Don't Panic.

It seems we were on the go most of the day. We finished our errands around dinnertime, coincidentally near a Pei Wei restaurant. The kids love the Chicken Lo Mein (the adult kind, not the kid version that comes sans veggies) so we decided to pop in for a little dinner.

After dinner we headed over to choose our fortune cookies. This is always a lot of fun. Brandon's said "Your co-workers will enjoy your creativity." Very fitting, considering he is a writer. Emma's read "A good laugh and a good cry both cleanse the mind." Okay, pretty typical. Aidan's read "Hope is the most precious treasure to a person." I opened mine last. Mine simply stated:

I am fairly certain that I could win a "Weirdest Fortune Cookie Fortune" contest hands down with this one.

So Sweet

I am a sucker for silhouettes. I ran across this sweet little personalized print on Warm Biscuit's website, and I must have it for the new sun room. After all, it will primarily function as Emma and Aidan's play room, so I feel it is very fitting.

You can personalize your silhouettes. They have several to choose from. And at just $30 it is a steal! You can grab yours here.

I can't believe it is March!

February was a busy month. It seems the four of us were sick for most of it, which is a shame. But it was not all bad. Some pretty exciting things happened. Aidan turned three. Emma lost TWO teeth. I finally got the kids' toys organized into labeled bins. (More on this astonishing development later.)

I have decided that my kitchen needs a little makeover. Nothing extreme, I actually love my cabinets. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE new counter tops, but that project will have to wait. For now, I am going to do a little painting and add some new fabrics. Primarily, Anna Maria Horner's delicious Sketchbook from her Drawing Room collection:

If this doesn't brighten things up, I don't know what will! I know it is not super clear in this picture, but there is a gorgeous teal color splashed throughout the fabric. I am going to match paint to it and use it to paint the wall under the chair railing. I am not exactly sure when I will commence this project, but I hope to get started in the next few weeks. Once I begin I will make sure to post plenty of before and after pictures.

I picked up three wonderful chairs at an estate sale a few months ago, and sadly they are still sitting in my garage begging to be updated. Now that I have picked my primary fabric, I can finally recover the chair seats. Unfortunately they need new webbing, too, which if I remember correctly is a bit of a pain, but I know I can do it because my mom is a super hero who can do just about anything. And I know she will help me. (Mom, you ROCK!) Anyway, I think I will use a coordinating fabric on the chairs, maybe the pressed flowers. There are so many pretty coordinates, how is a girl to choose?

Hot Pink Skulls

This is one of the latest blankets I made for an order. I just love it! I know it is funky, but I think the hot pink swirl minky and hot pink satin, both of which are so girly, really pop against the graphic skull print. This was a ton of fun to make and I hope I get to make a lot more.

Three

Today Aidan turned three. I don't know where the time goes, but one minute I was in the OR looking at my new, perfect baby boy, and the next I was lighting a "3" candle on top of a birthday cake.

The family party was great. Aidan chose a menu of white salmon (Halibut), broccoli and baked potatoes. Brandon picked up a special treat at the fish market -- homemade hush puppies. They were yummy!

My mom made a fantastic cake (as always) which was, at Aidan's request, decorated with his favorite bad guy Zurg (from Toy Story). On her way to my house, someone swerved into her lane of traffic and slammed on his brakes, forcing her to slam on hers. The cake went flying. I am not sure I can properly convey how upset she was that Aidan did not have his Zurg cake, but we were all just happy she was OK. Brandon ran to the bakery and picked up a chocolate cake, and all was well.

Aidan was not not upset at all. He was just happy to have everyone over to celebrate his birthday. He was so excited to open all of his cool presents. Unfortunately, no matter how quickly I tried to move around, most of those photos ended up looking like this:

Or they were a complete blur. He moves fast!

All in all it was a fantastic day. And we have his kid party to look forward to this Saturday. He will have a Zurg cake for that party, and maybe by then my mom will stop feeling so bad about the first one.

I don't know how I ended up so lucky, but I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Complete!

Our sun room is complete! Well, actually they still have to install the window sills, which will be done on Monday, but otherwise it is done! Here are a few pictures. Again, I do apologize that they are not better pics. One day I will get around to taking that photography class. You know, in my spare time.

And here we have storage. Ahhh...so wonderful. My kids cannot wait to cram the cupboards full of toys and games. In fact, Hulk, Spiderman, a giraffe and that clown from Gymboree are already residing in the cabinets.

There is still much to do. We are going to do a major sort of all toys and keep only the ones we really play with. Hmm...seems I did this just a couple of months ago. Anyway, toys will all be re-sorted and labeled into clear containers with lids and stashed neatly away in the new cabinets. We will be so organized! I am not saying that I will never again step on another Bristle block in the middle of the night, but I think my chances of doing so will be greatly decreased.

The paint color is not too evident in these pictures, but we went with a nice calming light green. It looks good with the dark wood. Emma was v. disappointed we did not go with her choice of pink paint, so I have promised her a pink room. Finally. I must start on that project next week. Poor Emmie has wanted pink walls for 4 years now. It is about time I honored her wishes. Aidan said he would like orange walls, but thankfully he is super easy-going and is just happy to have a new room to hang out in.

Now for the fun stuff -- I get to choose some fabrics and furnishings! We have not even begun our search. Brandon and Emma have been sick, and I got sick this week as well. Hopefully I will feel much better next week so I can do a little shopping. We want to keep everything kid friendly which roughly translates to WASHABLE. So far that is the only thing I am not willing to compromise.

So this is the room. We couldn't be happier with the way it turned out!

Loose

Emma, wearing her new very favorite princess nightgown, wiggles her first loose tooth.

We just discovered that Emma has two loose teeth. Our dental hygienist pointed this out to us at her last appointment in October, but they were barely wiggling. I don't quite know how I have managed to miss this, because I still insist on helping her brush her teeth every night. Honestly, she does a really fantastic job by herself, but I have a thing about dental care. I know, I should step away and quit with the helicopter parenting.

So one tooth is really rather loose. The other is loose, but in no danger of falling out over the next week. I am in a panic to have her pictures made before the tooth falls out -- they will be the last pictures of her with all of her baby teeth. It goes so fast.