{Catchin' The Fever}

The crafting/redecorating fever that is. I want to redo the girls' bathroom and bedroom and I think I've found the perfect inspiration: Eloise at the Plaza @ the Plaza Hotel in NYC!



Perfect for my Girly Girls!

I'm really into bird things lately. So, one of the rooms in my house will eventually turn a robin's egg blue and have birds and antiqued bird cages all over the place.

Faux 'Glitter Toes'

I saw that someone else did this to their toes, and I thought, "I can do that too." So, I did. On Micah.
Micah's toes before we started:


I painted them with a blue nail polish


I got some extra fine glitter:


I then painted a top coat on the painted nail, one toe at a time. Then, sprinkled some glitter on the wet toe nail. After I was done with all of her toe nails, I pressed the glitter into the polish with my finger and brushed off the excess glitter. After that, I put a couple coats of top coat and voila:

Glitter toes that cost less than a buck!

Who gets colds in the summer?!

We do, that's who! Lily and Micah both have colds. yuck! Not only that, Lily has an eye infection. My poor sweet baby has nasty goobers in her eyes all the time, and her eyes are swollen and red because of the rubbing from trying to get the goobs out. This is starting to turn into a bummer summer, but hopefully it will get better. It's finally stopped raining buckets, and once Lily's eyes stop gooing, we will be heading back to the pool!

Dance Festival '11

Every year, before summer break, Alyssa's school has a dance festival where each grade gets to perform a dance. The dances are fun for the kids and I enjoy seeing Alyssa out there having fun, but I do need to say, "Come on Fox Hollow! Is it that hard to come up with at least 2 different dances that you can alternate each year for each grade?!" Seriously, every grade each year does the exact same dance. I know, if we are in the same school, that in 2 years I will be seeing Micah dance to Splish Splash. Oh, and the same can be said for the Christmas concert. Same songs, same grades, every year. There are thousands of Christmas songs to choose from. Okay, I think I'm done with my rant, and don't get me wrong, I do love going to see my kids do their little concerts.
Here is Alyssa dancing:

(Don't get me started on the fact that it's High School Musical and that would have been fine if it was done 3 years ago, which they were, but should not still be doing!)
Here is Micah dancing along with the 6th graders:

She cracks me up!
I tried making Lily a ruffle shirt, but it didn't turn out like I hoped.