I feel as though the month of April is moving ahead at the speed of light! We spent the beginning of the month in Miami during Lyla’s spring break. We all had the most amazing time, ate wayyyyy too much food and pretty much alternated between visiting the pool and the beach.
We loved walking along the boardwalk and enjoying the breeze coming off of the ocean. 
Nap time is sort of a tricky time around our house. On a good day Sienna will nap for 2-3 hours in the afternoon, which leaves her big sister stuck in the house.
We are planning some backyard renovations which will allow us to spend HOPEFULLY all of our time outside this summer, but in the meantime we are trying to find things to fill the day during those naps.
We made this cork coasters together yesterday using 1/4 inch cork tiles and some leftover house paint. I cut the shapes out using an exacto knife and showed her how to tape the first section. Lyla was in charge of the painting. She wasn’t quite sure how everything was going to work out, but in the end she thought it was so cool how you could make something flat look 3D….. We also talked about mixing colors and what each shape was. I think they turned out really cute, and Lyla is looking forward to our next project together.
I have never really considered myself as a “crafty” person. Yet, somehow I ended up repainting preeeeeeeeety much everything in this room.
A little background…….we bought our house a little over 11 years ago ( Yes, we were babies at the time, clearly) and over time, the room has gone through a couple of different uses before ending up as Siennas transition to big girl room.
Before Lyla, age 6, was born I went into full on nesting mode and bought all of the necessary furniture to transform Wayne’s then office into a nursery. We didn’t find out the sex of the baby so I painted everything a VERY bright and sunny yellow, gender neutral all the way, and that is how it stayed until last week. I figured that it was about time that we modernize the nursery a bit.
I chose to go with a black and white color scheme on the walls because the nursery is directly across from our bedroom which has white walls and a black ceiling. I wanted to echo what was happening in our room because our house is small, really small and we usually leave all of our interior doors open. So I figured that It would make everything seem a bit calmer to have a cohesive overall color scheme.
I spotted this chair in our alley one morning on our way to school. I am a sucker for anything with caning and thought It had great bones so I threw in in the back of the car. The coat hook was another thrift find…..$2 at a rummage sale.
While I painted the nursery over a weekend the girls were able to have a “sister sleep over” in Lyla’s room so they didn’t really get to see a lot while it was being painted. Once I did the big reveal Lyla asked if I could paint her room next…..So, be on the lookout for that, but right now mama is going to hang up the paint brush for the time being.