Ella has had some fun adventures the last couple of months:
Water fight with myself:
Your toddler finds a spray bottle...
Using a fork
If it is too hard, just put the food on the end of the fork with your fingers.
Eating an orange
Somethings are too good to wait!
Honking my nose
If Mom and Dad's noses make noises so should mine!
Pushing laundry basket
Beep Beep! Coming through!
Shoe sandwich
Anything can be a sandwich if you try hard enough
"Cooking"
Mmm. Banana Soup!
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
New Backsplash
When we bought our house, we didn't make many major design changes. We kept the paint colors etc. The previous owners had put up antique style ads as stickers for a backsplash in kitchen. Instead of falling more in love with them, we got more and more annoyed.
Daniel didn't want to put up tiles because someday we'll probably replace the laminate, and you don't want a weird gap back there when you're done!
After lots of asking he agreed to try a beadboard backsplash. We decided to use my parents' expertise to figure out how to install it. We used a big sheet of beadboard panel from Home Depot, and painted it with high gloss paint. Ella even helped a little.
We think it turned out looking good. It turned out to be a good solution.
Daniel didn't want to put up tiles because someday we'll probably replace the laminate, and you don't want a weird gap back there when you're done!
After lots of asking he agreed to try a beadboard backsplash. We decided to use my parents' expertise to figure out how to install it. We used a big sheet of beadboard panel from Home Depot, and painted it with high gloss paint. Ella even helped a little.
We think it turned out looking good. It turned out to be a good solution.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Grandpa and Grandma Visit
Grandma and Grandpa Call came for a visit. We had lots of fun playing around the house. We read books, played with toys, and helped Grandpa work on his computer.
We went to the thinkery (children's museum) one morning, we and had lots of fun there.
We went to the thinkery (children's museum) one morning, we and had lots of fun there.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Nightstands
For those of you who don't know, I love browsing pinterest for ideas for cool projects. I'd been itching to try gel stain on something for a long time, and Daniel, wisely, didn't want to ruin something that was perfectly good.
Fortunately, I got a great deal on a pair of IKEA nightstands, and we desperately needed to nightstands. At $5 a piece, Daniel agreed that it was worth the risk to jazz them up!
We gel stained the top, (several coats),painted,
and added some molding and pulls.
They turned out pretty great!
Fortunately, I got a great deal on a pair of IKEA nightstands, and we desperately needed to nightstands. At $5 a piece, Daniel agreed that it was worth the risk to jazz them up!
and added some molding and pulls.
They turned out pretty great!
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