Jan. 6th, 2016 - Science Project Due!
Little Man and his buddy "H" paired up for the schools science fair project. Their topic, Building the Tallest Building. And their question was, "Does the height of a building affect its stability?" H's mom found the subject online and it was right up the boys ally. Legos, building and science!
They built a shake table and 3 different buildings of the same design but different heights. They shook each one and found that the tallest building fell the most.
Their project drew the attention of some older kids so they hung out and explained their project before class.
They did such a great job...so proud of them!
(LM is wearing the red coat and backpack)
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Jan. 13th, 2016 - At the orthodontist!
LM seems to have my tiny mouth and a cross bite. I had braces and headgear when I was a freshman in High School which I wore for what seemed like 2 years!!!
Now they start treating kids much earlier. They put in a "spacer" for about 3 months, then braces and finally a permanent retainer. All this takes place in 6 months and they're done! Whaaaat?
Doing the impression for his spacer.
I remember having to do this right before they put the braces on....still use the same GOO! Bleh!
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February 2016 - Basketball season is almost over!
LM joined a new team this year. Last years team was pretty much all boys from his school. This year it was a team comprised of boys from his school and some from the neighboring school. Great kids!
How cute is he?!
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February 2016 - Little Man's room is done!
We painted over the blue (bleh) with a nice neutral called "Revere Pewter"from Benjamin Moore, with a nice ceiling white and white trim. New ceiling fan too. The kid had so much color going on in his room, that we needed to neutralize the walls and swap out some out grown furniture.
Passed down my 9 year old Mac - you can imagine how excited he was to have his own computer! Looking at this pic makes me think we need to move Einstein to the right of the computer and relocate the Pirate Cat print. Too high!
Nice homework space! Daddy picked out the Einstein print. :)
Cleaned up his bulletin board and organized his bookshelves.
He was also ready to let go of his glider/rocker...sniff sniff. Guess hes too grown up to need rocking. :( In its place is a Ikea chair that we never seemed to find a good place for. Looks great in its new spot!
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DIYers: We've finished several projects that have been sitting on our "to do" list for some time.
Master Bedroom: Closed off old french door access to t.v. room, new paint on walls (BM-Revere Pewter), Ceiling -White and white trim. Rearranged the furniture and purchased new quilt and lamp shades. Just need to get some art on the walls.
Love the new wall color.
When we first had the room painted, we thought we would try something "new", something different. Well, for us neutral is better and you can always bring in color with decor...much cheaper and quicker than with paint. :)
Guestroom: Paint, ceiling fan and door hardware (oil rubbed bronze). Need to install a built in blind unit for the french door that leads out to a mini deck in the side yard.
Hallway: Painted ceiling walls and trim.
Front entry: Painted ceiling, walls and trim. Ceiling light fixture to be installed today.
Installed new ceiling fans in the guest room and LMs room.
Just need to get the new light fixture put up by the front door.
Before Pic - Painting the hallway a couple of weeks ago.
Just looking at this makes me tired.
But its amazing how listening to music helps when you work on stuff like this. Really got into the 80's playlist we have...Vanilla Ice is great! :D
New paint on the walls, sprayed the light fixture oil rubbed bronze (ORB) and new globes.
Next up: Husbands office, formal living and a light makeover of the Master Bathroom. We're going to wait on the kitchen. And Little Mans bathroom is going to be a total gut job.
We have new Energy Efficient windows coming for installation this week! And we're already looking at exterior paint colors. We recently updated our front door, installed a new lamp post light and spray painted our mailbox ORB to match. All that changes the look of EVERYTHING in the front. Now we need new paint, shutters and plants! :D
