This was a Pinterest fail. I saw "felt Christmas tree they can decorate over and over." Thought it was genius and went to grab supplies. I saw the ornament shaped foam and thought I was skipping a major step of cutting out the ornaments. Decorated the ornaments and attached this crazy good velcro that rips the entire tree off the door whenever Olivia removes ornaments.
Turns out the pin said that 'felt sticks to felt' and if I hadn't used foam, I could have skipped the entire velcro step. Oh well. We just kinda hold the tree on for her. And slowly but surely the velcro is getting less sticky.
Another Pinterest fail. I hung about 10 ornaments from the window. An inexpensive Christmas decoration that is too high for Olivia to destroy. Turns out - it scares the crap out of me when these fall and crash in the middle of the night. My mom asked Dan if the crash wakes him up: "No. But Kelley wakes me up."
Target sells 6 packs of bubbles for $2.77. I thought it was a great inexpensive gift for her class. I added some tags that say "Merry Christmas! Love, Olivia." This one, so far, wasn't a fail. Or from Pinterest. Interesting.
In other news, Dan accidentally took 3 Advil PMs thinking they were regular Advil. He stumbled around our house, mumbled about his coworker Chris and going to the grocery store, and slept in his clothes. I might need a child lock on the medicine cabinet for Dan.
In dad of the year news, Olivia managed to punt kick a glass bowl across the kitchen and a 'million little pieces' didn't even begin to describe the mess. I now have a whole appreciation for shatter proof glass. Dan kicked us out and I don't think the floors have ever been cleaner.
Lastly, any sippy cup recommendations? Dan and I filled one of each type of sippy cup - yep, these are just one of each brand - with water and tried them ourselves. Weighed that against how spillproof they are or aren't - and decided we hate them all.
Happy Monday!
This post is amazing :) Your felt/foam tree turned out cute and who has time to sit and cut out tons of felt?? Not toddler moms! The bath crayons look like fun. Your hubby stories were too funny - definitely keep a close eye on that Tylenol pm :) and tell him he's so good at cleaning the floors that it can be his new job. Sorry to hear about all the broken glass.
ReplyDeleteYour sippy cup picture made me LOL - I LOVE that you guys tried them out! There are so many to choose from and they are kind of pricey. Our favorites are the Nuby brand four packs that Sams sells. They are affordable, have a soft spout (if that makes sense) and they've recently upgraded their design so they are mostly spill proof. I like the cups with the straws, but have found they are so hard to clean! Good luck with the sippy cup dilemma. The Nuby cups are $8 for a four pack at Sams and $20 on Amazon :( http://www.amazon.com/Nuby-Soft-Spout-Easy-Sippy/dp/B00JEN7XN6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1418615436&sr=8-4&keywords=nuby+sippy+cups
I got Olivia's virus a few days ago and didn't like the idea of liquorish flavored Nyquil (seriously? who buys liquorish flavored anything??) and Dan told me to take 3 advil PMs. Great advice, buddy. I'll have to try the Nuby ones at Sam's. I saw them there, but was worried about buying a four pack with our luck. At $8 though, I should try it. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteLol you crack me up. Your felt tree came out so much cuter than ours! It actually makes me want to go get foam ornaments. It'll probably stop Mason from balling them up and hiding them in the couch cushions. We use Tommee Tippee...and I can't for the life of me put them together. Well I can but then Mason has to suck really really hard to get water out. Dean has showed me more times than I can count how to do it and I still can't lol
ReplyDeleteI love your felt tree! And the fact that it actually works! The top left is our only Tommee Tippee one. I hear its a great brand - and this didn't leak at all, but she can't get much out of it. I should probably try other ones.
DeleteHahaha to Dan taking the Advil PMs. I should actually try that after this baby comes so I can get a break like, "oops! I took PMs, guess I gotta go to sleep. Bye Rich! Have fun with the kids"
ReplyDeleteYes, we hate every sippy cup we own as well. I'm just too lazy to go through them all and buy new ones I'm sure to hate that will leak all over the couch.
This made me laugh out loud. That really is a great strategy. At any point in life - if you need to abort for like 6-8 hours - just pretend the Advil PMs and you're set. A day at the in laws, moving day ... there are millions of occasions.
DeleteThis post had me LOL'ing the whole way through! I've never thought to hang ornaments in front of my window, but it's a cute idea! Maybe I'll wait until my hubby is back in town to try it though ;) Hope you're have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHaha I am glad! I figured out the trick. Instead of cute glittery washi tape holding the fishing wire up - just need to loop it around a curtain rod or something. Then they don't come crashing down one a night. ;)
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