OK. I realize my posts as of late are a bit on the family side of things. Life is mostly family around these parts. But amidst the unpacking and moving and getting over winter colds...oh and makin' a baby, there has been a bit o' art. And because we are family here too...I am taking opinions. Kinda like, "High-heels or flats with the dress?" Although, it's not shoes we're trying on. Maybe both don't work, but one has to be better than the other.
Thoughts?
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do share.
Around my house:
1. More color. Moving in and getting closer to having a clean vibrant space!
2. Two stickers made friends on my wall.
3. Sleepy boys after a long day of adventure seeking.
4. A happy mama who's Valentine's present was 2 FULL days to myself! Result: an almost moved in house!
Happy Site Friday is a state of mind today. A place I need to go in my heart and my head to get over a really hard week! I LOVE this quote, and I was reminded of it from my friend's blog here. She is a mother of 6 (including triplets) and a graphic designer. Just what I needed for a pick me up this morning!
THANK YOU ALL for your sweet well wishes on the pregnancy! I wish I had the time to email you all back individually and thank you! It is so exciting to be creating a new child inside me...more than a miracle!
But in case you EVER get the sense that motherhood is all bliss and no tears in our household, please think again. Sometimes I think because blogging is JUST A FRACTION of real life, we forget that life with children is NOT picture perfect moments. Cakies started a "messy monday" post, and I am seriously wanting to start one too. Gotta get my courage a bit hight though:) Life can be quite chaotic.
This is all from yesterday:
Ian screaming so loud in the car I can't get through to GOOG-411 on my cell to get a phone number. The automatic operator kept thinking I was trying to get the number for "AHHHHHHHH!" instead of my daughter's pre-school.
Ian finding the Costco size package of toilet paper and unraveling it in my shower.
Addie and Ian fighting!
Addie forgoing a much needed nap so she could dump out all the toys while I was napping.
People coming over to visit and being too embarrassed to invite them in yesterday!
More Fighting!
Ian finding the dental floss and unstringing THE ENTIRE 75 YARDS all over the living room and tangling it all around himself and the furniture.
Children who think 2 am is a good time to eat breakfast and do a puzzle in the play room.
The red stains from Baby Motrin all over my bedding from a midnight dose to a screaming three year old who hates medicine and is very good at spitting it out at record lengths.
BUT then I melt from the sweet:
Addie has stopped calling me "Sarah" and now calls me "Mudder"
Ian, because he can't say his "S's" very well, says "I love you too much" instead of "I love you SO much"
Addie exclaims at least once a day "Mudder, you are the most wonderful Mudder in the whole world!"
Ian needing at least 4 sets of kisses and hugs at bedtime.
Addie telling me out of the blue at lunch time: "Mudder, don't worry. I will still be your daughter when I grow up."
Ian running around the house naked for 10 minutes shouting "Horray!" after going potty for the first time.
And so much more...
So, to any of you who need a little "pick me up" this morning, print off this quote and know you are doing the best work ever! There are so many payoff's when you start looking! It's really a masterpiece...motherhood is the best work of art I have attemped yet. But masterpeices take time and masterpeices can be messy in the middle. Trick is to see the creative process as beautiful!
Happy Friday!
It's all feeling really real now. 20 weeks along. Due July 1st and I had the ultra-sound specialist check the gender twice. Our little family will be outnumbered 3-2...all because of a new baby GIRL!!!!!! We are so excited!
Weekend Task #1: Clean and fold laundry.
Ian's Agenda: Bake with Daddy.
Which task won? Bake with Daddy
Weekend Task #2: Unpack all boxes in Mommy's office.
Addie's Agenda: Sew dolly blankets with Mommy.
Which task won? Sewing dolly blankets with Mommy.
Weekend task 3: Organize parent's bedroom
Kid's agenda: Snuggle and wrestle with parents
Which task won? Snuggle and wrestle with parents.
Please don't come over to my house today. I have very happy children, but a very neglected house. Sure is nice to take a break from housework though!
OK. I am totally excited today to share with you the biggest kept secret of the Internet. Well, my biggest kept secret. I have mentioned before how I LOVE vintage children's books, and collect them for inspiration. Well, if you haven't heard of the Rosetta project, you are in for a treat.
This site is an online library of hundreds of vintage children's books that have been scanned in page by page and can be read and seen online. You are not allowed to save any of the information without buying the books, however. They range in price based on length and how valuable. But when you buy the book, it is saved to your computer and you can print it or read them on your screen! These books are amazing, and they are being updated weekly. There are books from the mid eighteen hundreds up to the 40's , and range from early readers to books for youth. It is so amazing to watch the trends in children's lit change through the years. You really get a sense of what the culture deemed as fun for kids. They also have books from different countries...Sweden, Brazil, etc.
I can't post more pics, since they are highly protected. But I promise you won't be disappointed! I have been checking their site for 2 years now, and consider it the biggest gem I have found yet.
Have fun! I would love to know your favorites!
Happy friday my friends!
xoxo
sarah jane
via ohdeedoh
via www.rebeccafromtheheart.blogspot.com
I have been getting some images from my customers of how they have framed and hung the prints they bought. It is so fun to get these! I wanted to share a couple...don't you love how these are displayed? So different from each other...but so unique. I love it. I would love it if any of you have any photos of my prints framed and up in a room, that you email them to me! It would be so fun to make a customer collection! Not only that, but I am a sucker for looking at how people decorate...I find it so inspiring! Thus my addiction to design blogs! (Oh...to get past the boxes so I can decorate my own space!)
Happy thursday folks! I am feeling the weekend love already:)
If you haven't heard already, there has been an "EMERGENCY STAY" on the CPSIA bill, meaning in short, that a year has been allowed to get things in order. Horray! Voices WERE heard! I was getting a little weary of our government (still am actually) but the knowledge that with media like it is today (blogging, email, television, news press) the heat of this spread like wildfire all the way to the big dogs, and they are listening! The fight isn't over yet though. You need to read this informative statement from Senator DeMitt to the small business and handmade community about what to do next. He knows the drills, and knows that this will only end up postponing things not changing things just yet. So we still need to voice our concerns! But in the mean time, things are clear for a year!
Thanks for all your input on the CPSIA post. It is just so great to see the online community get together on this!
