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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
For your viewing pleasure
Mr. W found a new program that would allow me to more easily post pictures (it was such a procedure before), so I thought I'd give it a shot. Here are a few photos taken over the last several months. 
This was taken at the zoo. Some how or another crawling through a plastic tunnel was supposed to make my son feel like a wombat. Maybe if this particular zoo had actually had a wombat... 
The lowercase is still quite small for his age. We couldn't find an Easter suit we liked in his size, so we bought one that was a bit big at the time. Pictures were taken months later when they fit better (though the pants were still too big). At very nearly 23 months, he is still wearing many clothes in 12 months and just beginning to wear 18 month clothes. 
And finally, how we spent most of the summer. This picture more than many of the others, truly shows why I wanted to be a parent. Moments like this one. That pure joy. The laugh that followed that big splash. It makes me realize how worth it it was to keep pushing through all the crap that came before.
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Sunday, September 09, 2007
I am not a crafty person, so it came as quite a surprise to Mr. W when I announced that I would be turning the lowercase's bathroom into an underwater paradise. It started out innocently enough. We hadn't yet painted that room and as more projects got completed, it looked worse. We had purchased some Rainbow Fish prints several years ago and those were hanging in the bathroom already, so it made sense that I would go with a fish theme. I went to Target and bought their fish kleenek cover, soap pump, toothbrush holder and a turtle tumbler. I found a Rainbow Fish inspired pastel that I did in an art class in college (Art for Elementary Teachers) and was surprised at how nice it looked. Aside of my craft deficiency, I have a general lack of skill in all things art-class related.
Once I had all the elements of the room together, it was time to pick out paint. We drove to the home improvement store where I discovered the Disney line of paints. I was enchanted by the Finding Nemo collection. And then I saw the directions to paint your own room to look just like the one in the booklet! There were Nemo wall stickers! And a url to download seaweed stencils to finish the room!
The only problem is -- I don't exactly know how to stencil. I mean, I get the general idea -- but how does one keep the paint from seeping beneath the stencil? And the website didn't exactly say what to print it on, but I'm assuming that printer paper doesn't make the best stencil. Any suggestions on how I should do this? Once the paint is dry and the pictures are hung, I promise lots of pictures! Including some shots of the lowercase using his new bathroom...er...you know...brushing teeth and splashing in the tub. We're a long way off from potty training and while a friend of mine DID take (and post) pictures of her child using the potty and *gag* the CONTENTS of the potty after...I will NEVER subject you to that!
So...you help me out with this stenciling dilemma by telling me what products to buy to do this properly and any special stenciling techniques to ensure paint goes only where I want it...you get pictures of the lowercase loving hiw new bathroom!
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