Garrett’s Room.

Garrett’s new “Big Boy” room is complete.  There are a few little things I still want to do, but for the most part his room is being checked off of my “to do” list. 

Take a look…..

His new bed and bedding.

Close up of the sheets, which is the theme of the room, Transportation.

The Rug.

His Dresser.

….which was his changing table, but we removed the top….Potty Training will start soon…..ugghhhh….not looking forward to it.

  

Lamp Shade.

  

Curtains.

I was so excited to find these.  They are from Pottery Barn Kids and they are from their rugby line which is discontinued.  I really wanted something bold and boyish for his curtains.  I didn’t want them to be too “matchy matchy” with his bedding or just a solid color.  I wanted something to kind of break it all up.  I remembered that PBK had this pattern, but after looking online, I realized they were no longer available. 

I went to PBK yesterday and was happy to find one on their shelf, but I controlled my excitement because what good is ONE panel….(his window is too big to do my old trick of making it into two panels) but then I quickly realized there were TWO panels in the pack!  I then got excited and thought “What a deal!  Two for the price of one!”……NO….the price was just doubled.  Oh well, I found what I was looking for!!

Airplane finials on his curtain rod. 

 

Remember he had a monkey cover for his chair, but I decided to order him a new cover which is identical to Jackson’s.  I am learning that 2 of the same is much easier….

  

{Focus on the cute frame, not the empty frame!}    

The Beauty of a Playroom.

These blocks used to be my enemy.  

They would hurt my feet when I would trip over them.

I would find tons of them underneath our couch.

And this would be completely unacceptable!

But at our new house....

Our kids can be kids....

Make a mess....

Be creative....

Build big towers....

And knock them down....

I don't mind.

 I would pick a messy playroom with happy kids over a clean playroom with bored kids any day....

....because I can still walk across our living room floor without stepping on a Lego!

And that is the beauty of a playroom!

Yard Work.

Saturday, I hired a little sprinkler & landscaping guy to make some changes in our flowerbeds.  He was a pretty nice guy, I guess....

He didn't charge me much.....

And for some reason, my children kept calling him Daddy....

:) Only kidding...

This skinny little tree in one of flower beds was driving us nuts.  

It reminded me of a fake Christmas tree that needed to be fluffed.  Aaron dug it up and replaced it with a small knock out rose tree.  It looks much better!  Then, of course, the sprinkler head that our builder's sprinkler company** installed "wasn't good enough."  Aaron wanted a bubbler in that small area.  I thought that would be a whole long process to change it to a bubbler and told Aaron "Let's just do it later....it's fine for now."  But, in less than 10 minutes my little sprinkler man had it changed to a bubbler.

(**We get this question often, so let me explain.  Our HOA requires every house to have a sprinkler system, therefore it must be installed when the house is built.  Our builder has a company they use.  With enough effort, Aaron could have probably installed ours instead of the company they use.  However, it would have delayed the process of our house due to permits, meeting with different people, etc.  So, Aaron and I decided that since it would already be Aaron's busy time of the year, just let their company do the installation and then Aaron could move and change whatever to make it how he wanted it to be.  So....I just wanted to explain that incase there was any confusion!:) 

He even had 2 little helpers - 

This little helper was having a pretend picnic though - 

After this part was complete, he wanted pull up some of the shrubs and replace with something else he bought and move around some of the existing shrubs.  I quickly ran in to change Garrett's diaper, came back out and he was already done.  That's when I said "Geeez!  You're serious.  I feel like I hired a REAL landscaper."  He didn't give me a very nice look in return.  :) 

We ran to Lowe's to buy a new lawn mower.  We have always had a ride on lawn mower, but with our smaller lot, we only need a push mower.  As the 4 of us were at Lowe's looking at the mowers, Jackson asked me "Why does Daddy need a vacuum to mow the yard?  The lawn mowers were outside."  Garrett then says, "Daddy vacuums our yard with that right there, Mommy!??!!"  Clearly they grew up in the country!

 Later that night, after Aaron mowed and I planted flowers, we turned on the sprinklers and let the boys have some fun.... 

I think they enjoyed it....

Hot On Homes.

The Monday after moving in, I got a call from our sales girl for our home builder around 10:30am.  She said she was sorry it was last minute, but Hot On Homes was going to be featuring our neighborhood on their show and was wondering if I would be interest in doing an interview at 1:00.  

Considering Aaron is the extroverted one, while I am more introverted, I knew there was no way I was going to quickly hop in the shower and be able to prepare myself mentally for TV.  With that in mind, I responded with the answer, "I am not going to be able to, but Aaron would LOVE to!  Is it okay if he does it?" She said that was perfectly fine, so I then hung up the phone and called Aaron to let him know what I had just volunteered him for.  Aaron acted mad when I told him, but I knew he loved the thought of it and would enjoy every minute of it. 

The taping was held at the amenity center in our neighborhood, so after Aaron had been there for awhile, I sent him a text and asked if everything was okay.  He responded with "Everything is fine! For some reason they picked me to do a scene in the pool, so they asked me to take my shirt off."  Like I said before, Aaron is the extroverted one!  He was obviously kidding.  

Anyways - Hot On Homes airs this Sunday, May 23rd on ABC at 10:30am, so set your DVR.  There were several other people there, so who knows if Aaron will even make "the cut."  However, Aaron said the guy recording the interview really liked him......and that makes me chuckle as I type that because while I would be bright red for an interview, Aaron is confident that Hot On Homes thinks he is ready for Hollywood.