br />
storage doors for under eave access<br />
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This weekend I'm off to the windy city (not Chicago...they have nothing on Marshall, MN) to help my BFF <a href="http://almostfabulouscottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie </a>decorate her house for a Christmas tour. I'm hoping the boys hang some Sheetrock while I'm away. Wouldn't it be nice to come home & have it all done?!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-41865876536326105812013-11-13T11:14:00.000-06:002013-11-13T11:14:05.066-06:00Attic Update 11: Sheetrock!Well...we didn't quite finish up the ceiling sheetrock this weekend...but we got close!<br />
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With the ceilings going up, I've been getting more & more anxious to get to the fun stuff...the finishing! I couldn't resist snapping a quick photo of what the attic looks like now, & Photoshopping it a little bit...just to get a glimpse of what it'll potentially look like in a couple of months. :)<br />
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So, since a pretty picture is a lot more fun to look at than stud walls & sheetrock... <br />
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Oh, & just in case you're curious...here's a quick graphic showing where we're at on the ceiling...<br />
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Yeah, my arms are still burning from holding all of those sheets above my head while dad screwed them in. 4 days later.<br />
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Here's hoping we can get the ceilings finished & a few walls done this week & weekend!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-31282372461108543992013-11-08T15:41:00.002-06:002013-11-08T15:41:47.873-06:00Guess what's happening this weekend...Drywall is getting hung! We're a few weeks behind due to some unforeseen family things coming up. Hopefully we can get this train back on track again!<br />
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If you look at the ceiling above the drywall, you can see that we taped the seams in the foam board insulation with some black Gorilla tape. (We also had to use a spray adhesive to get the tape to stisck to the insulation. It was super fun.) This will help create a vapor barrier & will also keep any air from getting through. We also ran into a couple of wires on an end wall that were spliced together behind some insulation. They were a fire hazard, so we had to put a new box in that spot to contain & mark them. Unfortunately it's in the middle of a wall, but the good news is that it'll be covered by curtains. Whew!<br />
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We actually {finally} got a few sheets hung last weekend, but we're hoping to finish up the ceiling this weekend. It already looks different with just a few sheets up. I can't wait to see what it looks like with the whole thing covered. :) The intersection where the sloped ceiling meets the flat ceiling is going to be interesting to try to get straight. Hopefully by Monday I'll have an update on how it went.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-85560950984265675122013-11-04T10:51:00.003-06:002013-11-04T10:51:56.142-06:00Halloween...Lone Ranger Style!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you remember from my <a href="http://redbird-blue.blogspot.com/2013/10/hi-yo-silver.html" target="_blank">post</a> a few weeks ago, Grady decided to be the Lone Ranger for Halloween. (The recent Disney movie version.) It was a blast putting together this costume & he LOVED it. After picking him up early from daycare & taking a few photos at a maritime museum downtown, we headed out to do a little trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. It was chilly & drizzly, but that didn't slow this little guy down at all!<br />
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We've taken a picture by the same lamp post every year we've gone trick-or-treating! I feel like next year he might be as tall as me!<br />
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We didn't stray too far from the mood board I created. (You can click back to <a href="http://redbird-blue.blogspot.com/2013/10/hi-yo-silver.html" target="_blank">this post</a> for details.)<br />
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1. Instead of ordering the "official" hat from the Disney Store, I stumbled across a white cowboy hat at a local thrift store for a buck. Score!<br />
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2. For the mask, I bought a sheet of felt at Ben Franklin for something like 45 cents, cut out the mask shape, & sewed an elastic strap on the back. We had a red bandanna at home to use, & for the Texas Rangers badge, we actually had a random vending machine necklace that was the same shape, so we sprayed it silver & wrote "Texas Rangers" on it in black Sharpie.<br />
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3. We did purchase the gun/holster set off Amazon. It was the "splurge" of the costume for a whopping $17 (free shipping with Amazon Prime). The gun was heavy duty & looked just like the picture...Grady was convinced it was real. The holster/belt combo, not so much. It was fine for the price though. <br />
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4. We found a suede vest & white shirt at Goodwill. He had a pair of black pants already. I couldn't find a black suit coat in Grady's size anywhere, so I ended up buying a women's coat, took it apart, cut it down, & put it back together again...this time smaller. It was an experiment & I wasn't sure it would actually work, but it did! I almost made it too small, actually. I rubbed brown chalk on it to give it a trail-worn look as opposed to 90's librarian. :) We borrowed the boots from a friend...they were a tad on the big side, but we were able to fit wool socks inside them on a chilly night!<br />
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Hope you all had as great a time as we did!<br />
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Grady already has his costumes planned out for the next couple of years...a fox next year & Batman the year after that. :)Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-70060726393951705992013-10-25T14:13:00.000-05:002013-10-25T14:13:14.086-05:00Haunted Halloween Doll HouseA week or two ago I saw this <a href="http://www.mrprintables.com/haunted-dolls-house.html" target="_blank">Haunted Dolls House</a> on the Mr. Printables website & knew that Grady would love it. I also knew that I wanted to make one & had a ton of ideas on how to tweak & personalize it!<br />
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Mr. Printables has a printable (obviously) template to help you cut out the walls & floors, as well as some paper pieces to use in decorating your house. (I didn't use the paper pieces on mine.) They also give you some tips on creating spooky peg dolls. I found inspiration for the rest of the peg dolls by searching on Pinterest, Google, & Etsy.<br />
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Meet this motley crew of spooks & ghouls! Grady & I both love the kitty best.<br />
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I even painted a Grady peg doll dressed up in his Lone Ranger Halloween costume & surprised him with it this morning! He just giggled when he saw it & asked where I got the pumpkin halloween bucket. (I have a jar of pumpkin potpourri that I painted & glued a felt handle on.) He's all ready to go trick-or-treating at the haunted house - if he dares! Good thing he's got his 6-shooter along!<br />
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Some creepy monsters waiting by the rope ladder.<br />
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I love the ghost peeking through the window!<br />
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The pieces of the house slide easily together so you can take it apart making it simple to store!<br />
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A few close-up shots of our motley crew!<br />
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Some of the things I tweaked:<br />
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<li>I painted the house with chalkboard paint. (I thought it would be fun to draw different things on the walls & floors & be able to erase them!)</li>
<li>We made a whole fireplace instead of just a chimney.</li>
<li>Added a fence around the porch.</li>
<li>Added a crooked ladder to get upstairs.</li>
<li>Added a rope from the 1st to 2nd story (Grady's brilliant idea!). </li>
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If any of you have created a Halloween haunted doll house or peg dolls, please share them! I think I've found a new addiction. I'm just imagining how fun a "Night before Christmas" house would be...or maybe Santa's workshop??? <br />
Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-74338861974888428912013-10-18T16:44:00.000-05:002013-10-18T16:44:35.975-05:00Bed TimeI know that people say that developing a set routine at bedtime is key. While that makes perfect sense, sometimes it's just plain fun to goof around a little bit before bed! The sound of little giggles is the perfect way to end the day if you ask me.<br />
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Last night, right before I turned out the lights & Grady & I were talking about random things: turning into toads, transformers, etc. I grabbed my camera. <br />
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I'm so glad I did. Now I'll always have pictures to remind me of OUR bedtime routine: tickles, secrets, his random questions, our "10 kisses" game, & a lot of silliness. :)<br />
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How can you say that your day ended badly when you get a hug & kiss (more than one if you're lucky) from a kid like this?Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543848043841317907.post-26591441480136442432013-10-14T14:08:00.001-05:002013-10-14T14:08:52.652-05:00The "Pumpkin Patch" errrr, gas station parking lot....Yesterday, while Eli was catching up on sleep after our weekend with his parents, Grady & I decided to go searching for a pumpkin patch we found online. A half hour later, we found the location of the supposed pumpkin patch, but there wasn't a single pumpkin, or person, in sight. Fail.<br />
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The next best thing? The self-serve truck/trailer at the gas station. Good thing Grady is only four & still easily impressed! He thought it was fantastic! They actually had a pretty nice display of pumpkins, squash, Indian corn, etc.<br />
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He found a keeper! Our rule is that you can get any pumpkin you want...but you have to be able to carry it yourself. This year, for the first time, he didn't go for the largest one.</div>
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He's so funny. He took 5 minutes to decide between red/orange Indian corn or red/purple & had to take 10 or so laps around the truck to find the perfect pumpkin for dad. I wish I could go back to "What color corn should I choose?" being the hardest decision I had to make for the day. Oh, to be a kid again...<br />
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He was such a helper getting everything carried back to the car & wanted to do it all by himself of course! He's in a stage lately where he's acting like a little man. Yesterday he walked ahead of me at church & held the door open for me & a friend to walk in. Also, last night after he laid down for bed I heard him call out to me, "Mom, you know I'll always protect you, right?". This is the same kid who crawls into bed with me in the morning & gives me a kiss when he thinks I'm still sleeping. Such a sweetheart. I can't believe he's mine. :) I always tell him that I wish I had a son like him. He always says with a giggle, "Mom, I AM your son!".<br />
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I can't believe that Halloween is right around the corner! <br />
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In attic news, we weren't able to start drywall this weekend (boo). It rained off and on all day on Saturday, so the sheets would have gotten soaked in transport. Wet Sheetrock = not good. Plus, Eli's parents (my in-laws) were in town visiting, so we were pretty busy! Dad & I did hook up the trailer last night & brought home enough Sheetrock for the ceilings though. Hopefully we'll be able to get started on that tonight! If not, I'm sure we'll be able to begin sometime this week. I can't wait to start walling everything in & getting a glimpse of what the attic will look like when it's complete!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782821542837680133noreply@blogger.com6