Big Girl!!

The other day I went in to get her after her nap she was standing up and I was afraid that if she leaned just the right way, she was going to go toppling over the edge. So, I finally decided that it was time to convert Samantha's crib into a daybed. **sigh** This is the before picture.....It only took Marc and I about 20 minutes to do the conversion. She thought it was pretty cool. She couldn't climb into it on her own yet, it is still a little too high for her, but she was able to slide off it. She actually said, "Oh, down!". ;)
After she played it in for a minute and then got down, we put the bed rail on it. We specifically did the conversion so the first time she used it was during the day while we could make sure to listen for her. ;)
She did a great job!! She is just now starting to wake up and I haven't heard a thud yet. ;)

New Curtains

When we moved into our house almost 9 years ago, it came with most of the window treatments. In the living room there was a basic curtain rod with a bla tan drape. I finally decided I was sick of it! Marc found some "thermal" curtains on clearance at JCPenny's. They were a little long so I asked my fabulous, wonderful, generous Mommy to hem them up for me. She was kind enough to do it for. Thanks Mommy!!! :)
I am going to repaint my accent wall to match the rust color in the curtains. I decided that since I spend most of my day in the living room (or in the area of), that I was going to "spruce up" the living room. I have not gotten the paint for the wall yet, but when I get it painted, I will post pictures of that as well.

Valentine's Day

Marc got to exchange Valentine's with his classmates on Friday during school. We said he got to look at the for just a second during school, but he was excited to look through them all after lunch.
He got to decorate a paper envelope to bring them all home in. He loves drawing hearts now days, so he took advantage of it on his envelope. :)He got quite a loot!! Most of the Valentine's had some kind of candy attached to them.
He really had fun reading who they were all from and what each one of the said.
The school sold "Candy Grams" for $.25 each. Marc and I sent him as did Samantha. :) he also got one from his kindergarten girlfriend, Katerie. He also got one from "a friend". I think we have a little Casanova on our hands. ;)

Cute pictures

I have, once again, gotten some random, cute pictures of the kids. So, again, I am going to combine them into a blog post about my cute kiddos. :)

One night I caught Samantha stretched out with her feet up on the chair. She had a book and was reading, but by the time I got the camera turned on, she had put the book down.I got Samantha dressed on day while Marc was gone and put her in a cute Pooh sweater we had gotten from Marc's sister. She looked so stinkin' cute!!!!!!!! I took a picture of her with my camera phone and sent it to Marc to show his sister. I decided she looked so cute that i had to take a picture with my regular camera too.
When we went to Chicago over the summer we went to the Hershey chocolate store. We got a bucket filled with chocolate, yummy! Well, surprise surprise, the chocolate is gone. the kids have been having fun playing with the bucket. One afternoon, Samantha decided to see how many uses 1 bucket could have. She stood in it.....
used it for a hat.....and as a chair. (I didn't get a picture of her sitting on it. By the time I got to the right angle to get the picture, she stood up.) So, for those of you that are counting, in a span of about 7 minutes, she discovered 3 uses for the same bucket. ;)
I was in the kitchen making lunch one afternoon while Marc was gone. It got really quiet in the living room, so I peeked around the corner and this is what I saw. Marc had laid down on the pillow and Samantha must have decided he looked comfy, so she laid her head on him. They laid that way the whole time I was getting lunch. they watched Word World, one of Marc's favorite shows.
Marc called me one day while he was down visiting his family and told me that his sister Melisa had a bunch of Paige's old clothes for Samantha to wear now. We brought home a bunch of clothes when we drove down there this past summer, so I was excited to get more. :) As Marc was showing them to me, Samantha kept taking some of them and "trying them on". She was very proud of herself for getting her legs in the leg holes of this skort all by herself. :)
Well, hopefully you have enjoyed my random cute pictures and all my rambling that came with them. ;)