Children's Museum of Winston Salem

We made the long trip to Old Salem to visit their children's museum on Tuesday. After about a month and a half of being trapped indoors because of snow, ice, and rain for days and days at a time, we thought a little romp around the big city would kick these winter blues!

My favorite part of the museum was the three bears cabin that I posted about on Tuesday. Haley found that pretty boring as climbing, running, and anything that involves potential injuries are her major hobbies as of late. I couldn't believe how brave she was while being up in the air without us beside her. I was also really impressed with how well she followed our directions on how to get down and how she inventive she was in reaching each level. I catch myself saying this all the time, but i`ll say it agian, our little girl is growing up!

I probably have about 100 other pictures to upload from the day- there was just so much to do and see and a million little details I wanted to remember. I'm sure I'll post them all on Flickr eventually, but I am pretty tuckered out as far as the computer goes.

If you have a children's museum in your area, I highly reccomend paying it a visit. And if you don't, the drive is totally worth it. You will leave with a pocketful of memories, some extremely happy rugrats, and the triumphant feeling of kicking winter's tail!

Happiest Weekend, love bugs!

gratitude tuesday: week six

Reclaiming our bed, a place to call their own

Nick and I have always co-slept with our girls, i love being able to kiss their cheeks and play with their toes in the middle of the night. Four bodies in a double is really toasty and a great birth control method, but it also causes a lot of backaches and grumpy mornings. We finally have moved Haley into her own bedroom and are in the process of finding the perfect beds to match the perfect quilts I found while off on one of our thrifting adventures. We went to the children's museum at winston salem today and I wanted to take these sweet bunks home with me. This just may have been the extra push I needed to get started on the girls room, I wish I could replicate this room in it's entirety. If it's good enough for goldilocks and the three bears, it is a storybook dream for us!

Finally...

Be still my heart, my little lady is growing up! It only took about 2 and a half years, but Haley will finally let me stick bows in her hair without throwing an all out temper tantrum. Everyone take note of that SMILE! Now, the length of time she'll keep them in varies, but I will take what I can get. I want to make her a million more of these. They are simple and quick and I feel a new upcycling project coming up.

We are all about back to 100% health and to celebrate we are doing a little spring-themed giveaway.

Stay tuned...

9 Months

Cameron is 9 months old today.

She is crawling everywhere, saying "dada", giving high fives and flashing the sweetest toothy smile every time you say her name. She has two teeth on the top and two teeth on the bottom and remains pretty happy despite the occasional pain and fevers they bring her. She has learned to use them to bite into crackers and into my shoulder! Ouch. Nothing amuses her more than her sister Haley and our dog Chef and you can find her laughing at them and playing with them when she's not busy with her blocks or banging away on her piano. She has the same laugh as her big sister and also weighs just as much as her- 24 pounds! She loves to take tub baths and splash everywhere. She continues to capture my heart... and gobs of my hair! Double Ouch.

Tomorrow, we head to the doctor for a check up. She's had strep for the past week and it has given her the runs and the ugliest case of diaper rash I have ever seen. We let her roam around the house diaper free yesterday, pooping to her hearts content all over our wood floors, but her bottom is still red and sore and tad bit bumpy. I hope it hasn't sprung into a yeast infection. My poor, poor baby... I hope her little bum bum gets better soon.

Thanks for reading about butts and baby poop, you all are the best! <3

This is what Cameron is watching outside the window:

Snow Day Hats...

They are calling for snow this weekend, between 7 and 10 inches! Eee! Haley has got her snow day hat in tow and is ready for action. I think we will have a little winterfest to cap off the season complete with a special snowman cake, hot cocoa and homemade icecream sandwiches (can't find a more balanced meal), and some valentine's day crafting. There is nothing like paper heart doilies and lots of x's and o's to warm up a home!

Tonight I am wrapping up the rest of my Etsy orders and tending to my babies so we can enjoy the weekend. Nick and Cameron both have strep and Haley and I have a stomach bug that has made our stomachs upset and our bathroom trips more frequent, but I am feeling a bit better today and I am ready to get things done!

gratitude tuesday: week one

silence, a soft pillow, and security are the ingredients for a sweet sisterly slumber <3