Snaggle Tooth

Landrie lost her 2nd tooth tonight, just 6 days shy of her 6th birthday. She is a true snaggle tooth right now. She didn't lose the other bottom center tooth, she lost one over from that! At this rate, she's going to be entirely toothless by Christmas! Her big teeth are taking forever to come in!

She came home from school today with it VERY loose. Tonight right before bed, she told me it was really loose again, so I insisted on pulling it. We lost the first one with a chicken nugget and I didn't want her swallowing another. She was very hesitant to have it pulled, but once I got it out, she couldn't have been more excited.

I'm glad this Tooth Fairy only brings quarters or we'd be broke quick!

More Inspiration

I cheated and added this stool to the top of my craft list. I bought it Saturday at the Warehouse ArtChix monthly sale. These girls are SO talented...I love going to see their ideas and taking inspiration from them. Sandra saved this cute little stool for someone else to craft and it was perfect for my favorite little helpers!





I lightly sanded the top of the stool since I knew that I wanted to Mod Podge the top. I then painted the edges of the top with my FREE Glidden paint in Onyx Black Eggshell.


I painted to coats around all of the visable areas and then used Mod Podge to add the leopard paper on top. I then used some paper towel to "sponge" black around the edges to make it blend together.

2 coats of Poly-cryllic and here you go!!!

I think it turned out so cute! The girls are so excited to use it to help me in the kitchen. It would also make a handy time out stool IF my girls ever needed a time out! Haha!

I've added this to Twice Remembered - Make Your Monday's blog party. Check it out for other great projects and transformations!

For Gigi

A self-portrait by Landrie

Karsyn dancing along to Dancing with the Stars

Landrie's 1st Project

We are 4 weeks into school! Time has really flown by! Landrie loves school which makes it easy on momma to drop her off every day. She had her first project due this week - About Me. We've planned for 2 weeks what we would put on it. It's a "gingerbread" style cut out that we were supposed to decorate with her favorite things.

Landrie picked out everything to go on the project. I did the cutting, gluing and "fluffing". Here's the finished project:



Landrie was so excited about it! I just hope that it's as cute (OK - cuter) than her classmates. That's terrible, isn't it? Oh well...just being honest!

Fun Labor Day

We had a great day off today! After Landrie being sick for 2 days, I was really looking forward to getting out of the house. We went to the first high school game at Cowboys Stadium! Lamar was working at the game and ended up on the sidelines helping with the defense!

We sat on the 50 yard line and I was blown away by the big screen!! It was a fun game and WE WON - 42-21!!!

After the game, we rested up and then went to dinner at Chick-fil-A for our FREE sandwich! It was super busy and the one we went to was out of sandwiches, so we got nuggets instead. While we were eating, Landrie lost her first tooth!! We're pretty sure she swallowed it, which really disappointed her, but we left a note for the tooth fairy so she wouldn't forget to come.

The Tooth Fairy is bringing her 4 quarters. I didn't want to put them loose under her pillow, so she's getting a cute package!

I'm a little sad to see her lose her teeth. We'll have to take lots of pictures before the big ones come in!!!

Finished Projects

Last night, I had a fun craft night with Jordan and Steph. Basically, they watched me while I worked, but at least I got some things done.

Here's the updated list:

1. the girls' kitchen is still not complete! Ugh! I WILL finish it this week!
2. shutter cabinets for the girls' bathroom
3. shutters turned into a bulletin board or a towel rack - still TBD
4. empty frames painted black and hung in living room
5. my dumpster dive chairs - one is painted, but needs fabric for a cushion and the other is still in its horrid state - not sure where I want it to go
6. need a purple lampshade for Karsyn's room
7. need a pink lampshade for Landrie's room
8. window treatment in living room (have a plan just need the tools)
9. pillows for new couches
10. the big K finished for the frame wall

I've had a big empty space on the wall for a while. I used my FREE Glidden paint and spent $10 on frames and $9 for the K. Total cost for this project is $20ish!! The copper paint and the leopard paper really tie together the brown and black in the living room. I'm really pleased with the way these turned out!

Karsyn's First Day

Karsyn started school on Tuesday. She went back to St. Timothy this year and has Ms. Jill again, so it was a very easy transition. She'll be going Tuesday, Thursday and Friday so it will be a nice break for Lolly.

Silly girls eating breakfast!

Posing at home - she wouldn't look at the camera since the sun was so bright.

Happy Girl ready to walk in with her lunch box.

In her room




Karsyn had a great first day! I'm so glad that both of the girls are so happy at school! It makes for one happy momma!!!!