Mars and Neptune

Part-way through March we all went to M's school to celebrate as his class wrapped up the end of their unit study on the Greeks and the Romans.

All the kids were encourage to dress up in various homemade 'period' costumes (togas or roman soldier armor), yummy Greek food was served: hummus, pita bread, grapes, and the class put on a cute little play about the gods and the food they eat.

M played the part of Mars in the play, so earlier in the week J-rod helped M fashion a sword using a yard stake, spray paint, and twine.

While we did make a toga for M to wear that day, since he decided that Neptune is his favorite god we also made a crown of waves and a gold trident as part of his costume.

M was happy with his costume and it was a good creative outlet for me to help him figure out how to put it all together.

Our Li'l Gardener

Early in March, Li'l J's preschool class had a week where they learned about plants and at the end of the end of the week each class member got to go home with some seeds to plant.  Li'l J came home with some corn and bean seeds.

While C-sta napped, Li'l J and I headed outside so he could try his hands at gardening.  As is evident in the pictures, though Li'l J was very excited to plant the seeds, he took his job very seriously.  Sadly, the little plants that came up didn't survive to be planted in the garden.  Oh well, come fall we'll try again.

The Great Reveal

It's not a big secret that with J-rod's work schedule, time is not a freely-flowing resource around our house. Even though the motivation for completing DIY projects is there...the time isn't. As many of you know, many, many, moons ago we set out to re-do the boys room and get the nursery ready for baby. Were it not for the help of many great friends, neither room would be complete yet. To all those who encouraged us, gave us wonderful suggestions, lent us tools, and helped paint--THANK YOU!

And now without further ado, here are the long awaited pics of the process for both rooms:

THE HARRY POTTER HIDEOUT

Pre-paint

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Paint job completed

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Total transformation achieved--paint, furniture rearranged, walls decorated

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THE NURSERY

As used for our two boys

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After the babyshower paint job, Zippy adds the vinyl striping

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With the striping added, J-rod puts up the chair rail

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and FINALLY, the completed room for our little princess: