multi-tasking

watching Playschool, doing today's chicken worksheets while in dress-ups

look what we made!!

This week for homeschool we are focusing on a different animal from the show each day. Today was cows. So we made a cow hand puppet, did some cow worksheets and explored the -ow word family. And then we made butter by shaking a jar full of cream. Good fun!! The girls have already had a piece of bread and butter and then I'll use the buttermilk when making dinner tonight. And we'll put some of the butter on our mashed potatoes too.

Tomorrow we will focus on chickens. And thanks to Grandma's chickens we have enough eggs to make an angel food cake to take to a friends' house for dinner.

I made these!!

Had some help with the children! =) But made the dresses all by myself!!

Nesting updated

two cheap clocks from Big W. We might add more as we think of places. Right now it is Hervey Bay and Flower Mound. And yes, I put it on the left of the mirror because the more I sat and looked at that wall (more time than you'd think) the more I realized that the wallhanging would be too big for that side so I'll go with the original idea of hanging it on the right.

$25 cheapie side table from Sam's Warehouse (not the same as the one in the States)

Sign I already had painted by yours truly (don't look too close)

Sign for the front door that makes me laugh. (again painted by me so don't look too closely) it's resting in my pink toolbox as it dries.

This grasshopper is nesting in my flower!! I couldn't resist taking a picture.

I found a quilt cover that I like but am unsure how brown the brown is and what it would look like with the black. What do you think?

And Sarah, that swirly photo thing in the previous post was sent to me by Mom. I think it was from Terry's Village or something similar. She bought it in 2006.

still nesting

So, today I'm asking for help in my bedroom. I love my bedroom. Well, I love parts of it. I still love the wall colour (although I think it looks more tan than how green it shows here. I think it actually matches the sheets that are on the bed.) and all my black accents. The girls tore up the heart banner and the plant died and I've added a black dresser for the baby's stuff and a black mirror. But it needs some colour. I'm thinking of something like this.found here

But is that too much of a solid colour? They also have it in blue and green. They have brown too but that isn't what I'm looking for. I like the green in the close-up picture but not in the other one. Same with the blue. What if they aren't the colour I want? But they aren't as bold a choice as the red so might be a better option. I wouldn't mind something dark and then a nice bright blanket/throw across the bottom but seriously?? we wouldn't ever put it on there. I do have cute blue and green scrapbooking paper that I was thinking about putting on the top of the baby's dresser so maybe blue or green would be better? I just love red.

I need to do something with the window treatments too. I really want thick wooden blinds/shutters/whatever. But they cost so much. So we're waiting to see what we do.

just remembered

two other ideas I love but not sure would go (I like the wreath over the old window in the bottom one. Actually I've seen lots of ideas with old windows that I really really like.)

Nesting??

I've been moving a few things around in the front room. I moved the 12x12 wall frames all into one corner instead of around the room like I had them before. I didn't have room for the baby's frame if I kept them the same. They are Wedding-top left, Catie-top right, Emma-bottom left and Beka-bottom right. The baby's will go under Emma's. I need to get a new frame for Beka and the baby to match Catie and Emma's frames. I also re-did Emma's frame. I like it better but still don't love it. This is the 3rd time I've done it. I really like the background paper this time but maybe I need to redo the paper I used to frame the pics/wording?? oh well. By the way, there are normally quilts/blankets on my quilt/towel frame but the girls have been playing in there this morning. And I decided not to clean up for these photos. Notice there are no shots of the floor. =) I think I'll use the other wall space next to the window (far left) for all our name plaques. But I don't know what to do with the spaces beside the mirror. (and yes, I'm still looking for nice white and/or red flowers to put in the vase on the right side of the piano at the moment it just has a few yellow roses and some bluebonnets and the tall swirly stuff.) I am still working on my bluebonnet trail wall hanging but sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. I'm thinking I'll hang it on the left of the mirror. But what to do with the right hand side? Barn stars are almost unheard of here and if you do chance to find one it'll be expensive. More family photos? Maybe 2 rows of 12x14 frames with 8x10 photos in them? I don't know. I went through all my magazines and through a lot of pics online but can't find something to copy. FRUSTRATING!! oh well. it'll come to me. =) I thought about moving this from the dining area and putting it beside the mirror but then what do I put in it's place?

I'm also wanting something different here by the door. I'm thinking a small shelf with keyhooks above the light switch. but not sure as that may be a little much since it is beside the shelves Dad made for me above the couch. And I need to replace the dresser. Maybe a book shelf? That way we can even keep our shoes on it instead of just laying on the floor. Probably just a table though. But my main reason is because this cute little black dresser is a cockroach magnet. I won't even tell you how disgusting it is to open the drawers. (oh and just in case you think how reddish the couch looks--my hammer that is laying on it is the one that Mom gave to us girls so many years back and it is hot pink!!)