so did you have a great weekend?
we did. it went by so quick though...don't they always?
over the weekend i kept thinking how quickly Thanksgiving would be here and i really wanted Oliver to get into the holiday like he did with Halloween. the only disadvantage is...where in the world are all the turkey decorations? i had some ideas on what i wanted to do for decorations but when i went to the stores today...they all skipped Thanksgiving and went right for Christmas. now don't get me wrong..i'm beyond excited about Christmas but i'd like to enjoy this little holiday with O before the "big" one!
so i bought these little turkey stickers, some twine and a can of spray paint with an idea in mind. once we got home, O and i picked out some branches and i pulled out some tags i've had in my craft bins. after a couple minutes i knew my idea would work. we were going to make..
a Thankful Tree.
it's not an original thought by any means..just a craft i've never done.
i was so excited to put this together...
how perfect...because there is so much to be thankful for this year!!
one of them being...this little guy!!
he makes me laugh every day!
he wanted his hat on so bad while i was driving so i had to "toss" it on his head and he let it sit there for a long time. made me chuckle every time i looked at him!
so i spray painted my twigs a pretty bronze color (hard to tell in the picture), used two turkey stickers back to back with some brown twine to create ornaments and then started our first five thankful tags.
voila...
our thankful tree.
now i need to make a banner for the cabinet behind our tree...
oh and i might be a little here and there this week...i'm working on elevations for my project and it's a little hard to do them with O awake..so that means naps and night time is my only chance to sketch...which also means..less time to blog but i will try to get on here as much as possible!
happy monday!
3 comments:
d, that picture of o makes me laugh to, he totally looks like that hat is supposed to be on that way...and the Thankful Tree looks great!! b.
Dana, I love the pics you post of Oliver - he is as cute as can be and I am so thrilled for you and Ben that he's home and thriving! I hate giving unsolicited advice, but I've been thinking about the pic in this post for days now and finally decided I needed to reach out.
{feel free to not approve this comment for posting on the blog - I just don't have an email for you other than the plum tree one and I don't know if you're checking it}.
Anyway, the way your sweet boy is buckled in his seat in that picture isn't all that safe: kids aren't supposed to wear coats in the carseat and the straps must be tight enough that you can't pinch them. This is because carseat straps don't snap tight the way regular seatbelts do and in an accident, his coat could compress and/or he could go flying out of the straps due to the force. Basically, if you have to loosen the straps when the child is wearing a coat or sweater, you should remove the coat or sweater and either put it on backward {like a smock} or use a blanket to keep him/her warm in the car. We go the blanket route because the hoods on coats and sweaters are irritating when they're on backward.
You can look at car-seat.org or carseat.org or just google to find information about best practices.
Anyway, I hope you don't take offense to me saying something. Continue to enjoy Oliver - he seems like such a joy.
Best,
Julie
PS We still love our PTS shirts around here --- and get lots of compliments when they're worn! :)
thank you julie! still learning the ropes, so i appreciate the car seat advise! :)
i also decided to post this incase other moms are doing the same thing i am...
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