Playroom Update

A few weeks ago I found a suuuuper smushed cereal bar in the shag rug I had in here for the boys' playroom. Like, had to cut it out of the rug bad. And then a few days after that, the boys started using their train table as a ramp. Not for their trains or cars, for themselves.

That's all I needed to see to know it was time for a change in here.

So, first order of business was maximize their space for how they actual use it. 

 Since the train table was no longer serving it's purpose, it got put into storage and opened up a ton more room for rearranging. I moved their coloring table to a more accessible spot and put up a cork board for them to proudly display their work.

We also put in a reading corner. 

And my husband whipped up this cute little bench for the boys to sit on. 

I also found this vintage phone for $5 and knew the boys would get a kick out of it.

The conversations I overhear on this phone are hilarious. 

We made some more room for make believe and for decorations that remind us 

of our first home in Virigina. 

 

 But honestly the highlight of our playroom upgrade is this Lorena Canals machine washable rug.

You read that correctly, MACHINE WASHABLE! This rug will fit in a standard washer and dryer. If that is not life-changing for a kids' space, I don't know what is. It is so liberating to just throw this sucker in the washing machine and not lug out the vacuum.

Also high on style and so on trend with those cute braided tassels.

An added bonus because this is a room I share with the boys. 

My office area is the other half of this room (maybe one day I'll show you when it's not a wreck), so it's a win-win in our shared space!

Handmade and with all natural dyes, we opted for the coordinating pom-pom throw as well with all the same great easy washing qualities. It's already been through the ringer on fort-building night.

I've been super happy with how well it's withstood my boys' most highly trafficked area. 

 Because let's be honest, this room mostly looks like this everyday.

And like this - with someone's bum in time-out. ;)

We're finding our way in this shared space and I'm so happy to say I won't be cutting cereal bar out of any rugs any time soon! 

For more info on Lorena Canals products, visit their site. 

Disclaimer: I received Lorena Canals products for review purposes but all opinions are my own.

The gift of pictures

The one gift I always know I'm getting on Mother's Day is the gift of pictures.

My husband carves out some time and gets behind our nice camera to take

some non-iPhone pictures of me and the boys. It's such a treasure to me to have these pictures and see us grow and change together every year. 

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Me and my babies on Mother's Day 2017

To me, the gift of pictures is a priceless one. 

Make a Peeps S'mores Kit + Free Printable

My heart is swelling this Easter watching my oldest son start to understand the Easter story.

We talked a lot about how what Jesus did for us was a gift and we decided to make some gifts for our friends. I love teaching him to never miss an opportunity to love and celebrate the people in our lives and how good it feels to give (and not just get) a gift.

We went to the store and found everything we need to make some Peeps S'mores Kits.

We love to make s'more at home and use our microwave in lieu of a campfire so we thought our friends might too!

All you need is some graham crackers, some chocolate and some Peeps marshmallows to make it festive. Plus our printable tags and either a stapler to do a folder tab or some string if you want to make a regular tag.

Then get as many supplies as you need to make all your s'mores kits.

Super simple and easy to have your kids do!

That's all their is to it! Like I said the printables allow you to either do a fool over tag you can staple or you can cut them to use like a regular tag with string!

I've also included a tag version that doesn't specifically have to be for Easter.

So you can do these anytime for a special surprise for one of your favorite peeps! :)

Download the You are one of my favorite Peeps tags here.

And download the Happy Easter to one of our favorite Peeps tags here.

Happy Easter to all of you, my favorite peeps!