Pumpkin Patch

Today after school, the kids and I,  drove to the Pumpkin Patch in Hayden. 

The kids had a blast.  Below are some fun pictures of our day.  Once we grew all pumpkin'd out, drove a little more ways, to Cullman. There we picked up Kristian and Justin. Cooper saw them and screamed, "Get in this car...I have missed you so much. I haven't seen you in forever!" It was really cute. 

Happy Fall Ya'll

DIY Rug

 So, I have put the painted rug under my kitchen table. It really does lighten up my kitchen. I need to go buy some spray fabric starch. I'm out:(Rats! Now I just will count down to the first spillage on the white  stripe! Ha! 

Painted Rug

I took these pictures when the rug was still wet, so there a few parts that look discolored, but the rug will not look that way when it dries. 

 I have been wanting to paint this rug for a few months. I finally got to it the other day. I chose to paint stripes because that seemed to be less difficult. I knew that I would do this wrong, or mess up somehow.  Well, I think it turned out really cute. I have another rug and I will be using a stencil to paint.   One thing I learned with this project...use a primer. I did not. I think that I would have used less paint and the paint would have adhered better to the rug. I haven't yet, but I'm going to apply a polyurethane over the rug. 

Picture Frame Redo

This is another thrift store find picture 11x14 picture frame for 1.99. I painted it with Duck Egg Blue (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint). Sanded the edges and applied a dark wax.  I love the texture the frame gives to the room. 

Redneck Wine Glass

My Mother-in-Law watched the kids this past weekend and I noticed she had a Redneck Wine Glass. I had bought one for my friend Patty and think they are so much fun. I told Marilyn, "I would like to have several of these glasses for my everyday drinking glasses". Ha!  It would look cute if I had cabninets that were glass or opened...so, you could see the mason jars. Anyhoo, at school today, she showed up with a bag from Fun Stuff. I was beginning to open the bag and realized, She has gone and bought me those redneck wine glasses. Sure enough. She did. That was sooo sweet. Now I just need my southern wrap around porch and I can sip tea out of my Redneck Glass! Ha!

The Kiddo's ABC Book

The kids have started their ABC Book. I have been feeling very guilty lately about not spending the time with Tristan that I did with Cooper.  When Tristan started school this year, I started thinking...OMG does Tristan even know her shapes? Well, she does. Most of them anyway. But, I have been trying to turn anything we do into a learning experience (EVEN WHEN IT's NOT). I found this idea on Pinterest. The 3's at our school are actually doing sorta the same thing. Except it is called 'Zoo ABC's'.

We started with the letter "H". Only because of Halloween is this month. The next letter will be "A". I want them to come up with their own words for the letter. I helped get them started and listed several words for the letter H. They both wanted Halloween. Cooper has already said, 'He want's his B to be for Batman'. Tristan wants her B to be for Barbie! I want the alphabet book to bring out their own personalities. We went to Michael's and bought some white card stock and they picked out the color they wanted their binders. I got some protective sleeves to put in the binder. Really cute project to do with your kids. Maybe Tristan will know all of her ABC's by the end of the year. So, sad! 

 Tristan's H.  She wanted to draw spider webs on her H. Then she added her stickers. 

Cooper's H. He wanted to color his whole H black. Then he wanted to put the stickers on the letter.

DIY Scarf

 Over at my Cousin, Amelia's Blog, she posted a picture and tutorial of a scarf she made out of old t-shirts. I made mine out of three t-shirts...crimson, grey, and white. I played around with the grey scarf and took a picture of how that turned out. I also took a picture of the white and crimson scarf below. You can't really see the white because of my white shirt I am wearing. I got my creativity flowing and ended up cutting the arm sleeve to make headbands for Tristan and I. Turned out cute. Thanks for sharing Amelia.