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How many things have I pinned on Pinterest?

The my profile board tells me 1158 things.

Have I done 1158 things?

No.

So today, I started a board to pin the things I've actually done, just to validate myself, that I actually pin things for a purpose, not just pin things to pin things. 

And there are 25 of them.  25 out of 1158.  That's a laaaaame showing.  Especially for someone who loves crafty things and loves new and different things.

BUT, this week alone, I've done 3 things!  I've done this:

Tator-tot Casserole for dinner last night.  Super yummy, I subbed a homemade cream soup base plus sauteed mushrooms for the cream of mushroom soup to make it a bit less processed.  And it was a hit!

I've pinned a ton of activities for Jack to do.....and have done none of them.  Until this week when we did this!  I wasn't sure how he'd do, or if it'd be too frustrating.  I mean, hand/eye cordination is not usually to good for 2 year old boys, but he's loving it!  He calls it his "hat with the holes game."

 And last but not least, this week, I did this for Owen's room!  Jack has the gutter bookshelves, so I wanted something a little fun and different for Owen and this is it!  I'm loving the cute-ness.  I wish more of the book would show and that's something I might fix in the future, but for now, it's great.

So, here's to adding to my Pinned There, Done That board!

I'd had an idea of how I wanted put together Owen's room....but today, I went and found the base fabric and, not only is a freakin' adorable, it's the perfect material for my plans!!!  Yay!!!!

This is Mayfly Alphabet by Tony Fernandes and it's so cute.  The pic does it no justice, but you can still kinda tell it's pretty darn adorable.  This will be the top of the bed skirt.

Below this will be a row of adorable pompoms, and then the bottom of the crib skirt will be this.

I love the lime green and the wonkey-ness of the dots!

And then there's this beauty...

 

which will be the outside of the bumper pad....LOVE!  I want to make the inside of the bumper pad a minkey kind of fabric, so I still need to get that.  Otherwise, it's time to get sewing!

I'm really excited now.  We'll paint a cabinet that's already in his room and that's all the painting we'll need to do!  Praise the Lord.  The color I painted the changing table in Jack's room will work with the fabric, and I'm pretty excited about that.  And the wall colors work great!  Woohoo to very little painting!!!

I'll order the same black out curtians that are in Jack's room, and the last few things are a carpet (which I'm planning to snag off of Craig's list) and a glider (which I'm planning to find at the JBF sale in Sept or off of Craig's list).

Let the decorating begin!!