When you've got a 1,000 word essay you're meant to be writing for your university course ... you decide to do a blog post instead, right?! :-) I guess it's that time of year when you realise that you've not updated your blog in a while, and doing it will be one less thing on that mental "To-Do" list, so I'll concentrate better once I get it done. Or so I'm telling myself! :-) I've already got photos for a second post - who knows, maybe I'll do that tomorrow - or at least soon.
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| This is my little study buddy! :-) Though he likes to grab all my pens and highlighters and throw my notebooks over the couch! |
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| He thinks it's great fun hanging out with me when all the other kids are asleep at night! |
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| In November, my biggest girl turned 10!! It's hard to believe I've already got a child this old. It feel like she'll be grown up before I realise it! Abigail is a huge blessing - so thankful for her! :-) |
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| Goofy faces! ;-) |
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| Sister cuddles |
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| My girls! |
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| Opening presents - books are always appreciated! |
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| Birthday cake! |
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| Candles |
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| Fergus likes to hang out in the kitchen with me - using spoons on metal stuff is always fun - and noisy! :-) |
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| Right now Fergus is a bit mad over trying to fit *into* things - like toy boxes, buckets, anything! This time, I had to laugh when he sat inside a small casserole dish! :-D Yes, he's a lot of fun! |
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| Stacking tins of food is fun! |
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| As I said, sitting in toy boxes! ;-) |
Over the past several weeks, I've been doing lots of re-organising of bedrooms. The girls room is very small and an odd shape, and as they've gotten older, it's become more cramped and not enough proper places to keep their things tidy! So it was time for a major makeover, and thanks to clever Ikea stuff, the room has been totally transformed. THIS is the horrible *before* photo! Yes, it was bad!
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| Girls' room before - it was a mess! |
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| This was after, but the other end of the room - don't have a before photo posted of this end of the room. But they had a large bunk bed with double bed on the bottom, so it took up a lot of room in their small space. So we replaced it with a short/compact bunk bed which made the room feel so much bigger. The girls love it! (Oh, and the wood trim here has since been painted white! lol This was an early "after" photo.) |
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| This is the after photo (same area as the very messy photo above). Ikea wardrobes have given them lots of space for clothes (because girls always like lots of clothes!) and the Kallax units are amazing. I like the one under the window, which is a favourite place for the girls to sit and play. It's 4 units wide, but only part of it is seen in the photo here. |
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| Wardrobe being filled here - it's totally full now! ;-) |
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| My second "project" was to re-purpose this under-used hallway into a sewing workstation! Again, with Ikea space saving units! This is the hall between girls' and younger boys' bedrooms (the whole area was originally un upstairs lounge/living room when we bought the house - but we turned it into bedrooms soon after we moved in). |
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| Part way thru creating the sewing and craft workstation area! I came up with the original idea of using Billy bookcases, and Peter did ALL the assembling and putting it together for me ;-) and also he thought of using a Billy shelf extension unit to make the top shelf to bridge the gap between the two bookcases. Then doors on the front to keep the fabrics and sewing supplies tidy and out of the way of small hands! |
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| And being put to good use! :-) Deborah was designing doll dresses before school, before breakfast, and before she even got dressed in the morning! :-P They quite like having this creative space outside their bedroom! :-) |
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| I've also re-organised the little boys' room too! Someone local-ish was selling some secondhand Kallax units, and having seen how well they worked for the girls' room, I just had to sort out the boys room too! Yes, it does look a bit like a toy store! ;-) But Fergus loves being able to see all the toys. And having an orderly place for everything, means it's easy for the children to tidy the rooms by themselves, so less work for me! ;-) |
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| One last photo - yes, it will be Fergus, of course! :-) He was trying to SIT in the sink of the toy kitchen set! He loves to explore everything, that's for sure! |
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Well, maybe I'll go work on that essay now ... or just do some more housework and other jobs that always need to be done! ;-)
1 comment:
Happy Birthday to your beautiful princess! Wow! Ten!
Great ideas there, especially the sewing workstation! You have done really well! I wish I was that creative with furniture. It looks so tidy and organised. I absolutely love it.
Glad you posted, even though you are supposed to be writing! :-)
Keep them up and blessed and Happy New Year to your family!
Love from
Beth Fisher
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