Club Theory

My brother wrote this awhile ago and it's SO worth reading...

Here's a link

Jane's Room

I haven't talked about our house too much because we've just been so busy with it. We've worked really hard but it's been, seriously, the most fun I've ever had. I really do love this house...it totally suits me. Initially I was disappointed that we weren't going to build but I must have forgotten how much I love old houses and neighborhoods! It feels really good to be in a solid house that has held up so well for 60+ years. There are houses we looked at that were built 15 years ago and are already falling apart. Do I sound like a Grandma?
They just don't build things the way they used to!? :)
So, we'll build one day...but the longer I live in this house the more I can't imagine ever leaving it.

It seems really overwhelming to put up pictures of the whole house so Mary told me to do one room at a time (or, at least, the most important ones). She's a genius! So, I decided to do Jane's room first. Oh, how my soul has loved having a girl and making a magical place for her...

Here's the room before. You can't really tell in this shot but it's very small. Perfect for a nursery?! The floors were already done, no wall paper, no damage to repair...did I mention this is great house? :) We even kept that old light fixture and put it in Luke's room...which is really cute too :)

Aggie the Owl...watching over Jane by night.

Don't you love the leaves blowing into the crib?!

I spy with my little eye...something very cute.

This is my sweet and talented friend Krissy that flew in town just to help with the house (I'm doing some work for her so were doing a bit of trading). Her mom is an amazing designer and her Dad is a gifted artist and she happened to get the best of both of them. When I was picking a color for Jane's room I just kept coming back to pink. Everything else just felt like a color that could be in a kitchen or bathroom...not a little girl's room. So Krissy suggested this one :). She said that pink and yellow are two of the hardest colors to choose. Most pinks, even when they're light, turn totally bubble gum and electric on the wall. Which people think they want but then find it very tedious over time. This is such a livable pink....it feels really good being in this room. Plus, you can totally throw in some of the more trendy pinks (Jane's crib bedding) in here and they still work with the color.

When Krissy said that she thought it would be neat to paint a mural in Jane's room I was seriously giddy. But it was a little tricky picking something. We looked at tons of stuff--illustrations from classic children's literature, whimsical animals, flowers...but most of it seemed very young and we wanted something that she could grow with. I think this tree was perfect.
So help me, Jane better not dye her hair black (if she ever gets any), start listening to garbage music, and try and paint over this one day! I'm SURE she will :( Oh well, we'll enjoy until then.

Here's Jane while we (mostly Krissy) were painting.

This room just makes me happy!

Luke and Jane

I know, I know, it's been forever! I have so much to blog about it scares me. We're all happy, healthy, and loving our new home! I promise I'll post pictures of the house soon but I thought I'd throw some cute pics of my kids up first.

Jane, 8 months old

These are so small on the computer screen so click on it bigger...she's so delicious
Luke, SEVEN-years-old :(

Click on this one too...