Saturday, November 27, 2010

Sorry Jett...

Sorry for traumatizing you buy zipping your unit in your jeans. Guess that's why little boys should not go commando.

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So yes, not a good idea underwear on "poop day" exp. if I'm upstairs busy with something... oh well. I can hope for only one poop today...

Friday, November 26, 2010

Diaper Free Day!!

So days when we are home or going to be around for a little while, I do my best to remember to put Jett in big boy underwear. He loves wearing them, and usually will do 1-3hours no problem but then it's naps or we go out somewhere so I put a diaper on him and forget about it the rest of the day. Well today the only errand we had was an eye exam for both the girls. Jett had already stayed dry + peed in the potty all morning so I thought, eh, might as well try going out. I knew we wouldn't be gone too long. I brought a change of clothes just in case.. BUT he didn't need them! We were gone about 45min and dry no problem. I did put a diaper on right before naps, he slept 2.5h woke up, came downstairs for about 10min, the went to the washroom (he still had is diaper on.) this is the first time he's wanted to go pee, while wearing a diaper. So I take it off.. and DRY!! I was quite surprised. He sat on the pot and peed. It's now 7:30pm and he has been in undies all day and been dry! I guess we just run with it at this point. Though tomorrow might be interesting as it's probably "poop day" as he does every other day.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Operator?

So I asked Ella to go downstairs and get the phone so I could call Jayme. I guess she figured she knew the # so she tried calling him.. She comes upstairs and says Mom there is someone on the phone.. I thought maybe she hit re-dial or something.. I get on the phone and I hear "Mama this is the operator, your daughter was playing with the phone" I was like "oh my gosh, so sorry", and she was totally fine with it. I get off the phone and sternly tell Ella "that was the operator, she was mad, you can't play with the phone".. she goes around the corner, and I hear a sheepish voice... "is she coming here?" I say no, your not in that kind of trouble.. but I think she got the message!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

A Yummy Surprise!


Some friends popped by and dropped off this crazy yummy cupcakes... don't they look scrumptious? Well they are/ were!! Such a nice surprise on a cold night. And perfect timing for my nightly shows! (nothing like watching Biggest Loser chowing on a calorie laddened cupcake :) )

Thanks guys!!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Dresser Make Over







So we've been keeping our eye's out for dressers for the girls. We looked at new, but they are pricey, even for a basic one. So finally found a great on Kijiji; a 5 peice set for $80. Jay had to drive to Vermilion (30min) but I think it was worth it. It was a tall 4 drawer dresser, a long 9 drawer dresser, 2 night tables and a large mirro (have yet to do the mirror).


I was lazy and didn't want to tackly sanding everything so got a bondable primer and did 2 coats of it and then a white gloss spray paint over top. I accented with a dark pink, which I love! Hardware always seems to be the expensive part of a 'makeover' so I opted to spray the existing hardware, and I think this is my favorite part of the makeover, love how they turned out! Not sure how long they will last, might have needed a primer first, guess we'll see..


So in all, here is the break down:
dressers $80
primer $28
Brushes $6
spray paint $12
pink craft paint $0.94
Total for all pieces: $126.94 cheaper than even 1 dresser new! and way cuter than I could have bought!

I have a close up of the detail on top of the dresser. Not the work of a perfectionist, the work of a productionist :). Also a close up of the hardware. ( I have a hard time moving text and pictures around on blogger so sorry they are kinda all over the place, but I was losing patience!)





































Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Knitting

So a friend of mine got the bug in my ear about knitting.. and since then i've been thinking, "ya, I want to knit!" being impatient, I thought ohhh you tube might have something. (Youtube has a video on EVERYTHING) and I found a really great video, made it so easy! So been working on it tonight. I got one piece done, it's about 12-14" wide and 1.5" tall, and I'm going to roll it in to a flower accessory. Next piece is a scarf. Maybe for the girls or maybe a short accessory type one for me.

Here's a pic; notice the strategic planning to hide my double chin from the laptop camera :)