Happy February

Happy February Everyone!

Just a quick post today.  Brennan is home sick from school today, and we have a date to watch a little Kung Fu Panda.  He's doing much better now, but last night he had a fever, sick stomach, and a cough.  Right now it's just a cough, thank goodness.  Let's just say I had lots of very unpleasant laundry to do this morning.  Please pray that soap and hand sanitizer keeps those germs away from me!  He was funny this morning.  He was recapping the events from the wee morning hours and he told me he got "choke" all over the floor.  Poor guy.

Since today is the first of February, I thought it would be a great day to share our Valentine decked mantel and hutch.  I know I've been showing glimpses of them for a couple weeks, but now you can see the whole picture.

Here is our hutch.  Hopefully this is the last time you see it this color.  I am way over the black and wood.  It has a big makeover in it's future.  It has to wait it's turn though, I have other projects happening right now.  I'm thinking that at this rate, by the time Jason gets home, I will have painted or modge-podged everything in the house. : )



Like my little topiaries?  I love them!  I found them on Amazon. (Though it looks like the price went up since I bought mine. Bummer.)  The wood blocks are from Target either last year or the year before, and the cards are from Paper Source.








A little love on the chalkboard.  It needs a makeover, too.  It's chalkboardy-ness is almost nonexistent.  I have to get it wet to write on it.  Time for some spray paint!



And the mantel.



Our "Love Across the World" globes.  I may have to keep them up past Valentine's Day. : )  The Be Mine art is just a card I stuck in a frame.



Our waterless snow globes are still hanging out.



I planned on making a bunch of these, but when I got this one up, I liked it just fine all by itself.  Any more would have distracted from my lovely window.



Here's the bottom half.  Remember when I mentioned I had made a chalkboard at Brennan's level?  Well, here it is.  He loves it.  All I did was stick some chalkboard Contact paper on a piece of plexi-glass I had in the garage.



So simple and so cute. : )




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February is a busy, busy month around here.  Jason, Shanny, and Brennan all have birthdays, and there's Valentine's Day, which besides decorating the house isn't too big a deal.  Jason and I usually just exchange cards, and sometimes we go out to eat on a day around Valentine's Day to avoid all the craziness on the day. 

To add more to the list, today at school I got bombarded by paperwork; calendars and lists...

...and so it begins.

 As it turns out, the preschool kids do exchange valentines.  Uh oh, I don't know why I didn't think about that before.  I guess because they sent out a letter about not exchanging Christmas gifts.  Now I have to come up with an idea for Brennan's valentine cards, pronto.  Also, the list.  It was a list of things to do to celebrate Brennan's birthday at school.  Looks like mommy has some homework to do.  One of the things on the list is making a poster board of pictures showing important people in Brennan's life, baby pictures, etc.  One of the things is to bring a non-food treat for everyone.  Thankfully, I had already anticipated that one, so I have an idea.  I'll keep you posted on that. 

The list did make me think about how different kids birthdays are celebrated now from when I was a kid.  Back then, mom would make some brownies or if we were really lucky she would get some of the big sugar cookies from the bakery and she would send them to school, and it was all good.  The majority of your birthday was celebrated at home.  Now there's treat bags and power point presentations. haha.  There were several other suggestions on the list, but I'm not going to drive myself crazy.

So I'm off to start looking for some ideas. 

I promise, tomorrow I will post some pictures.  I know some of you are having Brennan withdrawals, and we can't be having that. : )

Valentine's Decorations Are Up!

And we really needed some cheery decorations around here!  It's been dark and dreary and I was feelin' the January blues.  Blah!!! 

I used a couple of things we already had, but most of it I put together with stuff I found at the Dollar Tree the other day when I got the mirrors for my Super-Duper Awesome Mirror.

First is the mantle.  I found the LOVE word at the Target Dollar Spot a couple years ago.  The hurricanes I made last fall, (I'm sure you've noticed them before :o) ) and I just filled them with red and white rose petals.


The frames are from the Dollar Tree or Target again, and I just cut out some felt hearts and glued them on scrapbook paper.


The love inspired books I already had, as well as the silver candlesticks.  The balls are just some styrofoams balls I already had with some rose petals hot glued on.


I got this glittery heart at Michael's last year, and it found a home on my iron fence piece.


Some paper hearts on our entertainment center.


The X and O frames I made last year.  A couple of the marbles fell off, and I haven't glued them back on. Shhh!


Brennan's contributions. : )  Heart clings on the front door.


And on the back door, along with the sunny hearts we made the other day.  Nope, there is no sun right now, and yes, it is snowing.


I think this is my favorite.  More felt and paper art in the tray on our kitchen island.


Some love and hugs on the hutch.  Both of them are from Target; the blocks from this year, and the love banner is from a few years ago.


Plus, of course, my little Brennan love, in his dinosaur jammies.  He really enjoys decorating with me.  I'll take it while I can get it!  We have a couple more heart projects to work on, mostly just some paper and yarn banners, but for the most part we're done. 

I think it's enough to help me make it through January.  Whew!

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