Pintrest = Painting

Recently, thanks to Anjanette Barr, I discovered Pintrest and I'm completely hooked. It's essentially a place where you can "pin" things that you like from other blogs, websites, etc...

It's also helped me to get more motivated to do more cheap crafts with Sophie to help personalize our space up a bit without spending tons of money. So newly inspired, (husband is cringing right now)... Sophie and I got out a canvas, the paint, and lots of ideas.

I love the crafts that have the first initial for your child's room. Here are a few samples... from Pintrest:

Anyway, I got inspired, but I wanted to do something that Sophie could also participate in making as well. So I cut out an S for Sophie's first initial and used tape to tape it to the canvas.

Then Sophie is a huge fan of pink (and occasionally purple), so I put red, white, and purple paint in a small cardboard box and let her paint away.

After the paint had dried a bit (I used acrylic paint as opposed to oil paints which can be very messy and take longer to dry), I peeled off the S. There were still some areas where paint managed to infiltrate, but overall I was pleased.

Then I attached some party ribbon to the back and curled the ends. And hung it right above her bed. She was very proud of her art work. And I think it added a bit to her little room. Which is nice since being renters we are fairly limited in our ability to decorate.


*Warning- Neither Brian nor his wallet would recommend this site; I however, would*

Meet the Teachers (Preschool 3)

On Monday my munchkin is entering Preschool 3! Today was her last day in Preschool 2, where she will miss the teachers she loves so very much. Ms. Cassie and Ms. Jennifer often make it on the list for her nightly prayers.

This evening, her school hosted a Meet the Teachers, where Sophie could go and check out her new classroom and the parents could talk and meet with the teachers.

Sophie's new teachers will be Ms. Barbara and Ms. Sharon. And she will still have a few of her friends from Preschool 2 joining her in the same class.

Sophie loved checking out her new room. And made a quick beeline to the "kitchen" center.

She loved showing Dad around too.

And she was very disappointed and sad when we had to leave. However, we promised her that on Monday, we'd take her back to school to play.

Some Oneys in Dallas

Saturday evening till Wednesday morning, Brian's parents came to visit us here in Dallas. Sophie enjoyed having her Grammy and Papa around. Especially getting picked up from daycare in Papa's truck.

Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures while they were here. I think part of it was due to the fact that Brian and I were so exhausted after work, that just bumming around sounded pretty gosh darn good. However, I did get one picture of Sophie and Grammy O. on the first day they arrived.

Next time I will try harder to take more pictures.

Where's Sophie?

Where is Sophie?

There she is!

Ready for the Rain

If you've been following the news, you've noticed that Texas is on a record breaking streak for the most consecutive days with temperatures in the triple digits. And recently that streak came to a close after 40 days, missing the record by 2 days.

While the rest of the Midwest has been experiencing rain and storms, Dallas has also felt left out. We haven't had rain since mid-May. But today, I woke up to the small pitter-patter of rain. It was such an exciting rush! I was hoping for heavy rain that lasted for days, but I'll take the small sampling of what we got.

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be the end of the triple digits, which plan to resume the rest of this week and next week.

Britt & Bets Bridal Shower

So the reason for our quick trip north to Wichita was for Elizabeth and Britt's Bridal Shower hosted by my sister- Suzi.

Sophie did very well considering she was the youngest one there. Elizabeth even let her help unwrap some of the presents.

Then Sophie also started helping put the various papers in the trashcan.

However, I think her favorite part of the whole event, was getting to eat Cheetos. She went through 2 little individual bags by herself.

The weekend was short, but we will be back in Kansas again soon for Elizabeth & Britt's wedding.

Kitty in Kansas

Sophie and I took a very short weekend trip to Kansas for Elizabeth's Bridal Shower. During our stay at home we got introduced to Grammy's new kitty Oreo, or as Sophie likes to call her "Baby Kitty".

She absolutely loved Baby Kitty! Baby Kitty however cannot say for certain that she absolutely loved Sophie's attention... or firm grip.