Girls Night

Aunt MiMi gave Scarlett a first class mani and pedi at girls night. It was the first time to paint her fingers and boy was she proud!! She showed me her "pretties" a million times.

Cutest girl EVER in her leopard print jammies and glitter polish. She later made me add some of her nail stickers to add a lil something ;)

Crafts

So I found this little treasure at the thrift store for $2. I liked that is was made of a good wood and the little flower on the front was cute so I thought that it might turn out cute in Scarlett's room if I fixed it up a bit.

 

It had this unattractive mauve-ish color velvet on the inside.

Pay no attention to the covered bottom .... I had already started :)

After a coat of primer I painted it this pretty mint color that I have been trying to incorporate into Scarlett's mostly pink and white bedroom and bathroom.

I covered the inside with scrapbook paper in a mint/turquoise flower print. I used this same pattern in her bathroom on a different craft so I thought adding it to her room would help tie them together ?? :)

Here it is finished on her dresser. I am hoping to cover that empty space above her dresser with a really pretty ornate mirror that I think I will (try to) antique-ishly paint mint and white. That is as soon as a find that perfect mirror!! I have been scouring the thrift store and craigslist but have had no luck so far.

I also found this little doll chair at the thrift store for $1. I painted it in the same mint color and added a different flower print that I also used in the bathroom. I think it turned out pretty cute...

I think Scarlett does too because she has really been making all my hard work worthwhile.

(side note: her baby has no clothes on because she has been into Toy Story 3 lately and "big baby" doesn't wear any clothes so she decided her baby wouldn't either.... haha!! Lets just hope she doesn't think to cover her in pen ink too!)

Betty Crocker

This will be a random post.... I actually have started one with more of a journal type theme but this one is simply to brag on myself!

Scarlett LOVES bananas. And every time we hit the grocery store I try to avoid that particular fruit section. But Broulims, being very smart, has strategically placed displays of bananas throughout the store and we always end up with a bunch in our cart :/

So today, while cleaning up, I notice 4 very brown bananas ready for the trash. All of a sudden, though never before with all the others, it occurred to me that you can make banana bread with nasty bananas!!!

I am a terrible cook and reason that's why I never thought of it before but tried it today. While mixing up the ingredients I started to panic because it looked like too much for the pan. But I dumped it in, threw it in the oven, and one hour and a dirty oven pan later (from an overflowing banana bread pan) this beauty was born!!!

Now for the real test- I cut Aaron a piece. Hands on knees and 1 inch from his face I watched him take a bite. I was rewarded with a long "hmmmmmmm". So after a few heel clicks, air punches and a brief consideration of waking Scarlett to inform her to no longer call me mommy but Betty Crocker- I ate some myself!

Not as good as that Betsy Brannon Greens recipe but it was pretty delicious.

Go ME!!!