Are your kids addicted to High School Musical? Either one actually! It is all that is ever on in my house, and what is really strange–we have the soundtrack so everywhere we go–it’s on. My four year old has been able to sing along with every song for quite sometime, but what’s really funny is listening to the two year old keep up with it!

Each child has a favorite–well, except maybe Barrett–he just likes them all. Jake’s favorite is HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA’A, Blakelynn loves Fabulous and Grayson loves Bet On It. It’s kind of cute!

Last weekend my in laws and their neighbors were supposed to have a big street wide garage sale. I had put off furniture shopping until then because one of the neighbors (whose yard was immaculate) was moving and getting rid of a lot of furniture. Well, three days before the garage sale–it was canceled. I was bummed because I was hoping to find something. Well, my mother in law called me to let me know that the neighbor was selling his entire living room set (love seat, 2 wing back chairs, an ottoman, a coffee table and an end table) all for $200. Heck, I didn’t care what it looked like–I couldn’t get a good coffee table and end table for that price! So I headed over on Saturday morning and although it isn’t exactly my taste–he was offering the whole kit and kaboodle for $150. He then threw in a torch lamp and the entire decorative wall set behind the living room set. It is in mint condition–a little “girly” for my particular taste–but hey–who wouldn’t get a ruffly couch for $150??

This is my new kitchen! It looks almost finished–but there is a TON of work to do! The walls are covered in an old fashioned wallpaper and border–GONE! And the cabinets will be ’spiffied’ up with a new coat of dark, dark paint to match the dinette set. It’s such a fun kitchen, and so much room compared to my previous kitchen. I even have cupboards that don’t have anything in them (yet)! It’s been really fun finally getting to use the “Chef” stuff I collected!

Blake’s Room is the only bedroom completely finished in the house. Not only because people were going to be sleeping in it–but because I never got to decorate a nursery for a little girl. So this little project was something I couldn’t wait to do!!

The castle on her closet door was purchased for a whopping $4.95 from the party store. It’s a birthday party decoration and you can get each of the Disney Princesses 5 feet tall for the same price and you use them to decorate the whole wall at a party. Well, this is a princess bedroom–NOT a Disney Princess bedroom–so you will find no traces of Cinderella or Ariel or Belle–Just Blake!! The castle is one of my favorite parts of her room–as well as the letters that spell out her name.

I still need one long shelf put up so that I can put all of her porcelain dolls up out of the two year olds reach. He does love to play with them!!

Well, I finally took some pictures today of different rooms in the house. I thought it would be fun to put up the original photo from the Realtor and the picture of what the room looks like now! This is the first time my mom will have seen my house–so all of you NOT as interested in the photo’s–please bear with me!!
First up, their entry way followed by mine. This is the Painted Console Table that I found and just had to have it–Thanks Mom!! Since my husband is a Chef-I collect little “chef” stuff. They are sprinkled throughout the house.

While I was finishing Blake’s room I did a lot of “crafting” my self. In fact, there are still some wood cutouts left to paint that I haven’t gotten to yet. We were in one store and I found a big print ready for framing and it said, “A Princess Sleeps Here” and it cost a whopping $39.99 and it didn’t have a frame. I knew I could make something just as cute for a fraction of the cost so we headed off to the hobby shop. After I bought a large stretched canvas and some “Princess” stencils–and dropped about $12.50 in comparison to the $40 they wanted we ended up with a cute sign, bearing the same words–and not to boast or brag, but mine is 10 times cuter than the poster print that we originally saw!

I have been rummaging through pictures recently and found this really cute one of Blake and Barrett. For some reason, it’s just the epitome of summer in my opinion. They are playing in the water fountain at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Nothing too structured about it–just a really cute candid moment with two really cute little kids!

I would like to know what the fascination is with water spouts and kids–they just seem to be irresistible!