Thrifting

I was told this week that "Bee in my Bonnet" should be my middle name. That is exactly right. Once I get a project in my mind I can't rest until I finish it. Oh man do I have a project.

We recently moved into a new home which we LOVE, love, love. I have spent the better part of the last month unpacking all of our stuff. It takes me forever to unpack. This house is bigger than our last, so on top of all the organizing now I have empty rooms to fill (not that I have to or even should furnish them). At any rate my brain is on overload trying to find new treasures to fill the empty space.

So come on in and see what I have found this week.

Strawberry dish for the kitchen windowsill 25 cents Thrift Town

Heart shaped wooden dish for keys 60 cents Thrift Town

Yellow Tractor Tee 50 cents Thrift Town


Colorful knit throw for Tucks crib $2.25 The DI

Fabulous Turquoise Vintage Sofa from Robert Redfords Sky lodge in Park City: FREE off Craigslist
Needs some serious TLC, sanding, staining, steam clean
It's the kids favorite spot in the house.

Last but not Least... My beloved Baby Grand. The piano was free but there was $190 in moving fees to get it to our house.
I have had this piano since I was 12 years old. Chad thinks it looks like a piece of junk which it might but I love it anyway. I grew up practicing hundreds of hours on this piece of junk and now our children will carry on the legacy.

The piano bench was my most recent find. $30-
I picked it up Friday from one of my favorite vintage shops downtown. I think it's perfect.
We plan to sand them both down and refinish them in a dark espresso finish.

Happy St. Pat's

If a sneaky little leprechaun leaving sugary cereal for you to find in the morning doesn't make a kid happy I don't know what will. I was talking to Chad about this breaking and entering business the night before. If you think about it, there is a lot of breaking in and sneaking around that goes on when you have kids. First there is Santa, he breaks in through the fireplace. Then there is the Leprechaun, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy all tiptoeing around the house in the middle of the night.

It's all about Dino's around here.

Our boy LOVES dinosaurs. This was dinner the other night. Quite frankly this could be the dinner scene any day of the week. The morning starts with a little Dinosaur train on channel 11. The afternoon is spent chasing his sister around the house with his T-Rex.

On occasion we make it down to the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. The first time there he was a little overwhelmed. The sound effects scared him so bad he didn't want to get out of the stroller. Not so tough after all. I told him.

The kids with a favorite cousin Drew.
Drew is the best kid seriously!

Oh the deception

If you know Chad you know that he love baseball. He plays softball every chance he gets. We have gone to a number of his games and the kids love to yell at him from the stands. I told Finley that we were going to see her dad today at work.

Oh mom, that is gonna be so much fun! I'm gonna say, "Hit a home run dad!!!" He's gonna be so happy.

Apparently Fin is still under the impression that her father plays ball for a living. I called Chad and told him we won't be coming up when we get to his office. I can't bring myself to disappoint her.

I like pink skin

On Tuesday we went to Target. As we were strolling down one of the aisles we passed by a black man (there are very few in Utah) and this is what proceeded to come out of Finley's mouth.

Mom that man is black, he is so black. Mom, I don't like black skin. I only like white skin.

Oh boy, did she really just say that...even worse did that man really just hear her say that. Yes he did.

I was not clever enough to come up with some quick little comment to diffuse the tension building in aisle 3. I just booked it around the corner took a deep breath and asked her some more questions.

We talked about skin color and that people come in all different colors. We pointed to various models we found on packaging. We talked about being nice to every one no matter what they looked like. The first thing she said after our little chat was, " I don't like my skin, it's just skin colored. I don't like skin colored skin. I just like pink skin, and not black skin either."

When I get older

At breakfast the other morning Fin said;

When I get older I will say please, and thank you. Right now I can just say, "I WANT MORE MILK!!!"

A couple of months ago I woke up to this site. When I asked Fin about it she said that they were all feeling a little bit too sick.