looth tooth

Kira has had two loose teeth for about a week and today, at my brother Nate's farewell (great job Nate), she lost the first one! I can't believe that she is old enough to be loosing teeth already. It seems like just yesterday that we were so excited when her first tooth came in. She has already put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy to come tonight. What fun! (The look on her face here is priceless because she was so scared and excited at the same time and this captures her reaction perfectly:) )

The little tooth is in her hand.

It's Heavenly!

I have wanted a white kitchen for as long as I can remember, but with no budget to do a major kitchen remodel I thought it would never happen. Then I thought, if I hate my kitchen cabinets, what harm could come from trying to paint them myself? They couldn't be worse than they already are. So, with some major hesitation from the hubby, I bought ten cans of Heirloom White spray paint at Home Depot and started to spray...the end result - I LOVE IT!!!

The before...
Priming the inside...
And the doors...

Another before...

And the after!
Before...

Putting on the beadboard - Thanks to Dave for the flattering picture - I was trying to help it stick better. Side note, the liquid nails from Home Depot didn't dry fast enough so, I got out my handy glue gun and that did the trick!

Add some cute knobs...

And voila! The kitchen is done and I am in love. I am so happy right now:)

It's amazing what a can of paint can do!

PS. If you want to see a really cute kitchen redo, go to bethany's blog. She did a really great job.

Mother's Day Books

We were finally able to visit both my mom and Dave's mom and wish them a Happy Mother's Day, so now I can blog about our gift to them because they have now seen it and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. These were so fun to make. They are chipboard books from mayaroad that come with their own box holder. Mayaroad has tons of fun things that you can makeover like board books and other things. (Also, I got this idea from a girl on tipjunkie). I just measured the boards and then digital scraped them with each of our pictures on them. I used a kit called "where the heart is" from GGdigitaldesigns.

Then on the backs of each picture I put some things that each of us loves about each grandma. It was fun to get the kids to think about what they loved about grandma. It was just a fun project to make and give.

Stupid Old Pickup Truck Girl

Last night we went to see Taylor Swift, aka "Stupid Old Pickup Truck Girl" - Kira LOVES that song - and was so excited to go and see Taylor in concert. She put on an amazing show and we had tons of fun - except for Kira's meltdown at the beginning:) Here are Kira and daddy.
Here is Miss Swift and the band

Taylor on the big screen - what a fun setup she had.

Posing in front of her tour buses.

Dance Yourself Silly

The girls had their very first dance concert on Saturday. It turned out so so cute. They had two dances. The first was to the "Cars" song and the second one was "Cruella De Vil". They were so much fun to watch. Kira came out on the first dance and just looked through her hands as binoculars to find us in the audience. Kate just watched Kira and copied every move she made. They were so funny and cute shaking their bums and doing all the dance moves that they could remember! What a fun memory. We love you girls.