The Reading Corner

I saw a Kid's Library pinned on Pintrest that looked amazing and decided Lucy must have her own little reading corner based off the same idea that the books face out on display.  It almost serves as wall art while being functional.  I would rather her see books and be enticed to use them then stashed away on a bookcase.  Plus, the covers are so much fun to look at!

So off we went to the local Big Box hardware store to look for shelving.  First we thought we would use a 1"x 3" and attached a 1"x 1" to give it a lip to keep the books from sliding of the edge.  Then we decided to get the 1"x 3" and wait until we could borrow a router from someone to make a ridge... then Rudy had the brilliant idea of using a piece of trim that already had a little ridge and was also finished in white, which matches most of her furniture in her room.  Brilliant!  So we bought two 8' pieces of Marco trim, eight little L brackets, and a pack of tiny screws and off we went.

Today, Rudy got to cutting, sanding, and installing the new, slim shelves in Lucy's room.  It really only took a few minutes and I LOVE the result!  If there weren't so many darn windows in her room, then I would do a whole wall with these.  Now I want to get her a little bean bag chair and maybe a small, fun rug to set the corner off as a special area.

Wanna play Twister.... on the elevator?

Yes folks, this is what you think you see.  A twister board in an elevator!  Last night we went to the Final Friday Open House at Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport and of course we rode the Twister Board elevator.  It's a quick game since there are only 2 stories of galleries and there are some photos circulating of us actually playing on the board.

This "Fruit Loop" Art was made by some students, I believe from Sherrard HS.  I loved the colors and the expressions on the little Cheerios.  There were so many great exhibits to see and art to buy, I wish I could have taken pictures of all of it to share... maybe next time!

 

And of course, a picture of Lucy.  We rode the Loop Bus from Downtown Moline to Davenport. Rudy is acting as her "seat belt".

Please forgive he poor photo quality.  I took these pictures with my phone and the camera lens is pretty scratched up.

Father's Day Candy Arrangement

Lucy and I made a Father's Day candy arrangement for Rudy out of fun sized snickers, fun sized twix, a laffy taffy "straw," a fun glass,  drinking straws, and a lot of tape!

Mi Familia

My little family consists of me, my husband Rudy, and my little daughter Lucy.  I just love this photo.  We took it on Mother's Day in front of the house we just moved into.  We used the timer feature with our Canon Rebel T1i on a tripod to take it.  When Lucy was born we decided that investing in a nicer camera would be better than numerous trips to the portrait studio and so far, I am very happy with the decision we made!  We have had one portrait studio visit at 3 months and the pictures were really nice, but pricey.

I am here!

I have been talking about starting to blog for years and just decided to bite the bullet and do it! A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.