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Ellie and Addison
04.15.13

Happy Monday

Monday!  It is upon us.  Well.  When you all read this it will be hitting us smack dab in the face.  We had a wonderful week off.  Usually we travel during Spring Break, but this year with everything going on with the house we decided to take a bit of a “staycation” and just enjoyed some down time at home instead.  It was so nice and I am sad that it is ending.  Since we will all be up bright and early tomorrow I’m off to pre-pack lunches and get everything ready so that we have a smooth morning.  But first I will leave you with some pictures of my girls from 2009 (El was 5 and Ad was 3)…


{A typical scene from the breakfast table}

Here’s Ellie – happily munching away at her toast…

and here’s Addison.

Take a guess which of my daughters is NOT a morning person?

And they haven’t changed a bit.

:)

Happy Monday.
xoxo, Erin
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New House
04.11.13

House update – the latest

 Popping in with a few recent pics of the house!

Love this picture of Kenny.  He LIVES in that Charger shirt.  I think I’ve washed it at least 72,854 times.  At least.  As you can tell from this picture, I decided to go with rock around and above the front door.  Definitely the hardest decision for me this far in the process.  I don’t know why this decision was so hard for me, but it was.  I think more than anything I just hit a wall.  Total building burn out!  I love my house but I have to say that I am so excited for the day when I don’t have to think about it anymore.  :)

Aside from hitting a wall, I think part of the reason I’m unsure about the rock right now is because it is clashing SO badly with the yellow siding.  I’m anxious to paint the house!
Here are a few colors we have been looking at.  The middle color has a strange green tint to it (hard to tell in this picture but trust me, it does) so we are trying to decide between the lighter top color or the darker bottom color.  I am finding that grays are SO hard to work with!  They all have a certain tint to them – brown grey, green grey, blue grey.  We have a lot of grey going on the inside of the house as well and let me tell you – it is not easy to find the right shade!  Have any of you experienced this with grey paint?  Tricky stuff.  Regardless, whatever we pick will be a welcome change from the yellow!

Interior doors are being hung tomorrow!  I have loved this craftsman style of doors for so long now.
They will all be painted white later.

Our finish carpenters have taken over the garage and are starting the wood work.  I think this might be my favorite part of this process so far!  I can tell it will also be a time consuming one.  I have to be very involved in this stage so working this in with my schedule is going to be tricky.  The girls might be doing their homework in sawdust for a bit.  :)

We just started in the entryway…
 and with a few of the ceilings!
Kenny is not thrilled about this stage.
He knows it is a dangerous one.
I keep assuring him I will stick to the budget.
Sort of.
:)
 A few pics of the backyard with the rock.  The grout is NOT finished!  Looks kind of dark and funny right now.

My planter boxes just make me smile.  I can’t wait to plant pretty flowers in them!  Those corbels underneath were just re-done because the first ones I picked out were way too small.  One of the many little mistakes I’ve made because I am picking things out with a 15 minute time limit and a squirmy toddler on my hip!  And because I really have no clue what I’m doing and am just faking it half of the time.  Don’t tell anyone though.  I am getting really good at pretending.

They’ve started tearing things up in the yard this week.  Lots of cement trucks and “diggers” so Kole has been in hog heaven.  :)  The little path on the right of this picture was the first thing I told our landscapers I wanted when we sat down to design the backyard.
It winds all the way around.  A little path for the kids to ride bikes, scooters, roller blade, etc.
Free babysitting is what I call it!  Can’t wait.
I wish you all could bring your kids over for a playdate when it’s done!  :)
Thanks for hanging in there with me through so many house pictures!
No doubt most of you were asleep by picture 2.  :)
Enjoy your Thursday!
(where did the week go!?)
xoxo, Erin
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Parenting
04.10.13

Scrapbooking solutions

One of the things I am most excited about in my next house is my scrapbook room.  I cannot wait to have a space to just SPREAD OUT all of my stuff and leave it up to continually work on things.  It has been a while since I’ve been able to work on my albums and I am having major withdrawals!  I miss it!  There are so many different ways to record your story and/or your childrens’ stories.  Most of you know that I’ve been using Becky Higgin’s Project Life albums.  I love that they are so flexible. 

 If I want to spend a little time and personalize certain pages it’s easy to do that.  
OR if time is limited I can just pop in the pictures, add a little journaling and call it a day!
(You can see more of my Project Life pages here)
But alas, life is busy and scrapbooking takes time that is often hard to find.  While I am still going to attempt to keep up my kids’ albums the way I’ve been doing (fingers crossed I have more time for that once our house is finished and we are settled!) I am always searching for new ways to save and record the endless amount of papers and memorabilia my kids bring home.  I found two fun systems on-line that I thought I’d share with all of you!  Just in case you are often on the look out for memory keeping ideas like I am.  :)
I’ve shared before how I save my kids’ special papers, art work, etc. before I place them in their albums.  
Below is a picture of how you can make this type of system work to take the place of albums…

Simple files in a box.  Files are labeled things like: baby information, health records, age 0-3, grade levels, portraits, sports.  Label away!  The possibilities are endless!  Such a simple solution to taming everything you want to save for your kids that takes NO time at all.

Here is another similar solution where binders are used:

This busy mom creates “memory binders” to hold all of her kids’ memorabilia.  Nothing fancy.  Just page protectors holding each child’s important papers with each child’s name labeled on the side.  Genius!

You can check out the links for more details on each of the systems I’ve shared above.  Fun stuff! Nothing like finding a system that works for you.  And nothing like finding the time to actually implement the system that works for you.  That’s the tricky part.  :)

xoxo, Erin
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Ellie and Addison
04.08.13

An eventful week

Last week was an eventful one around here.  A couple of days before our fun little TV appearance, the girls got new haircuts!  
A quick “before.”  Their hair was getting so long!  

 We were able to donate what we cut for cancer patients are were so excited about that.  
And after!  Nothing like a new do!  

Quick pics I snapped with my Iphone on Easter Sunday.  This was the dress Ad wore on TV and a few of you asked me where I bought it.  The dresses are from Children’s Place.  LOVE them!  They came with a darling yellow belt but the belt sits too low on my girls right now because I bought them a little big so they can wear them next spring/summer too.  So next year they will be rockin’ the belt.  :)

The little dude got a haircut too!  This is the only way we pull it off.  We sit him on Kenny’s lap with a game or movie on the ipad.  And even this set up only last a few minutes before he is ready to bolt!  Luckily our hair dresser is FAST.  :)
Last week was also monumental for us because Kole started pre-school!  It is an amazing little school and I know it will be so good for him.  Just a few hours in the morning, a great program plus he will receive additional speech therapy in school.  I’m thrilled about that.  But can I just say that I had a really emotional week because of it.  The first day of school he was so excited to be there (we had visited the school together a few times so it was familiar) right up until it was time to say good-bye to mom.  He cried.  I was brave.  I blew kisses and waved good-bye and told him I’d be right back.  I held it together and drove away.  I went to the grocery store and started wandering down the first isle in the store thinking of how for so many years I have thought about what it would be like to get groceries without dealing with a baby or chasing a busy toddler throughout the store.  Nine years to be exact.  I thought about how so many times I had dreamt of this very moment.  How wonderful it would be.  By isle 2 I had tears streaming down my cheeks and by isle 5 I was full on bawling.  I just left the store.  Didn’t even buy groceries.  I went to my car and called to check on Kole.  Of course he had only cried for a minute and was fine and having a ball.  I on the other hand, cried on and off throughout the entire week.  It is the end of an era for me and I guess I’m having a harder time with it than I thought I would.  Even though it’s time and I’m ready for it.  Even though I wouldn’t change it.  It is still hard.  Moms understand.  :)
This week is our Spring Break and I am so happy to have all three of my kiddos home with me all day.  I need that right now.  If for nothing else but to remind me that I need them to all head right back to school the following week!  ;)  
Kole needs a little backpack for pre-school (how cute is that!?).  They use it to send home notes about what he did each morning.  I have narrowed it down to three and I’d love to hear your vote!  Aside from haircuts, being on the news, and Kole starting pre-school we also had a stressful week with the new house and I am so OVER making decisions!  So will you make this one for me?  :)  
I found these darling shark backpacks from Pottery Barn Kids that I can personalize with his name (so cool you can test it out on-line!).  
 Navy and Red

Green and Navy
OR…

This adorable monkey backpack I found on sale at Joss and Main.  Too cute!  I’m kind of leaning towards this one because Kole is a little monkey himself.  :)  What is your favorite?  Anyone else have a crying jag last week?

:)   
xoxo, Erin
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04.05.13

A winner and sibling love (again!)

Happy Friday everyone!  First things first – the Stella and Dot giveaway!  Winner is… Shannon in PA!  (Chosen by the random number generator)

Shannon said:

Hi, Erin! 
I have only heard good things about S&D jewelry and would love to win the necklace! It’d be great as an everyday staple in my wardrobe!
Thanks for considering me.
Shannon in PA

Congratulations Shannon!  E-mail me (address is on my sidebar) and I’ll have the necklace sent your way!

So!  I have about 5,784 pictures that I need to sort through and organize and post but I can’t tonight!  We have an early morning meeting with several people at the new house tomorrow (all of our bathroom tile is arriving!) and I have a lot of stuff to go over tonight to get ready for it.  So until next week (when I attempt to post 5,784 pictures) I am going to leave you with a re-run of my “Sibling Love” post since a few people have stopped by from our little news appearance looking for it.  I should have re-posted it sooner!  Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

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Hi friends!  Today I am finally addressing a question that has popped up so many times.  Questions that are all similar to these:

How do you raise your girls to be so sweet to each other?  Is there anything you did in particular when they were really little that ensured they would be so close and get along so well?

Your girls are darling!  Do they fight with each other?  How do you help them be such good friends?

If you’ve read my blog for a while you know that my two girls are thick as thieves.  I have loved getting  asked this question because it has really made me stop and think – what am I doing that has helped to create such a great relationship between my girls?  My girls have completely different personalities (as most siblings do!) and yes – they do fight (as all siblings do!).  Obviously it helps that they are close in age and share a lot of the same interests, but I do think that there are things you can do as a parent to help foster and encourage loving relationships between your kids.  Here are a few things I’ve done that I believe has helped my girls become the inseparable duo that they are today.  :)


1-  Keep a low key schedule with lots of down time for your kids to play with each other.  As much as I love to socialize and to be out and about, I also crave down time every day.  I love to be home with all of my kids home with me.  Quiet family time.  I need it so that I can stay on top of my house and things that are important to me.  My kids need it so that they can spend quality, uninterrupted time together.  No TV.  No play dates.  No running around from one activity to another.  Just time at home to be creative and play.  My girls spend SO much time at home with each other.  They have become each other’s best friend simply because I have given them no other option!  :)


2 – Teach your children how special sibling relationships are.  I tell my girls all the time how lucky they are to have each other.   Another way that I reinforce this is through my scrapbooks and photo albums.  For Valentines day a couple of years ago I made my girls a photo book called “Sisters” (you can see the whole book here). 

This book is so simple and was easy to make.  Just pictures of them and little tidbits about how close they are and all of the things they love to do together.  We read this book often and it is a constant reminder to them of how special their relationship is.  This is one example of a visual way to teach siblings that they are lucky to have each other.  We also talk about our relationships.  Sometimes at dinner I’ll ask my kids random questions about their day and about each other.  For example:  “Ellie – what is one thing you love about Addison?” … oh I love that about her too!”  or “Addison, did you get to see Ellie at school today? … I bet that was fun!”

3 – When your kids do fight, teach them how to compromise and work it out together.  We talk A LOT about compromise at our house.  I am always saying to my girls “what can we do that will be fair for everyone?”  or “How can you two work this out together?”  Then I give them a chance to come up with the answer.  Often with a little prompting, I can get them to solve their own disagreements.  If not, I quickly solve things for them by saying that if they don’t stop fighting we will be done playing and move on to our chores or bedtime.  If they are fighting over a certain toy, I tell them that if they can’t work something out that is fair, the toy will be taken away and neither of them will get to play with it.  That usually does the job.  :)


4 – Use behavior charts to help encourage positive attitudes towards each other and no fighting.  Not long ago I shared my star behavior charts which have always been a huge motivator for my girls to have positive attitudes towards each other and to not fight.  Having something set up like this where siblings are rewarded for being kind to each other and not fighting is a great way to encourage your kids to get along.


5 – Give positive praise when you see your kids getting along and being kind to each other.  This one is HUGE!  Positive reinforcement is such a powerful tool.  I look for opportunities all the time to praise my girls for getting along or being kind to each other.  I’ll say things like “Ellie, I love the way you are playing so nicely with Addison and letting her use your doll.  What a good big sister you are.”  Or “Addison, that was such a sweet thing to say to Ellie.  I bet that made her feel so happy!”  Comments like this always make my girls smile.  They feel special and proud of themselves and it encourages them to continue to do nice things for each other in the future.

6 – Teach by example.  I am really close to my siblings and my kids have definitely picked up on this.  I tell them stories all the time about things we did together and how much fun we had with each other when we were little.  My girls also see that I prioritize spending time with them now.  When my sister had her baby and I flew out to visit and help, I explained to my girls that they will do things like that for each other when they get older.  Teach your kids that no matter what, siblings are always there for each other.  
(me and my siblings)

Seeing the way my kids love each other is one of my favorite things about being a mom. 

Sibling love. 
 Nothing quite compares.  :)
I would love to hear from you!  
Any other tips for teaching your kids to love each other and get along?  
xoxo, Erin
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04.04.13

My little helper

Oh my word!  You all spoiled us with all of those sweet comments yesterday after our little news appearance!  Thank you so much!  I loved hearing from so many of you.  I read some of your kind comments from the blog and facebook to the girls and they were all smiles too.  Several of you commented on El’s shyness and I have to tell you that is not normal!  Ha!  I think we were all three a little nervous!  :)  
I am just popping in with a few quick pics today of my little helper…

He has been a huge help with the rock as you can imagine!  :)  
Lots of new house progress going on that I will post next week!
Also, a quick reminder about the Stella and Dot giveaway!  The Autism Awareness Collection is live and there are so many fun things to choose from.  Swing by my trunk show to check it out.  Thanks to those of you who have already purchased something and helped to support such a great cause.  It is a cause that is near and dear to my heart.  I will announce the giveaway winner tomorrow!  
Happy Thursday friends!  
xoxo, Erin
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04.03.13

We were on the news!

Exciting stuff around here today!  The girls and I were on the Fox 5 San Diego morning news!  I got an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from the people at Fox 5.  They had read my post on Sibling Love (teaching kids to get along and love each other)  and wanted to know if I would come and talk about a few of the tips I mentioned in my post for their “Mommy Daddy Handbook” segment.  I was excited!  And totally nervous.  Then they told me they wanted my girls to be on too and I got even more excited!  And then even more nervous.  Now we had the unpredictability factor going on.  Now aside from worrying about making a total idiot of myself I also had to worry about what my girls might say or do at any given moment.  :)  But the girls did great and we all survived the experience!  As soon as we were finished I picked up my phone to call Kenny (he was watching it live on TV).  I was going to ask him if I did my nervous laugh too often?  If I talked with my hands too much like I tend to do?  If the camera really does add 10 pounds?  (Which by the way I’ve decided definitely yes!)  Or if he noticed how there were times I wasn’t sure where to look – do I look at the lady speaking to me?  at the camera?  at the people behind the camera smiling at me?  But he had already sent me a text message —

“That was awesome!  I smell an Oscar!  Red Carpet here we come.  Color me Stedman.”

So I smiled and decided to critique myself to death later.  I told the girls they were amazing and drove home.

Pretending to be Oprah all the way.

xoxo, Erin
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04.01.13

Past Spring Decor

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you all had a nice Easter weekend!  Is everyone excited for Spring?  I know some of you are still trudging through winter weather.  I remember so well from our time living in Virginia how it felt when the first signs of Spring started popping up.  Buds on a tree here, a few flowers blooming there.  The warm sun on your face.  It’s the best!  Spring weather makes me want to exercise.  And garden.  And picnic.  It also makes me want to clean.  And organize.  And decorate.  No surprise to any of you on those last three.  :)  Since I am slowly starting to pack up my home decor instead of displaying it I thought I’d post a few past pics.  Just so I can have a temporary “spring decor” fix!  

Mantel from a couple of years ago.  One of these pics is doing its own thing…

These images make me excited for future decorating!  And they remind me to not go quite so overboard with a certain color theme in my next house.  If only I had a bit more yellow and aqua!  Ha!  Live and Learn.

:)  
Are you sprucing up your house for this beloved season?  

xoxo, Erin
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Kole
03.30.13

3 years ago today (Dear Kole)

{THEN}

{NOW}

Oh Mr. Kole.  My little boyfriend.  Today you turn three.  I don’t think you can turn three.  You are too good at being two.  In fact, you pretty much have the two year old thing mastered.  :)

I can’t look at these recent pictures without smiling.  They so perfectly capture your little expressions and personality.  You are so much fun right now.  And so much trouble.  Fun and trouble all mixed into one.  Your favorite thing to say is “not yet.”  It cracks us up.  Sometimes you say it so matter of fact.  “Kole – it’s time to brush your teeth” —  “not yet.”  Sometimes you say it when you are mad and throwing a fit.  “Kole it’s time for a nap.”  NOT! YETTTTT!!!!!!!”  You are still such a mommas boy.  We are together 24/7 and we both prefer it that way.  Sometimes if I’m away from you it feels nice to have a break.  For about 20 minutes.  Then I start to miss you and wonder what you are up to and I can’t wait to see you again.  You love your sisters so much Kole.  You call them “my Ellie” and “my Addie.”  When they are at school you run around upstairs calling “my Ellie!” “my Addie!”  “where are you!?”  Then when I tell you they are at school you get mad and yell “not yet!”  :)  You also adore your daddy and get so excited to see him.  I have a hard time getting you in bed at night because you don’t want to leave dad’s side.  You still love your pillows Kole.  You love to pile them all up on my bed and then tap all of us on the shoulder to “come play.”  So we do.  We all pile on the bed and play in the pillows with you.  Your favorite is when dad tosses you high in the air on top of them all.  You also love to cuddle.  Our favorite time together is right after you wake up from your nap.  I get you out of your crib and we come downstairs to the couch and we turn on Peppa Pig (your favorite) and then we cuddle.  We cuddle as long as we possibly can.  We are always bummed when our cuddle time is interrupted by life and the schedule.  You love swinging at the park, practicing your ABC’s, riding in the car, Eggo waffles, taking baths, and your choo choo trains.  You are working hard on your speech Kole.  I am so proud of how hard you try and of all of the progress you’ve made this year.  Your therapists adore you.  Even though they say you have “compliance issues.”  I have to suppress a smile sometimes when you are acting up in therapy.  You love to stir things up and get a reaction.  Like I said before, you are very good at being two.  :)  You are one big ball of energy Kole.  You love to run and climb and jump and play play play and mess up your sisters toys and mess up the house and mess up the laundry and mess up whatever you can find to mess up.  You make life messy.  And I never thought I’d say this, but because of you, I’m starting to like messy too.  I wouldn’t change one hair on your sweet smelling head little buddy.  
At least “not yet.”  :)
Love you so much Kole –
Happy Birthday!

xoxo,

mommy
xoxo, Erin
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03.29.13

Fashion Friday – Stella and Dot Giveaway!

Happy Friday everyone!  Ok.  So you know I’m not much of a giveaway person.  But when Lindsay (a darling mom of four and blog reader) contacted me and mentioned Stella and Dot I was tempted.  Because I really like Stella and Dot jewelry.  Then when she mentioned that if I host an on-line show a portion of the proceeds will go to a charity or cause of my choice I said YES PLEASE!  So cute Lindsay sent me a necklace…

And the packaging was enough to know I’d made a smart choice.  Isn’t it adorable?
Hello gorgeous.  
Well.  Hello right back.  :)
 The necklace I have been wearing all week is called The Piper 
(comes in gold and silver – I chose silver).  
 This picture and my bad lighting doesn’t do it justice.  It’s so pretty.  And simple.  And feminine.  

And it just seems to go with every scoop/v-neck top I have.  I love the simplicity of it on its own for every day.  It would also be perfect for layering with other necklaces.  Right now I have my eye on the Together Forever necklace – so cute to wear the two together!  I know this necklace will become a staple for me.  And I want to give one away to one of you!  Leave a comment if you are interested.

I also have an on-line Stella and Dot trunk show open.  Spring is such a busy time of time year with Mother’s Day, Graduations, birthdays, baby showers (I buy more gifts during April/May than any other time of year!).  This is a perfect solution for gifts.  And it never  hurts to pick up a little something for yourself while you’re at it.  :)  Aside from the Together Forever necklace I mentioned, here are a few other items I have my eye on right now:

The Zinnia Bracelet (I’m such a sucker for green!) 
The Radiance Coil Bracelet (so simple and elegant) 
The Serenity Stone Drops (also a sucker for turquoise!)
CUTE cute stuff.  I hope you find something you love too!  

A percentage of the proceeds from my trunk show will go towards Autism Research.  Which I’m thrilled about.  Also, the month of April is Autism Awareness month and Stella & Dot is donating 20% of retail sales from their Autism Awareness Collection to support the HollyRod Foundation.  There is a guaranteed $10,000 donation which is amazing!  This collection will be open starting April 1st.

Shopping and giving.  Two of my favorite things!  So leave a comment with your name and city to enter the giveaway and check out the fun jewelry in my trunk show.  And while you’re at it, have a fabulous Easter weekend!

:)

xoxo, Erin
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03.27.13

Book shelf organization

Did you all just fall off your chair!?  I organized something!  Oh how I’ve missed organizing.  Ever since the new house stuff kicked into overdrive I haven’t had much time for my beloved passion.  Sure I’ve kept up my already organized spaces, but I haven’t been able to take on any new projects.  Until last weekend that is!  Kenny and the girls went camping so Kole and I went a bit crazy.  We seriously cleaned our house from top to bottom.  (I say “we” in the loosest sense of the word.)  :)  It felt so good!  And a certain bookshelf was the first thing I tackled.  
This is a picture I took years ago of our guest room bookshelves.  Not a great picture, but it shows the purpose of the shelves which was well..  to store our books.  This room is a small one and the bed takes up most of the space but we didn’t have any other place for our books to go, so this is where they ended up.  It was working fine… until El moved into this room.  Ellie started sleeping in this room a little over a year ago when we realized the girls just could not get to sleep at a decent time sharing a bedroom.  They stayed up way too late chatting and then we all paid for it the next day!  So we moved El into the guest bedroom.  
I re organized the closet to make it functional for her, but the bookcases stayed the same.  

And before long they looked like this.  

And this.  Half way taken over by toys.  Unorganized piles everywhere.  It drove me crazy every time I walked into her room.  Without any real storage for her things these shelves became a catch all for any and everything.  
So Kole and I sorted through all of the books, got rid of books we don’t need anymore, and boxed up the rest!  Kole was a huge help with the boxing.  And yes.  He is still wearing Christmas pj’s.  Just in time for Easter.  :)

Among other things I came across some of my old teacher plan books.  Too fun to reminisce!  :)
After a few hours of cleaning and boxing (and lots of Thomas the train and snack breaks in between) El’s shelves looked like this…

Removing the books gave me room to store toys that were taking over other areas of the house.  This is not how I would have organized this space if we were staying put for a while.  I didn’t label bins or spend a lot of time thinking about how these shelves would function.  This is just a better solution for the next few months until it’s time to box up the toys and move!  

We kept a few books on the shelves.  El’s favorites that have been read over and over.  Junie B. Jones, Ivy and Bean, Little House on the Prairie,

and my favorite – the Beverly Cleary collection.  Speaking of books El loves, she is currently obsessed with the Thea Stilton series.  Very fun for 6-12 age girls!  Ad is loving The Boxcar Children.  Nothing like great children’s literature.

So that’s it!  Not a major makeover, but it feels SO good to have all of our books boxed up and ready to move.  It also feels amazing to walk into El’s room and not cringe!  Organization just calms the mind, doesn’t it!?  I can’t wait to start tackling spaces in the new house.  I keep trying to convince Kenny that when the new house is finished we should keep living in our current house and I’ll just pop up to the new house to clean and organize and decorate it for a few hours each day.  Once in a while he and the kids can come and visit.  But only if they take their shoes off and don’t touch a thing.  

I don’t think he’s buying it.  
;)  
xoxo, Erin
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03.26.13

House update

Popping in with a few recent pics of the latest progress!

Sample stair newel post.  
My inspiration picture.  I added a recessed panel to match our shaker style cabinets, but aside from that said copy this!  

 We are adding a fun detail on the treads going up.  I’m excited to see how it looks when it’s all finished!

Picked out the pavers for our front/back yard.  
 And A LOT of progress has been made on the outside.  Front door is primed, siding panels are in place, porch lids are completed…
and we are ready for rock!  I’ve been having second (OK twenty-second) thoughts about the rock going around and above our front door.  Wondering if I should just keep the siding look there as well and only use the rock as a wainscot in other places?  I’m not sure, but I need to decide quickly!  Like tomorrow. 

Someone asked about my ceiling/door size when I shared this pic of my mudroom last week:

She mentioned that my dutch door was so big it made the door into my mudroom look like a little hobbit door.  That made me laugh!

That door isn’t the entrance into the room, it’s storage under the staircase (a hobbit door with a purpose).  Thought I better clear that up in case anyone else thought that too!  I’m short, but not that short.  :)

Oh!  Just noticed it’s midnight.  Happy Tuesday friends!

xoxo, Erin
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