Siblings That Paint Together...

Yesterday Logan asked if he could paint.  I said sure.  So, we got out the paints.  Of course, when Logan does something, Scarlet wants to do it too.  It was a messy, but very cute adventure!

Scarlet's Nursery

Back in June, I "finished" the nursery.  And by finished, I mean that it's basically done except it is missing some of the letter canvases I handed out.  Hopefully soon, perhaps before she enters kindergarten, I will have gotten them all back.  (And curtains--it needs some curtains.)

It was a long road to get here.  We had the color for the lower half of the walls picked out and painted.  However, Kevin and I could not agree on a color for the wall above the chair rail.  Good thing that Home Depot has started to carry those small sample jars of paint again because we literally had 6 different color samples on the wall and could not agree on any of them.  Finally, I said that I think we should try a light red-violet. (Sounds better than pink--don't you think? And there is a difference between a tint of red and a tint of red-violet.  One pink is way better than the other.)  Most of you know that I am not a "pink" person.  Kevin agreed.  We liked the first one we tried--YAY!!  It did take a coat of primer and 2 coats of pink for the stripes from Logan's nursery to disappear.  But, now, you can't even tell they were ever there.

We didn't get any "new" furniture for Scarlet.  She is using the hand-me-downs from Logan.  The blue bookcase is "new" to her, but is from my sister.  I believe my father made it and both of us used it growing up and then her sons used it growing up.  I like that it is still around and being used; AND that my dad made it.  Maybe one day I will re-paint it.

There are still a couple of things I would like to do.  I still have to come up with curtains, but I can't figure out what I want.  I could make them, but having priced out fabric for Logan's curtains, it would cost the same to just buy some panels and then I wouldn't have to find time to sew them.  Anyway.  So, for now, for the most part, I am done with the nursery. 

The letter walls.  As you can see several are missing.  I have let spots for them.  When I have them all, I will do a post show casing them all.  I am really glad my friends agreed to my idea of helping me create them.

Alphabet quilt my mom made for Scarlet.

Looking in from the doorway.

Closet wall.

Cozy corner to read to her in.

Close-up of crayon name art.

Close-up of felt butterfly mobile I made.

Close-up of bee painting.

Close-up of hand-made clothing tags.

Clothing tags in use.  It has really helped me see what clothes she has for the future.  They were easy to make. 

10 things

It's been a while since I posted anything about Logan lately.  So, I figured I would tell you 10 things that are relevant to Logan over the past 2-3 weeks.

1.  Logan developed a new painting technique.  It's called the double brush.  It is very effective for getting lots of paint and creating new strokes on the page.

2.  Logan's cars like to eat and have breakfast with him on occasion.  Think animals drinking around a lake.

3. Logan's favorite thing to do at the park is swing.  He would swing for hours if I would let him.

4. We went to our first story time the other day.  It was interesting.  I wasn't sure if Logan would be able to sit through it.  He did okay.  It was tough for him to focus.  Especially since there was some construction going on outside the window.  I might try to go again before we go back to school.

patiently waiting for the library to open for story time

5. Speaking of reading, Logan loves to have books read to him.  Often times we have to read the same book 4 or 5 or 8 times in a row.  I can recite some by heart now.

6. We were given an easel from a friend of mine for Logan.  I finally got a roll of paper for it.  It has brought about Logan's love of painting again.  He will go over and start to paint, then ask me to put on his apron and open the paints he can not.  He especially likes to paint his arms.

7. Today I heard Logan string 2 words together.  Maybe he has done this before, but it was very clear today!!  He said, "Another can!" when going through his play kitchen.

8.  Have I mentioned how much Logan is into cars right now?  He loves them so much that often he takes his matchbox cars--specifically his bus--to nap time and bedtime with him.

9.  Logan wants to try to put his clothes on from time to time--by himself.  Here he is putting on his shorts.

I can put my shorts on myself...watch.

What?  Both legs don't go in this hole?

9.  We've been slowly working on teaching Logan how to pedal his bike.  It's hard for him, but I think he is getting it.  He still mostly pushes with his feet on the ground, but he does try to push the pedals.

10.  I don't have pictures, but we went to Angela and Paul's last night and Logan was fabulous with the dogs, Coco and Ralph.  I wasn't sure how he would do.  He played fetch with them, he tried to pet them nicely, he gave them many kisses (super cute), and he even tried to pick up Coco.  I was proud of him.