Aiden and the Christmas Party

We attended our Christmas party at our church back in December. When the children went up front to do their Christmas performance, Aiden rushed up to join them. It didn't matter to him that no one had invited him! He saw kids and figured that he should be right in the middle of them. When he saw that they were facing the audience, he turned that way too and then proceeded to give his own performance. He may not have known the words to the songs, but he sang with all his heart and voice!! It was too funny for words!!

The Final Transformation

And here it is, the final transformation of our bedroom!

The In the Process photos

We, as all project doers do, ran into problems during our bedroom transformation. I had picked a faux paint technique to do on two of our four walls. The other two walls would be a solid green a shade darker than the top coat of the faux treatment. The treatment called for a neutral colored base coat. We chose a lovely warm tannish brown. The idea was to use a whisk broom to create subtle striping in the top coat. I'm thinking like a slight bamboo effect. Well, that's not what it looked like. Our "subtle" striping looked like a very, very, very bad paint job. Hence, the top photo....Needless to say, after all that hard work, I decided to scrap the whole technique idea and go with a solid color. I decided to stick with the darker green.

The Before Photos (the bedroom)

For my Christmas present, I decided that I wanted to re-do our bedroom. It was a red, white, and blue motif of Texas and American flags. Needless to say, I decided to go for a more sophisticated look. So, my mom and grandma offered to watch Aiden a few days after Christmas, so that Olen and I could come home and paint. The bottom photo is Olen pretending to be enjoying painting. ;-P The top photo is of the base coat that looked good, but ended up being completely covered up before the end of the process. Oh well.

Christmas Tree hunting

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We went to Lowes to pick out our Christmas tree this year. It may not have been a real forest, but Aiden loved following after daddy through the "woods". We ended up with the most fabulous tree that we've ever had. Aiden loved playing in the animated toys section while we waited for them to bundle our tree. It was only the beginning of December, but the other shelves were all wiped out. Lowes had 50% off all their Christmas stuff. I couldn't believe it!

Thanksgiving Weekend

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we (Grandma, Mom, me, and Aiden) went to our cousin Donna's house for a family gathering. Aiden discovered the joy of riding a scooter. Earlier that day, he had discovered how to apply his grandma's mascara. He did not enjoy the mascara removal process.

Some photos from Thanksgiving Eve

I was uploading photos of my room when I discovered that I hadn't posted any pics since Thanksgiving. So here are a few from Thanksgiving Eve at my Dad's house. My brother Ryan was in town. My favorite photo isn't posted here. Simply put, it's way out of focus. Oh well. Maybe next time.