Last Day Of School!

School is officially out!! 

I am so looking forward to being able to spend more time with my oldest daughter. I feel like I hardly see her during the school year. She has worked really hard this year and most definitely deserves a break. 

In honor of the last day of school I spent nearly 2 hours filling up water balloons for a water balloon fight. I also served snow cones and other snacks. It was a huge success. The  preparation and clean up were a bit time consuming but in the end the kids had a blast and that was well worth it!

I found these great Discovery Kids water balloons at Family Dollar. 150 balloons for $2. Be prepared to get a little wet while filling them though because the attachment that they provide to fill the balloons leaks no matter what you do.

Here are a few pictures from the fight!

I hope you plan to fill your summer with as many memories as we do! Thanks for reading :)

Ava's Bedroom: Exposing Brick Chimeny Sneak Peek

Super bummed that I did not get to finish my daughters white wood planked wall this past weekend. It constantly raining and I didn't want to chance having wet wood. Of course it's still raining this morning, but I promise as soon as it's dry I will be getting my butt to the hardware store and getting this project finished! I did however get all of the plaster removed from the old brick fireplace and it looks awesome! 

My wrist is so sore I can barley move it, but it was worth it. It really didn't take long, a couple of hours. 

Here is a picture of the progress before it was complete. This was about 30-45 minutes into the demo.

Not a difficult project, but VERY messy! I even laid down plastic but the damage to the carpet is done. Luckily, I will be tearing it up in the very near future so that I can refinish the beautiful (hopefully not in too bad of shape) wood floors underneath! Check back soon for the completed wood planked wall! 

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Pine Cone Peonies

While at the park this past weekend my oldest daughter, Ava, found a handful of pine cones and decided to bring them home and use them for a craft. She is always finding things and holding on to "trash" because she has ideas on ways to reuse them.
After a small  asthma situation, she stayed home from school today and was able to spend some quality time with me. During nap time she reminded me of her desire to do something with the pine cones she had collected and we quickly (and quietly) gathered the pine cones and some paint, paint brushes, glitter, you name it, and got to brainstorming!
Now I am not much of a painter because my hands tend to shake but I had and idea and thought I'd give it a whirl!

What you will need:
White Paper
Paint Brush
Paint
Paint Tray or Paper Plate
Glass Of Water For Rinsing Your Brush
Paper Towel
And A Pine Cone

I started off by mixing up some red and white paint on my paint tray until I got a shade of pink I liked. Then I took a paint brush and applied a  generous amount of the pink paint to the bottom of the pine cone.

Press the flower down gently on the paper and roll in a clockwise motion. I did this 2 times with 2 different shades of pink to add demension. Paint on some leaves and/or stem, and that's it!

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