Today we have two noteable, and very pragmatic conversations.

CotD #1

Me to Rowan: "Hey, when did you get so tall and skinny?"

Rowan: "Mom, I've always had skin."



CotD #2

Me to Cid (while he was eating broccoli):  "Doesn't it make you feel like you're a BIG giant eating little tiny little trees?"

Cid stares blankly back at me, then shakes his head "No".



Ok...well....I try.  Sometimes these two are too practical.

We have a nice little guest room which we'll convert to our baby girl's nursery.  It's small, but full of character.  I love the ceiling (which is also throughout the upper floor on that side of the house, including the boys' room) and the exposed brick from the chimney.  This section of the house was part of the original farmhouse built in the 1880's.

It had been wallpapered, and I initially thought we'd leave it as is for the time being.  It was most likely 80's (1980's) wallpaper, but still had some charm and with me having a rough pregnancy and all, it's left little motivation for room renos.  But nesting got the best of me and since the wallpaper was not really in the greatest condition, I decided walls needed new paint!

                    

Since I dreaded pulling off wall paper, I was going to paint over.  Except I read a little bit about that and asked a friend who had recently done it as well and these are the reasons I decided to expend the sweat and tears of  removal:

We chose "Dreamy White" by Sherwin Williams.  It has a slight pink tint to it, although it reads more lavender in the photos here...maybe because it's a little overcast today.  I'm not ready for a full reveal,  so here's a sneak peak :)

Initially, I was worried that the paint color wouldn't contrast enough with the trim.  The trim is an off white too, a little dingy looking really, but it's oil based paint and I DO NOT feel like priming and re-painting all the trim in this room right now.  I'm happy with the color contrast.  It's enough for me.

The inside of the closet has bare wood, which I may white wash and different wallpaper, which I left, because I actually think it's really cute.

And up close...

We have yet another round of the sickies going on in this house.

And I woke up with zilch energy to deal with two sick kids all day.

I had resigned myself to the idea that they would sit in front of the tv ALL day.

My friend Jane texted me an idea to make a batch of "throw-away" play-dough.  Honestly, I was too lazy to make any play-dough for my sick kids to use and toss, but the idea was brilliant and lucky for me we had a batch of homemade play-dough that was already sitting around and reaching its end of life anyway.