pink and pink

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've actually been really busy with my "spare time." To me, spare time is when Melody takes a nap or when both girls are asleep in bed. Anyway, for those that haven't heard, over a week ago my brother in law Jordan moved out of our home after a little over 2 years. I know some are saying..wow, 2 years?! Jordan was a very low maintenance guest, so it's bitter-sweet saying goodbye. The best thing to come out of it is Cadence gets her OWN ROOM! Once he moved out, I picked out new paint and decided to get to work. The "old" room is purple and green, so I wanted something completely different, something FUN. If you haven't guessed, I love color. Pink, yellow, and white. I wish I could show you how TALL this room is. I know I'm short, but even with a ladder it was hard to tape and paint the edges of the ceiling. The main game plan was the top 3/4 yellow and the bottom 1/4 pink. But I didn't stop there, I wanted to make it special. So I found a fun wall stencil in the diamonds (harlequin) and picked out 2 different shades of pink that would work together. Eventually I sponged on the lighter pink. I won't go into all the details, but this project took days. I finally finished it 2 days ago and all that matters is that she LOVES it. =o) I wasn't initially going for the princess theme, it just kinda happened. I saw the castle wall sticker and it all came together. Besides, she really loves the Disney princess, and the stickers I found come off reallllly easy if change my mind. I posted some pictures to show you kinda the process and the final project. It's kind of hard to see the yellow, I kept it subtle--reminded me of soft cream butter. =o) AND how often are you able to paint with PINK! that was probably the most fun I had in a while.

Other than my painting project, Jared has been sick for 2 weeks--no fun when husbands are miserable, and my sister Amy finally came to my house for a visit yesterday!! (due to earlier car issues, it's been awhile). We decided to enjoy the spring weather, so we took the kids to lunch and then to a park to play on the slides and swings. It was the first time my baby had been in a swing and she was laughing the whole time. Tonight I went with my mom to Ikea--spur of the moment. It was her first time at this store. Seemed like we were there forever--seriously almost 3 hours. I left with some plastic bowls, and she left with a basket full. =o) I was hoping to find some curtains for the newly painted room, but no luck, I'll have to look somewhere else tomorrow.

That's it for now. Have a good one! =o)