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Kids of a blogger

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I had a request from a sweet friend and reader to hear more of what my kids say.  They are such a big part of my blog content, I love the idea of allowing you to see more of who they are.  With a professional video editor for a husband, I should do more videos.  Today, I am proud to say…I did this video all by myself (except for getting it on You Tube of course :)).  Here is why…

As I mentioned in my Valentines Day mantel post, my kids were scheming up a plan during the mantel’s photo shoot.  It was such a sweet moment of my kids’ hearts (and I had my camera out), that I knew I had the opportunity to let you see a window into their hearts and more of who they are.  Enjoy!

Aren’t they cute!?  Now all you mom’s of boys know that in the midst of sweet moments, distractions (aka wrestle fights) can throw everyone off course.  Do you recognize this sequence below?

brothers wrestling fight

You know those mama snuggles and one remorseful, funny brother…

boy comedian

…and the giggles and happy boy returns!

boy giggles

In a moment of giggles, all the tears are forgotten and they are best friends again.

cuddled on the floor

This is all happening while the little girl continues on normally with her afternoon snack…

goldfish

…and plays happily with her Mickey Mouse doll, rocking it to sleep.

little girl with mickey mouseTears and crying brother fights don’t even phase her.  It’s just normal life.

So, we all played and I took more pictures, before we got back on track with preparing “daddy’s special dinner” as talked about in the video.

kid comedian

boy playing

mother daughter

Caleb ran around and found things he wanted to display on the dinner table, and he came up with this setting all on his own.

valentines day table decor

He propped up the paper mache stars they painted that week against a vase of flowers and berries he cut in the backyard.  He gathered candles, a family picture, and our decor pine cones.  The boy has style.

Later at dinner, Reagan wanted her star and Caleb said “now it doesn’t look right” as he gave it to her.  He was able to process why he thought that out loud, and his answer left Matt and I smiling (and slightly giggling on the inside).  He said there was now a “hole” in the layout.  What five year old can see and know that!?  I adore this boy.

special daddy dinner

We had a great dinner, and I couldn’t be a prouder mom of my three littles.

If you are ever wondering about the kids of a blogger, they are just real kids.  They climb on chairs, destroy the house in a matter of minutes, and try to take off their mama’s socks.  These are mine, and I am crazy about them.

I hope you had a great weekend!

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Give Thanks Blocks

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I have been so excited about today!  We are getting back to our Project Spotlight with these festive Give Thanks blocks. At the bottom of the post I’ll reveal our $50 Dancing Zebras giveaway grand prize winner!

Last week, we started our thankful tree, and it has been a lot of fun.

Every night at dinner, we go around the table and say one thing we are thankful for.  I write down these things and hang them on our “tree”.  It has been so inspiring to hear what each child is thankful for and to talk about these things together.

 

Even little Reagan is involved.  I’m sure she has no idea what she is saying, but when we ask her what she is thankful for, she always says something.  One of my favorites was when she screamed “Charleigh” this week.  Charleigh is one of her sweet cousins, who is in town visiting this week!  We are so excited to spend some good time loving on this little girl.

I wanted to make some blocks to put in front of our tree that would help remind us all day, and not just at our dinner table, to give thanks.  Here are the steps with on I came up with our give thanks blocks.

I started by getting a 2 x 3 board from Home Depot and measuring off 2″ slots.  I cut along those measurements and ended up with a bunch of rough blocks.

I sanded the blocks till their edges were smooth, and then I painted them a pretty fall color.

After they were a nice burnt orange, I decided I wanted to have a leaf outline on them as a watermark behind the letters.

I took a plastic leaf (I found a bag of these at the Dollar Tree and we are using them on our thankful tree.) to stencil around to have the outline of a leaf on my blocks. Using the Antique Gold paint, I lightly dabbed the paint brush around the stencil and edges of the block to create a subtle backdrop for the leaf. Once I had done this step, the blocks looked like this…

I made the leaves wrap around the blocks and painted them, rotating at different angles, with parts of the leaves “falling off” the block.  I love how they came out.  Next, I wanted the blocks to say “give thanks”.  I am not the best at hand painting fonts, but I decided to give it a try with this project.

I printed out my ideal font, and eye-balled the letters. To finish them off I lightly sanded around the blocks to give them a more vintage look. Finally I gave the blocks a coat of Mod Podge to seal everything with a slight sheen. They aren’t perfect, but I think they came out cute!

I love how they look in front of our tree.

Feel free to give these a shot for your Fall decor! What’s a special thing you do around your house to celebrate the Thanksgiving season?

Ok, it’s the big moment we’ve all been waiting for! Drum roll, please. The Grand Prize winner of the $50 Dancing Zebra Giveaway randomly chosen by Rafflecopter is, Kali Mallard! Congratulations Kali! I will be in touch with you on the details. In the meantime, you can go to my store and start window shopping for what you might like to have!


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