Cian's new best friend

Meet Grover. He is Cian's new best friend. He goes EVERYWHERE with us. Grocery shopping, naps, school, eating dinner.

Who would have thought that Grover would be such a hit???  I mean, its Grover! He's no Elmo. I ordered him (and Elmo, Cookie Monster and Oscar) as little decorations for his birthday party. Grover arrived last Friday in a padded envelope by himself, masking his true identity. I, thinking it was something else I ordered, opened the envelope in front of Cian  (my mistake) which was quickly followed by "ROVER!!!!!" And he hasn't left Cian's side since.

Winter Storms

Third or fourth snowstorm of the year. can't remember. this one brought us 10" and 2.5 hours to drive the 10 miles home from work.

How many days until this? (video of waves crashing for those who can't see the video)

powder room stripes

Finally got around to painting the powder room downstairs. Wow, did this room need some paint and attention. The horrible builder paint showed every mark and water drip and the room was a dingy yellow. And with potty training coming (months? years?), I figured we were going to be spending a lot of time in this little room so I better make it a little more appealing.


Before pictures:

Ignore all of my paint swatches. Indecisive

 In progress:

Brian's handy work! Stripes on the back wall

Time to remove the tape and see the results- so scary!

Yeah! The stripes came out awesome!

Hard to tell the color but its a grayish green

I LOVE this little Boston print. It was created after the Boston Marathon Bombing to raise funds for the victims. Its a great little story , that started when a designer at an agency in Boston made this design to post on his facebook page.   And now I need to go windex this frame...


Loved this new paint color so much, I repainted the mudroom too!

Before

After