Play Room Organization

I'm ashamed to show this picture but you won't appreciate the after if you don't see the before. Our play room has been a mess for a long time and I just kept ignoring it. I guess I was hoping it would go away. Well that didn't happen. So here is what it looked like this morning before I started cleaning and organizing:

So I finally had all I could take. Target had the fabric cubes on sale so I went and got 4 more. I've been wanting to make label holders for the ones I had but just haven't gotten around to it. I went to Mary Jo's and got some vinyl and visited Hobby Lobby for ribbon. It was on sale there and Mary Jo's didn't have any I liked. I spent $5 for the materials to fix the label pockets. I had to experiment with the first couple to get it right. Finally I decided to use the hot glue gun since it was much quicker. Basically I cut the vinyl to the right size ( I wanted to use a 4x6 card for the label) size and glued it onto the cube. Then I glued the ribbon around the edges of vinyl.

Of course the most daunting task was cleaning the room. Emi and I started sorting into piles. I finally sent her out and I began to throw old worn stuff away. Then I started sorting into the 8 cubes. Slowly it came together and several hours later this is what the room looks like now:

Hopefully the labels will help Emi keep it clean and organized! Especially now that she can read, there should be no excuse for her not knowing exactly where everything goes!

Easter Egg Hunts

I took E to an egg hunt this morning. My friend and her almost 3 year old twins came along too. We were out numbered 3-2. It started at 1000 this morning at a local park. It was a fairly easy hunt. The eggs were "hid" on the outfield of a baseball field. So about 10 minutes later all the eggs were found. It was crowded and since we had little kids, I suggested we ride back up the road to another small playground. My friend agreed and off we went. It was a small playground with a few swings. We got there around 1030-ish or so. E and my friends son A played on the slides while my friends daughter H preferred the swings. I took a few pics and they played and played. Did I mention I drank a mug of coffee on the way to the egg hunt? Well I did. You know what comes next. I start looking for a bathroom and my friend and I see a man on the outfield of the baseball field tossing out eggs. So we figure theres gotta be an egg hunt. E and I head off to the bathroom. As I come out I pass the man and ask what time the egg hunt begins. He replied 1200. It was about 1110. I asked my friend if she was up for another hunt. We decided to stay and the kids kept playing. About 1/2 hour later more kids were coming to the play area. Some kids were rude and knocked H down so we headed to the car to cool off for a few minutes. Finally the egg hunt started. All 3 kids got a good many eggs. When it was over, the man who was hiding the eggs said they had refreshments. Being the bad mother that I am, I didn't think to bring any water with us. I only planned on one egg hunt, not 2! So we got in line so I could get E something to drink. I had a little cash and would have gladly bought her something to drink. Then we saw they had chips and hot dogs. In my mind I was tallying up how much it would be for a hot dog, chips and drink for us both. Then a lady behind us asked the man in charge how much the hot dogs were. Imagine my surprise when he said everything was free! That was so wonderful! It was a blessing in disguise because we had a lot of bills due this week. Although I got paid Thursday, it was mostly gone by Friday. What was left over we didn't need to be wasting on frivolous things like eating out since we still needed to get gas and things. I had told my friend when we got to the playground that if we went anywhere it had to be free and we just laughed about it. So I guess you could look at it as having a prayer answered, even though it was a want and not a need. How cool is that?

Free Doughnuts!

Sounds good right? The only thing better than free doughnuts is free hot doughnuts. You know when they are rolling fresh off the conveyor belt?! When you can eat 4 or 5 without even thinking about it? Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Well that's what I have waiting for me when I finish this post. We visited Krispy Kreme a few months back and I noticed kids bringing in their report cards. I asked the cashier what the deal was and was told that kids bring in their report cards and get a original glazed doughnut for very A they get up to 6 doughnuts. What better motivation than that to get A's? So we took E's report card and got her doughnuts. Last Monday they got report cards again. And my baby had all A's but one and that was a C. I was very proud of her because she brought most of her grades up. So we headed off to KK tonight to get our/her free doughnuts (If it weren't for mom and dad she wouldn't get the A's!). And the hot doughnuts now sign was on!!! W0ohoo!!! So sweet dreams everyone I'm going to eat my doughnuts!

Sewing projects

Well as I said in my previous post I have been working on some sewing projects. This weekend I finally finished 2 I had been working on or planning to work on. The first was an apron for my baby. It was a simple pattern I downloaded online. It was so simple to make. I made hers reversible by putting Velcro on both sides instead of just one. I even made one for one of her friends since I had enough material. I think in total I have maybe $5-7 in them. That's actually probably a high estimate. The material was on sale at Hobby Lobby. I already had elastic and I did have to buy Velcro, but it was a multi-use pack. Plus I can toss it in the washer. I think it turned out pretty good myself.

The next project was to help my sister make dance outfits for my niece and a friend. I started on these a few weeks ago. Those projects are always works in progress. We finally got them finished this weekend. Even though there are 2 I only have a picture of one. The lighting is different in the pics so you can better see the color. My camera has not done it justice though. It's a pretty shade of purple. The matching outfit is bright pink. My sister made one and I the other. Then I fitted them and put the fur on. My sister and the other girls mom did the studding with rhinestones. These are outfits they will use for competition.......and they were much more than $5 a piece lol.

Long Time No Talk

I know it's been a long time since my last post. Things here have been busy and I just haven't had time or the energy really to post. It's not from the lack of things to post. Quite honestly, since my mom died I haven't felt like doing much of anything. Plus the cold weather doesn't help much either. I'm sure I have suffered even more this winter from SAD also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder. Pretty much it's when the bad weather gets you down. I know it sounds silly but it is a true disorder. I"m thanking God that the weather here is finally starting to change. We had about a week and a half of really good warm weather. That was what I needed to kinda get me kick started again. It's amazing what sun will do for you. Since that week I have been working on sewing projects out the yingyang. Not to mention I have dealt with a bout of bronchitis myself. My baby has been sick with the crud too . My hubby has been sick with sinuses and then to top it all off had to have a wisdom tooth and a molar pulled on the same day. But we are all on the mend thank God! Guess you can see how it's been hard to blog. I'll post a pic of one of my sewing projects. It's not the best pic but it works. These are what I have to wear at work to cover my hair. I have been sewing them and selling them at work. I'm currently working on an apron for my baby and a friends little girl. After I finish that I'm off to my sister's to help sew dance outfits. Maybe I'll post pics of those later! Hope everyone has a great day!