still painting...

checking in before the weekend! 

i've been in my paint clothes since tuesday. project "big girl room" is in full force and hopefully it will be done by this weekend. i sit in my paint clothes as i type this and i plan on peeling them off to enjoy the weekend but still get as much done as i can in this room now that 90% of the painting is done.

so far, the room is nothing impressive, but man, brooklyn sure thinks so. i've done most of the work while she takes her naps. the reaction i get when she wakes up and walks into her new room, "this is so wonderful!" so plain and simple is winning me this race with my genuinely excited two year old. oh that girl. 

so remember, when you see the final product... it's simple. just exciting to a toddler.

we are pumped over here to welcome in march over the weekend. march is a good month. february was good to us, but we are counting on march for some warmer days, spring grass, and lots of days at the park. 

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little friends + paint

we spent our thursday with friends. 

after meeting up with chelsea & ellie bean, we picked up katie and were on our way to see mary and meet her new little bundle of joy keila.

brooklyn practicing holding a tiny baby.

the three little amigas. 

(brooklyn's sooo big!)

us girls mostly chatted, and technically, i mostly chased brooklyn around just to make sure she didn't break anything. we also took lots of potty breaks. (going on 4 days without an accident!) due to a delayed and almost non existent nap, she turned into her grouchy/pouty self and was not super delightful to have around. everyone was so patient with her. i'm grateful for that. 

she honestly couldn't wait to get home, and begged all day, to paint. sadly, this is the first time i've let her do this and she's been asking about it for a week now. the time fiiiiinalllly came and she was in heaven. she could hardly wait to try every color. we'll have to invest in a better brush because, darn it, the one that came with the paint was a little horrendous.

but she loved it all the same.

my little lefty. 

h a p p y  w e e k e n d i n g !

alright so...

here's how my monday went:

woke up.

fixed brooklyn her breakfast of waffles smeared with cookie butter.

ate the same while i prepped the living room for painting and put a load of wash in the washer.

brooklyn sat and ate her breakfast while i primed the living room walls. 

another batch of wash put in.

showered, then put brooklyn in the tub.

she splashed and played with her toys while i got ready for the day.

dried her off, dresed her, and brushed her teeth.

made my bed.

we were out the door to run some errands and then meet james for lunch.

we cafe rio-ed.

kissed james goodbye.

brooklyn fell asleep on the way home. i left her in her in the car, in the garage, left the door open, and laid down on the couch to read my book for a little bit.

brooklyn stayed asleep. i put another load of wash in.

got my bosch out and stated making bread. brooklyn woke up.

i fed her lunch: leftover ham fried rice and milk.

while she ate, i put a second coat of primer on the walls.

started a movie for her (don't judge) and gave her some books so i could finish painting.

put the bread in the oven. started dinner.

james came home.

we ate dinner: soup and homemade bread.

james changed into his paint clothes and helped me paint the living room. brooklyn was nearby climbing on things and occasionally checking on her mom and dad.

we turned on the ncaa championship game. james distracted brooklyn while i continued to paint. 

i ran out of gas. the three of us hunkered down on the couch to finish the game. and what a game it was. 

what are my plans for today...

hmm...

i think i'll just read my book and lay low. maybe.

the weekend of paint.

i dub this past weekend as the 'painting weekend'. it started friday morning when chels showed up at my house with a car full of things to paint. we laid it all out and went to town. brooklyn was happy to play and dance nearby while we painted. we jammed out to the justin bieber station on pandora and sipped on our sonic drinks. with a couple quick errands in between coats of paint, a couple hours, and some darn cute hot pink striped tv trays later...we were done. well chels was. i wasn't quite. i finished my stuff on saturday morning.

james's cousin steven and my other SIL tori came over for the evening and we grilled up some turkey burgers. we even ate them outside. it got chilly fast so we moved the party indoors and impatiently waited for jeremy to get there so we could all go out for dessert. ice cream of course. while we waited, i attempted to put some piggy tails in brooklyn's hair. her very thin hair. but we were successful and i about died/cried of cuteness at the sight of her. she looked so grown up and not like my baby brooklyn at all. my gosh that girl's just growing right up. brooklyn loved hanging out with her auntie 'ch' all day, as always.

like i said, saturday morning, i finished my painting projects while james fertilized the lawn, and brooklyn took a nap. it was a late night on friday for that little one. we got some other yard stuff done and james even bleached the garage floor. we're so excited for summer and all the projects we have up our sleeves! it was a pretty productive saturday. 

that evening we met up with friends at buffalo wild wings for dinner and lots of visiting. i finally got to meet baby camden and wanted to munch on those kissable chubby cheeks of his. and those lips. oh those lips. you have to see those in person. they are irresistible. 

after dinner it was more cousin time. steven came up again, along with james' other cousin doug. we visited for awhile and then chelsea and i had our own girl time. like we needed after a whole day of painting together, but we just did. we always do. you can never have enough girl time. 

sunday brouht st. patty's day and that meant we were all wearing green. i wasn't sure how to pull off green with brooklyn, but since dad gets her ready for church, it was up to him to figure it out. which he did, and honestly folks, he did it to the best of his ability. he didn't have much to work with. she even had green earrings in (which she lost one of during nursery later in the day). nonetheless, we were very festive at church today. and we were LUCKY too. brooklyn stayed the whole 2 hours in nursery!!! big deal. big deal.

our st. patty's sunday dinner was green french toast and green milk. very simple. it was the fastest, easiest, and also the yummiest in my mind, thing i could come up with. brooklyn loved it. she's a french toast fan just like her mama.

we rode with jeremy and chelsea to the slc to visit james' grandparents.it was a short, nice visit. steak included.

we made the trek home and just relaxed for the rest of sunday. it was avocado toast for supper and then lots of sitting around and 'brooklyn watching'. our favorite thing. we even got so lucky as to have kayla come stay with us. brooklyn waited anxiously for her to come so we could eat brownie sundays. she loves her auntie googs! sadly, auntie googs had to go back to utah state for classes so we didn't get to hang out with her very much. but we'll take a short visit any day. 

this week we look forward to more family time, some yummy dinners, possibly more painting, and fun weekend at the end of it. sounds good to me. let's get this started monday!

p.s. my parents are enjoying a nice long cruise. that sounds about right to me right now.  

a little paint.

when i'm feeling really productive (unlike monday) folks, i get stuff done. after folding laundry, hanging up a load of clothes, unloading and loading the dishwasher, and straightening up brooklyn's room, i decided to paint a couple of my walls (half walls). i've been looking at paint samples for awhile now and i finally decided on one to try. so i got to work.

even brooklyn got in on the action. she loved taping off her own wall.

between primer coats, we danced around and made silly faces. we also made a trip to ulta. very important detail there. 

brooklyn played with her dolly while i put on the final primer coat.

when james got home, the three of us made a run to bountiful to run some quick errands. brooklyn was good until our drive home. she screamed, so we turned up the radio. she screamed some more. so fun.

back at home, james hurry and skyped his sister and his mom and this made brooklyn so happy. we did a whole google chat hang out thing and brooklyn even danced for them. so cute. she sang songs and said a few new words she's learned. all in attendance were impressed. 

while my first coat of paint on the walls were drying, i decided to hurry and try a project i've been pondering over and thinking about for awhile now. homemade blue glass. i went with more of a turquoise and honestly, its still wet up stairs so i can't even tell you how it's turned out. more on that to follow.

during my little project, brooklyn did this...

she was very excited and anxious to pick them all up for me though. not really. but she did help pick them up. that girl. tornado i tell ya. 

i got the last coat of paint on while james got brooklyn ready for bed. i can't wait to see it in the daylight. 

we all hunkered down in the man cave to watch a 'bedtime movie', the lorax. so far so good. brooklyn isn't even acting tired though and it's past her bedtime. james and i are loving the movie. more than brooklyn. it's so colorful and fun. 

anyway, that was our wednesday. thursday should be an adventure. our power will be out from 9 - 12. i have a few things planned for us to do, don't know if it's 3 hours worth, but i guess we'll find out. it's also a wash my hair+blow dry it+and curl it day. a shower at noon? sounds good to me.

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