Sunshine Sunday - two wheelers and fancy dates

This week was kind of a long one, but full of little great moments.

Baden is now riding a two-wheeler!  Seeing his little body peddling his little bike just makes me crazy happy.

My husband and I each took one of our boys out on a date Friday night.  My very favorite restaurant is the Roof in Salt Lake, but it's pretty darn pricey so we go maybe once a year.  Well, Rex has heard me talk this place up for a long time and he's begged and begged to go.  We happened to have a gift card from someone, which wouldn't have been enough to cover my husband and I eating there, but it was perfect for Rex and I since he's the little kid's price.  So, he won and we went on a fancy date.

On the way there he asked me non-stop questions about the place.  "Is it tile or carpet?  What do the servers dress like?  Can I eat dessert first?  How big is it?  How many tables of dessert are there?"  

It's a fancy buffet and I did let him hit the dessert table first.  He was in heaven....and so was I.  It was so much fun.

It's right next to the Salt Lake temple. 

5 Ways to Use an Engineer Blueprint

As you've probably seen in blogland, Engineer Blueprints from Staples have become a big thing.  Why? Because you can print a huge 2'x3' poster (black and white only) for only $3.  Mostly, it seems that people use them for family photos but there are a LOT of ways to make use of them.  Here are a few uses you might not have thought of.

1) School Elections.  My niece is running for vice president at her middle school.  Why not go big with a few posters?  I figured she could use markers to fill in the stars or banner if she wanted to spice it up with a little color.

2) Toy room/bedroom art.  These Lego posters have been a hit in our playroom.  Read the details about them HERE.

3) Events.  I was asked to do a booth at a Women's Conference this year about dating your spouse.  My mom and sister came and helped.  For the booth decor we kept it simple and did a poster of each couple.  Booth decor price?  $9.  Nice.

The Nursery Closet - vinyl clouds

I think this is the last nursery project and then next week I'll show you the whole finished look.  It's actually all done and I can't wait to show you!  

For the closet, I liked the idea of removing the doors and making the closet itself look cute.  The walls inside it were already white, but I wanted to add something fun to them.  I was inspired by Destiny's walls that I mentioned HERE on a Five Finds Friday.  However, I wanted to use clouds and make it look like wallpaper.

I used my Silhouette to cut out about 9 feet of vinyl clouds.  I squeezed as many as I could onto the page.

To apply them I came up with an easy system.  I got out a piece of painter's tape and applied is to the wall, making sure it was level.  Then I made stars to indicate where I wanted the clouds to go in that row and dots where the clouds go on the next row (since they are staggered).  I used a small piece of tape to measure the distance between each line.  So after I completed a row I would move the short tape, move the long tape, and make sure it was level.  Then all I had to do was quickly apply that row.

It was a lot faster to do than I thought it would be and it was a billion times faster than stenciling.  

What I Love Wednesday - Happy Lists

Back when I was in college I had a blank poster I taped on my wall.  I added the words, "Things that make Cheri happy" and every day I would add something to it along with a little picture I'd draw.  I wish I still had that poster.  It made me smile just to look at it and read through the things.

I think gratitude is so important to our happiness and I don't feel like I've been keeping tack of the things I'm grateful for as much lately.  So, I thought I'd make a little list here to get me started and then start a list by my bed again that I can write on at night.

So here are 5 things that make me really happy.

1) Green Turn Left Arrows.  What's not to love?

2) How when one of my kids is being a total punk, the other seems to notice and becomes so kind and helpful to me.  The boys were fighting today and Rex was driving me crazy.  Baden came over and said, "I'm going to try really hard not to be mean, Mom."  Thank you.  You can have all the inheritance, son.  :)

3) Popsicles.  I'm sensing an addiction for the summer.  We are going to be making a LOT of popsicles.  I just can't get enough of them.  Plus, it's nice that you can make them pretty healthy, too.

DIY Dipped Glitter Vase

Every so often it's awesome to find a project you can do in just a few minutes.  Here's one I'm sharing HERE at the I Love to Create Blog.

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