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It's a little late for a garden but I finally got around to the start of one this summer. I bought some Ikea shelving for $15 which fits real nice on our porch. Its not as pretty as our old one, with the nice brick wall but I have some ideas. 

Im just starting out with a little cherry tomato plant and some yellow snapdragons. 

Afterwards, Oliver played in the dirt.. with water, so actually mud.

Kitty was a little concerned.

And on other news I'm now a monthly contributor for a blog called Doublethebatch.com.  Its pretty fun and you can see my first blog post here. I'm working on my next post and its going to be a real fun one!

Better Lock it in your Pocket.

The other day I realized I'm turning into one of those people who I never liked. The ones who take billions of baby pictures but then slowly stops taking photos once their kids start growing up. So I got my camera out of my room and its back on my kitchen counter ready to be used for those every day moments, not just the ultra cute ones. 

So here are a few photos that have been sitting on my camera for awhile... its funny how Oliver changes so quick, another reason why I absolutely should be taking photos more often. 

I think Oliver looks like a little old man in this photo. 

We made a fort and ate cookies one day.

Oliver is a Huge play dough fan. Huge.

Oliver wouldn't smile for the camera so Chad tried to help him out a little.

Sarah and Duck. Quack.

Its been a long time. I lost my camera charger and I didn't want to buy a new one because i've "lost" it about 3 times before and bought new chargers and then find the old ones eventually, so I searched for a long time. I never found it so I bought a new one. A week later, I found the old one. 

SO here are some pictures of lately. 

It was super warm for awhile and we went exploring. I am very excited for summer to hurry up and get here. 

There was also a very big snow storm and we got like over 6 inches of snow in one night. Happily it all melted within the next two days.

One of Oliver's favorite things.  Riding on the skateboard with dad. Just dad too, he doesn't like when I offer to go with him.

During the big snow storm we went outside for a little during it and the next day he wanted to go out on the porch and play with the snow but it was cold and I didn't want to, so the snow came inside. It was extremely exciting for him.

I bought easter eggs for easter and the day before I wasn't paying attention to Oliver and when I went to go look for him I found him like this on our bed stirring the eggs with a spoon and container he found himself.

I bought a little coffee table a week or two ago for $9 and finally got around to painting it. I re-bought the teal/blue paint that our tv stand is and painted the little feet copper. (Btw, It doesn't look as teal in this picture as it actually is) But anyways, it's real cute.

Oliver has stopped eating lately but he loves my new table so i've started giving him his food here and it seems to be helping. So does cheetos. And he looks super cute there.

And happy easter! We hid eggs throughout the living room for Oliver. It was his first easter to go egg hunting and it was real precious. He got very excited and then calmed down by the end.. but we put a single fruit snack or marshmallow in the eggs and he had lots of fun opening them.

 He wasn't very good at collecting the eggs, instead he would open them and put the treats together in his wagon.

Please leave all overcoat, canes, and top hats with the door man.

Oliver has been pretty fun lately. I love that he is getting older! I feel like we are actually becoming buddies. Also, its nice that he has been whining much much less. 

One of the funny things he does is try and put everything in his truck. Sometimes things don't really fit. He tried putting his shopping cart in yesterday..... 

He also loves hanging out in cubbies. He has a perfect spot in his room but will sit in the closets and kitchen cupboards too. 

And Happy Late Valentines day! We had a little party with cookies, pizza, and some star wars jokes.

Family photo time... yes oliver is still in his monkey pjs. but they are red?...

I had to post this one too because oliver looks ultra cute.

After/during our party oliver collected all the star wars jokes to go into his truck... of course.

More hiding.

I'm taking back the crown

 Here are some old pictures/videos from my phone...

This is the before and after of my striped bathroom that you probably already saw on instagram,  but I still really like it!

Big shoes. 

Oliver and daddy tooth brush time. 

Family trip to Ikea

Big snow day! I planned to just open the garage door part way and we could go back and forth a little but that didn't last long at all. He did not want to come back inside at all. 

my momma don't like you and she likes everyone

We made play-dough. Oliver loved it. I came back to take a picture of him and he did this adorable little pose. 

But the magic of play-dough has already worn down. I really need to get some food dye, maybe that will up the game again. Although his favorite thing right now is to play with water in a million measuring cups, pots, and pans. It was a mistake I made once and now from an hour after waking up to right before bed he finds whatever container he can and goes the the kitchen whining for me to fill it up with water. Now all I do throughout the day is clean up water puddles, rinse almost clean dishes, and change olivers wet clothes. I hope he finds a new game soon.

On a happier note. You may have already known that I stopped eating meat... mostly... back in September I watched a farm animal cruelty video that made me want to do something. To be real legit I understand that I would have to also not eat eggs, diary, ect. but at least I'm doing something, right? I still haven't found a local meat supplier with legitimate free range meat and eggs that I want to start buying from (there are a ton here btw) so instead I have yet to cook any meat in our house.

But I love meat and miss it so when I saw this brand on sale at cub foods for just $3ish I bought it. I love it, chad loves it. The other day I gave chad some choices for dinner and he said, can't we have those burgers again.. so they are legit. I do cook them on a cast iron griddle skillet which I think adds to their crisp and flavor. So if you decide to make them, do that for sure.

Morning star is the other brand I have tried, which Burger King carries, and I thought it was really gross. btw

I am really excited to find some more nonmeat meat to try out. Does anyone one know of any stores that carry a variety but don't over charge?

300th Post.

This is my 300th post!

And its nothing special.... just the past couple days.

Oliver loves to clean.

He often requests a paper towel with cleaner on it and then goes around wiping things, like the floor, chads desk, shoes......

Even though I don't sweep (I use a little bare-floor vacuum we got on Back Friday for $12, which I love with all my heart) Oliver likes to sweep.

Action shot.

I also picked up a glass table at the thrift store for $8 for my "office". Chad has his own room for his office and I knew I needed an area for my craft/important paper stuff so I decided to make our bedroom closet into my office because it is nice a bright and I actually like the idea of closing it off.

So anyways, I originally thought to paint it gold, but I thought that would look dated quickly so I went with rose gold/copper. And I love it.

So here it is... so far... I still have a bunch I want to do. I did just make that chicken wire frame thing today which I think turned out really cool. I wasn't planning on having any blues in my office (just pink, rose gold, white, and grey) since I use it everywhere.. but I kind of like it...

While I was in the painting mode I repainted this old guy.... After I first painted him I didn't like it, it was too like... moroccan? So now he's rose gold and holds all our cords, router, and outdated 90's sound system. 

And lastly some Darcy pictures, which turned into some upset Oliver pictures then some Oliver bothering Darcy pictures.