the (girl) in the (pink) pajamas...

actually...more like the pink hello kitty velour track suit!
Today marks the official start of Kaitlyn's summer vacation.  I'm trying like crazy to plan a variety of things to make August 9th feel like it took only a couple of weeks to get here- more on that later.  In the meantime, I expect a lot of this....

going on.  Yup, that's Kaitlyn and our neighbor H planning out their day.  They can spend hours sitting in front of each other like this, fence between them, each with their own pile of toys, books, etc just playing.





  

I'm a big fan of blogs. If I had to tell someone exactly how many blogs currently reside on my Reader, I don't know if I'd be embaressed or surprised. That being said, I think I added three more to the list about 15 minutes ago. Whatev...have you heard of Knock off Wood? No? Well then please, click on the link & be prepared to be blown away. When this blog updates it's all I can do not to stop what I'm doing and devour the entire post. This blog has so inspired me that I'm 85% convinced that I'm going to tackle building this West Elm Modern inspired Farm Table . I've been thinking about it for awhile now and after reading about the success of the first timers over at pemberwick.blogspot.com, I went from 'meh' to 'I can SOOoooo do that too'. Paul & I have always wanted a big table like this but were convinced that it would be awhile before we could actually afford the one that would fit us perfectly. So...can you build a $600 Farm Table for $20-$30 (about how much it has cost some readers)? Stay tuned folks.