The Decorations

Below are the decorations we made for the 3rd Birthday Party. The loose theme was "Thing One and Thing Two" which I have always wanted to do with twins. I mainly used the color scheme from the book, plus pink and a few Pinterest ideas. I think it all turned out pretty well thanks to some help from my family!

 Painted frames with memories from their last birthdays

The food

I loved how all the colors worked together, with all the different patterns. Fun, colorful party:)

Kickoff to Birthday Weekend

Almost November, but I am determined to get some more blog posts in from the summer. I believe I left off with K hurting her elbow before we went out for their birthday dinner (Moes). Here for the weekend were my parents, grandparents and sister.

After a yummy dinner at Moes, Grandma Nancy brought out some chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Delicious!

 Gimpy arm and all

 Practicing how old they are for the party and before they get to open their first set of presents:)

A new favorite baseball book and one that K memorized within a few weeks.

 "What I always wanted!!" VERY excited about a set of bases.

 Equally as excited for a baby doll with a nigh-night (pacifier), though somewhat subdued as her elbow was really bothering her.

 Practice stance

Pitcher's mound works too!

We had such a fun evening with our Ohio family, visiting and working hard to get the party ready for tomorrow. So much more fun to get things ready with family and not nearly as hard of work:)

Gender Neutral Nursery -- for now

 I really need to catch up on blog posts from May on.....but have decided to combine old and new posts until I can get my blog act together, if that happens at all:) Today's post is of the nursery, as is, until we know if we are having a boy or a girl. This view is from the doorway. The full bed was previously in our guest room but now fits nicely in the nursery. I am planning on adding a lamp with a yellow base to the book shelf. It is hard to tell here, but the walls are a gray. Pillows will be added to the bed as well (hot pink if a girl and crimson red if a boy).

Close-up of the pillows I made from leftover fabric from the crib bedding.

 Borrowed crib (as K and I are using their cribs as toddler beds). I made the bedding.....so don't look too close!

 Close-up of the fabric as it is hard to tell exactly what color it is. 

 New gray curtains. The rocker has been spray-painted white and we are waiting on gender to determine what fabric to cover it with.

 View from the crib. Josh and friends painted the walls and all of the trim white, plus installed new blinds.

 Recovered the fabric on the baskets and bought a new changing pad cover. I am going to add either pink or red ribbon to the upper baskets later, I think.

 Small art project made from leftovers and a shoe box lid:) Wall decor will also come with gender.....just not worrying about it right now.

Both sides of the closet. One bin of clothes is for boy, one for girl. I have labeled the storage baskets with what items I want where, so hopefully my mom will have time to launder one and have put away by the time we come home from the hospital:) Then the closet will be stocked!

I think we are officially done for now in the nursery and as Baby Steed allows, we will move on to other projects until D Day!