Yellow Door (Valspar Dijon)

September 20, 2017

UPDATED: With paint color

It's really difficult to blog personal stuff anymore. I'm fairly consistent with the crafty stuff but not so much on the home front. There are so many other social media platforms and Instagram is my go to. I usually only share one or two photos on Instagram, and the older boys don't like me to post pictures of them at all. My Instagram feed looks like we only have one kid, a.k.a. Nicholas.

I figured I will share some more photos of my yellow door (shared in Instagram last week). I recently painted our front door yellow and I love it! It wasn't hard to do. It took only 2 hours and made such a difference. It looks so good in this forest full of green we live in. I plan to paint both of our back doors this color as well. Just waiting for a rain free day.

As usual my trusty model Nicholas was game to take pictures.

Yellow front door with awesome 9.99 yellow mums from Costco! Not yet in bloom.

Outside the garage. I took old black pots and spray painted them teal.

Yellow door filled in with flowers.

UPDATE: A few of you have asked me what the paint color is. That would of been a genius move to post the color when I originally posted. Oops. Better late than never. Here is a picture of the top of the paint can with the reference number 3006-1A. It's a Valspar Paint called Dijon. Hope this helps.

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Goodbye Feb, hello March!

March 3, 2017

We are digging out, or better yet the sun is out and melting it all away. Early February brought winter and tons of snow. I don't mind winter if there is snow. Almost 20 inches over one weekend. We don't pay for a plow, instead we snowblow and shovel. Our long driveway can be completed in about 2 hours with the 4 of us.

Among the routine of work, school and life we got out a bit. Below are a few pictures form the last 2 months. Details below each pic.

Spring Attitash ski day! Nic was in lessons and Chris is not yet cleared to ski from his hip replacement. 1/2 day in 55 degree weather, second half of day in downpour.

Dogs loving the snow, Scout more than Lucy. :) She tolerates it.

Chris and I are both pros with snowblower. Chris even repaired it a couple of times.

Celebrated a birthday and the big V Day.

Bus stop. Here, kids are required to go to school in snow gear. They can go out for recess unless it's below 20.

Cold days as the snow melts away. Nic is a ham.

The start of College tours with Andrew. He successfully took the SAT. Lots of prep.

Day at the Museum of Fine Arts and surrounding city walk. Boston 2017. — Day at the Museum of Fine Arts and surrounding city walk. Boston 2017.

Preschool Graduation!

June 5, 2015

Nicholas has graduated from preschool! Today we celebrated him in a closing ceremony at the Acton Coop. He started with this preschool class in January. He loved attending the Frogs class and enjoyed his teachers (Kelly & Emily). In Utah he attended the VIP preschool with Mrs. Bascom for the last 2 years. Thanks to all he is well prepared for kindergarten in the Fall! Yippee.

Kelly created a darling scrapbook for Nic document his last few months at school. I've compiled of few of those pictures from his book into this PL layout. What a great year!

And, of course... here are the end of year teacher gifts for Kelly & Emily. I created the Tag from the Sprinkles of Life RMHC stamp set, Tree Builder punch and some BARC Wood paper. Nicholas signed the back of each tag and gave these gifts shyly to his teachers.

Sprinkles of Life Apple basket Tag using Tree Builder punch. Stampin' Up! — Sprinkles of Life Apple basket Tag using Tree Builder punch. Stampin' Up!

Sprinkles Of Life Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Tree Builder Punch

$18.00

Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack

$8.00

Banner Triple Punch

$23.00

Ornate Tag Topper Punch

$23.00

Tip Top Taupe 1" Dotted Lace Trim

$6.00

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Look who just turned 5!

May 27, 2015

We are floored that our baby is now a great big 5 year old boy! We are so excited for his birthday and so is he. Nic has been counting down the days this last month to the big day, and it's finally here! He has already received a few gifts from loved ones in the mail and let me tell you - happy mail makes his day! He's anxious with anticipation to open all of his presents.

Nicholas is a super smart and fun loving boy. He is hilarious and also kind. He is the most social of all of our children and makes friends easily. He even makes friends for me! Everywhere we go he introduces himself and asks to play. Regardless of the kids age/gender. At Andrew's last baseball game he talked a 10 year old into playing freeze tag with him for almost an hour! At the vet he asked another dog owner if their dog wanted to come over and play with Lucy. We are so blessed to have sweet Nicholas in our family.

Nicholas favorite things at age 5:

Pokemon!, My little pony, Super Heros (Flash and the Green Lantern), board games, red licorice, playing the in the dirt, collecting sticks, spotting animals to check off his list - chipmunk... check!, freeze tag, dancing, making up songs, singing and making videos (which he calls "radiations"). And he wants his own You Tube channel. "I really want to make a video and put it on You Tube so everyone that likes videos and watches You Tube can watch my video..." "Can you just get my video on You Tube?"

So... as a gift to Nic on his Birthday here is his first video... posted on You Tube. I'm not super familiar with You Tube posts but I think if you click on this link you should be able to see the video.

We celebrated Nic at preschool with cupcakes and treats. Nic wanted everyone at school to receive a pokemon ring. Tricky but I found some online, only problem is they never arrived in time. I ended up placing the #5 cupcake toppers I made sans ring. When the rings finally do arrive Nic will have another gift to open!

Below are the other crafting cuties I created for his birthday. I can only get away with this for another year or so. This color scheme would have worked nicely with Pokemon, don'tcha think? A card, cake topper, tag and the cupcake toppers. It's always so fun to create with a purpose. I used the new Build a Birthday stamp set and other sneak peak products from the new SU catalog. I found it was really easy to create a variety of projects. I even ended up with another card sample that I'll share later this week.