Around the House This Week...

St. Patrick's Day and a little Pintentionality

For our third year running, we tried to catch a leprechaun.  Chloe is so into this.  She reminds us every year.  Her first grade teacher asked the whole class to make traps this year to share with the class...Chloe could not wait to get started.

This years trap was complete with a ladder to the upper deck, bed, table/couch, chair, TV and a washer and dryer.  Chloe was hoping the comfort level would have a luring effect on the leprechaun. 

According to the letter they wrote,  they did in deed  appreciate her attention to detail

and thought it to be one of the comfiest traps in town.

While we did not catch the little guys, we were amused by their creativity in thrashing the back yard.  Hammocks all topsy-turvy, bike propped up on a ladder and lawn chairs placed on top of the pergola.  What a mess.

Our favorite evidence was the footprints and green water in the toilet. 

I saw on Pinterest that other leprechauns did the same thing...must have been a union thing. 

Pintentional Post #8

Spring is in the air here in Georgia...
But after a few days of the sickies, I thought the house could use a little freshening up.

Found this idea on Pinterest and it smells fabulous!
Apparently it is supposed to smell like the Williams Sonoma store...I do not shop there often enough to vouch for that...but it smells awesome in my house!

All you need is:

a pot

a lemon

some vanilla extract

 some rosemary sprigs

and water

Simmer all day and have your house smell yummy!

At Christmas time I always simmer:

Clementine peelings and cinnamon in water

This is also a super yummy smell for the house!

Word to the Wise

Over the past 4 days we have become more acquainted with the necessity and beauty of this:

 It's a mattress cover. 

One of those fancy ones you buy at the mattress store. 

The one that they cut a small portion off of

and rubber band to the top of a jar filled with water to show how water proof it is.

Absolute. Necessity.

Not only are they liquid proof...

they are also chunk proof...

while that may be a little too much information...

it is still true.

So.

If you are not yet a parent...or a parent of a baby...

or have not been 'baptized' by a child's vomit yet...

When you transition to a 'big boy or girl' bed,

Do. Not. Skimp on the mattress cover.

I repeat:

DO. NOT. SKIMP.

You will be tempted to buy the cheaper one...

Buy the expensive one.

You will thank me.

And the mattress cover when the stomach flu visits your house at 11 pm...

and 12:30 am...

and 2:30 am...

and 6:00 am...

and 11 am...

Our only improvement would be to have the water proofness also wrap around the sides of the mattress.

They may offer this as the step up from the expensive mattress cover to the ridiculously expensive mattress cover.  I may be swayed to purchase the latter if I am ever in the market for another one.

Water proof mattress covers you are a sanity saver.

And Kevin...

You win the 'Best Daddy in the World' award.

Seriously brave in the face of projectile vomit and gracious in the cleaning it up.

You barely flinched while it dripped from your hands.

You. Are. A. Rock star.

So blessed that I get to watch you be the best Daddy on the planet.