Craft/ homeschool wall!!!

Part of my business latley has been the creation of my WALL!!! I didn't take a before pic and I wish I would have!!! See the yellow color?? The whole room was yellow!! I wasn't crazy about it!!! So I took some paint that my mom had from painting her house and some of the colors from around my house and painted rainbow stripes on my wall!!! Can I just say how much I love it!! I didn't do the whole room because that would be crazy....right??! Plus half of the room is our T.V. room/ family room. We are looking to make our basement our living area but that will wait until next year!!

My wonderful hubby made the white shelves and I made the book/ picture ledges. I wanted areas to hang jars from and my hubby did it wonderfully!!! LOVE THEM!!! And the book ledges were made from some scraps I found at my brother's house! I saw them somewhere for $10 a piece and thought, hey I can do that!! They are awesome and my kids love them!!

This weekend, we are receiving a kitchen table from the in-laws and so we are making a desk for this wall by cutting our old table in half and smacking it on the wall. Hope it works!! Will definitely have to post pics of that project!! =)

Have a lovely day!! Stop back and drop me a line!!

I'm Dreaming of Christmas....already!!

Yes...it is true. Christmas is on my mind the day after it's over!!!! I have been thinking of more personalized gifts to give my children and A LOT of ideas came flooding to my mind!! But first, I want to share a couple of photos of my family.

Here is my hubby and M watching some local "pilots" fly their planes. It was fun, as you can see by M's face!! Little A is behind them, not paying much attention!!

And here is Little A, in all his glory! This is what he did while I was loading our dishwasher!! He looked so funny that I had to take a pic! What mom wouldn't????

And below, is my latest creation: the checkerboard. M and I were a the library and they have this hand painted checkerboard there that he loves. I thought, I could do that!! I wanted something that he could grow into that didn't look too kiddish, and this is what I came up with!!! I love it!!! I hope I can keep it a secret until Christmas!!! Now, what will I do for checkers???? I'm so excited to figure it out!!!

It was an absolutely gorgeous day here in PA!!! I mean, GORGEOUS!!!! Hope you all had a lovely day! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Busy, busy, busy.....

Things around here have been, well BUSY!! We have TWO gardens to tend to, M just finished kindergarten ( tear) , been building shelves in our kitchen , and helping my brother with a remodel!! And when I say remodel, I mean he built an ENTIRE second story on his house!! My mom and older brother and his three kids will be living there. The second story is my brothers and his childrens and the bottom is my mom's. And the brother who built it is not the one living there!! He has a big heart and this is a tremendous undertaking!! He is giving up a house that he could be living in and helping his family out. He wanted to do it!! My mom was shocked!!

But that's whats happening around here!! I'm still alive, just barely, and hope to post pics of the house soon!!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!