Our Easter Makeovers

Our Easter Makeovers

Roxy's Before Picture

After

Roxy is definitely ready for Easter!

Chu-wee's Before Picture


After
CJ chose to have Chu-wee be blue because it is a boy color...


Most girls choose nail polish to match their clothes... i did it to match my skin!
Getting a doggie to sit still in the bathtub for 20 minutes after i brushed the color on is hard work! I was constantly trying to keep them from jumping out and cuddling them so that they would stay in the tub (and yes i was wearing gloves and a plastic clothes cover and i still ended up with blue and magenta dye all over me!)

CJ's new lucky sweat bands

CJ got some new sweat bands (you gotta love target's $1 section!) and wore them to his basketball game and not only did they "Help me run faster"- CJ, they also helped him make 3 baskets!

CJ made a basket!

We told CJ that if he made a basket during today's game we would give him $5, and he did! He was awesome!

Kids are like cells...

They multiply like crazy! I started off with inviting 2 kids over for a play date after school and they miraculously multiplied. By dinner time we had 9! All the kids got to make their own little pizzas. They had to roll out the dough and put on all their favorite toppings. They were so yummy! We also had apples, oranges, and ants-on-a-log (celery, peanut butter, and raisins). We watched the new movie Planet 51- I highly recommend it, it was hilarious! Taylor Pittman, Alexis Henry, Keifer, Auston Buell, Kade Henry, Bryce Buell, CJ Tunqusit, Ashley Tunquist, & Addison Stone

im domestic

Today i worked on our house some more. I made this wicked awesome "Tunquist Family" sign with help from my sister Angel's vinyl company www.Walapaloo.com (they rock!) The vinyl is metallic copper and looks awesome! I cant wait to hang it on my wall. Second item of the day was to make it so Roxy stops falling down the stairs at night time to go potty (even though it is kinda funny). I didnt want to drill holes into the deck for these solar lights for the stairs so I found some scrap wood from dad's house and used his ban saw, belt sander, and drill press and... viola! lighted steps!

(Thanks dad for sharing your tools!)

I think i got bit...

I think i got bit by either the spring-cleaning-bug or a remedial-marthastewart-bug... or i've been watching too much of the home & garden channel. Whatever the reason i've been busy with plans to make my house look better.

I started in the family room. I have gotten tired of the disaster i see whenever i watch tv so i decided to start there.

Before

So an order to target.com + 4 hours of building cabinets (and 2 band aids...i'll admit i stabbed myself a couple of times with the screwdriver- those things are sharp!) And a lot of organizing and throwing stuff away and this is what i got...

After

(Geez... just how many times did the kids touch the tv?!?) Note to self: wash tv.


- - - The next project: Refinish an old coffee table i found in the warehouse - - -

While helping (mostly just watching the boys do the heavy lifting) clean out the warehouse i found this coffee table. I thought the design on the drawer was cool so i decided to try and fix it up.
Before
After a trip to Lowe's (those people rock! they totally told me how to tile from start to finish, and showed me exactly what i needed to buy!) and a 30 minute negotiation with the kids about which tiles we wanted we came home with a plan on how to refinish the table. I got to work (with Beth offering lots of emotional support) and i Tiled A Table!!!! i rock!

After

It was so easy! it was 85 percent worry and 15 percent work. The tile looks really cool and all that is left to do is place another coat of sealant to the wood. (plus, i learned how to do it better the next time)

2 projects down and like 50 to go! woo hoo! we already have the garden prepping for this years fruits and veggies (we purchased an apple tree that has 4 different kinds of apples grafted on it, a pear tree with 4 types of pears, and a blood orange tree), and seeds starting to sprout in the greenhouse on the front porch. Exciting! we will be refinishing the kitchen table, painting the cupboards, painting the bathrooms, and installing an awesome vinyl sign that says "Tunquist Family" (thanks to Walapaloo.com! -my sister Angel's vinyl cutting business). I am so excited.

My bathtime buddy

The kids were all ready for bed and watching a show before bed so i decided to take a bath. I usually pull the doggie bed into the bathroom so that chu-wee can sit on something soft instead of the hard ground while he "protects" me from... the bubbles. CJ decided that he didn't want to watch the show that Ashley chose and so he grabbed his DS and kicked Chu-wee outta his bed and decided to keep me company instead. (luckily i have a curtain that i can close so that only my head shows). CJ played his game and described -in detail- the game he was playing. (I now know WAY more about the Indiana Jones Lego game than i ever thought i would!) CJ is a sweetheart and i love hanging out with him.