tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944511658915332692024-02-07T19:31:28.397-06:00TexBamaKidShelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.comBlogger737125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-52838481300105303632014-01-28T19:07:00.002-06:002014-01-28T19:07:25.586-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-15482060563448646052014-01-14T22:13:00.000-06:002014-01-16T14:50:34.831-06:00Friends of Oakmont<div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
The school Owen attends (Oakmont Preschool and Kindergarten) may be forced to close at the end of this school year, and we are trying to help raise money to save it. At this time, our goal is $13,500, which will buy the school one year’s time to restructure and find a new location. We found Oakmont at a time when Owen was really struggling, and I truly believe that the loving guidance he's received there over the past 3.5 years has changed his story. </div>
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Most of you know how much I enjoy photography and crafting, so I’m hoping to put those hobbies to work in support of Oakmont. I am offering any of the following for an up-front $50 donation to “Friends of Oakmont”:</div>
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<li>Unframed 3x5 silhouettes of up to three people/pets (I use <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/handmade/how-to-make-a-framed-childs-silhouette/index.html">this method</a>)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNqXgeeDD12yokegr_YQaEI4QGT8JRwL81xZSKZTaB38jN9cltXKANR7fsdK99ZqxQnIs_s_XxFySJqU8A8AmLztLubRStEMaxZSOPvTAkGokSdYZ5KQFMwDMKQZbnHVOG9tzM2LDHW9n/s1600/IMG_1408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNqXgeeDD12yokegr_YQaEI4QGT8JRwL81xZSKZTaB38jN9cltXKANR7fsdK99ZqxQnIs_s_XxFySJqU8A8AmLztLubRStEMaxZSOPvTAkGokSdYZ5KQFMwDMKQZbnHVOG9tzM2LDHW9n/s640/IMG_1408.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></li>
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Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-56992464059496842312013-09-03T13:10:00.001-05:002013-09-06T09:08:15.124-05:00Big K Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Previous first days <a href="http://texbamababy.blogspot.com/2012/09/first-day-4k.html">here</a>.</div>
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That's a black and yellow garden spider on his bag in that last photo. He got it when he stomped off down the path away from me, so I kinda thought he deserved that particular fright :) </div>
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He had an awful time keeping his eyes open, and I thought he was just being stubborn about having his picture taken, but it turns out he had an infection in his corneas. Oops.</div>
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So far he is loving kindergarten, and I am so grateful.</div>
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Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-39079391737322683522013-08-29T10:10:00.001-05:002013-08-29T10:11:23.261-05:00Making popsicles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seven weeks ago, Owen still had all of his baby teeth. Now he's down three with another one on deck to meet the Tooth Fairy. And he's only 5! This is kinda early, right? You should have seen the condescending look he gave me the other night when I offered him apples at dinner. Popsicles are clearly a much more friendly choice for someone in his dental condition.</div>
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I'm trying to make the most of this last week with him before he starts kindergarten, so when he asked if we could make strawberry cream popsicles (I blame <a href="http://steelcitypops.com/">Steel City Pops</a> for his refined popsicle palate) I thought we could make a fun half-day out of it.</div>
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First we went online to choose the recipe. He went for <a href="http://lovelypantry.com/2012/07/strawberries-cream-popsicles-guest-post-chung-ah-damn-delicious/">the one</a> with the yummiest pictures. She's going to have to change her blog name for me once Owen can read, though ;) Then I gave him a notepad and he wrote down the ingredients we would need, 'strawderries' being one of them. Next we were off to the grocery store where he got his own cart, 'read' his list and filled the basket. Owen would much rather be running around whacking things at any given moment, so it was great to see him so focused and proud of what he was accomplishing.</div>
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The cute monster pop molds are from his Beck Beck, and they work great. I just saw where they have push-pop molds now too. That's tempting!</div>
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He's been having one outside after dinner each night, and he says they taste just like he wanted. Ooh, I'm going to miss him when he's at school!Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-21878837314295560262013-08-27T16:15:00.000-05:002013-08-27T21:41:58.255-05:00B&A: Basement Bathroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While Scott was in Africa last month, I decided it would be a good idea for me to have a project so I wouldn't just sit around and miss him and be jealous of his adventures. Not a flattering admission, but at least I've gotten better at the 'knowing thyself' thing. </div>
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The bathroom in our basement has looked exactly the way it did the day we moved in almost 4 years ago- mostly because nobody ever used it and partly because I thought the paintings the previous owners' grandchildren made on the walls were quirky and sweet. I mean, look at that smiling bird! I really do hope when I'm a grandma I can be laid back enough to have a home where there's room for my grandchildren to have fun and leave their own mark.</div>
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When Scott started hosting guys' nights on the patio off our basement, I got self-conscious about the condition of that bathroom though. It had that damp smell and peeling paint and gunky grout on the floors, so I decided a good cleaning, a nice coat of white paint on the walls and a fun color on the cabinet would freshen it up. </div>
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When the walls were all finished and I was ready to move on to the cabinet, I remembered reading <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/01/take-it-away/">this post</a> and decided the little backsplash had to go... and that's when things got ugly.<br />
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My mistake? The tutorial on Young House Love was for a granite backsplash that's only been glued/caulked in place. Mine was laminate with about half-a-dozen gnarly (do people still use that word?) screws connecting it to the countertop. So when I ripped the backsplash off, I ripped all kinds of holes in the countertop too. And where I was lucky enough not to have big holes, I had about an inch of the end of a screw left pointing out of the counter instead. </div>
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I borrowed my neighbor's Dremel to saw off the screws. Can you hear me yelling for my mom to grab the camera and snap a photo of me looking cool with sparks going everywhere? 'Cause that's how it happened. I trimmed the screws, patched one big hole I made in the (freshly painted) wall and clued the countertop back together as best I could.<br />
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And then another blogger made <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diy-concrete-countertops.html">a very timely post</a> that saved me from thoughts of just going down to Lowe's and paying $100+ for a new countertop and installation. For about $20 instead, I sanded down the counter and skim coated it with 3 layers of feather finish concrete. I was kinda shocked when it worked. (Oh, and it did not escape my notice in the tutorial that she wisely left her laminate backsplash alone and it looked perfectly fine in the final room.) Not bad, right? I don't think I would get away with having only drywall behind a sink that gets daily use, but this sink is used maybe once every week or two.</div>
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While the countertop drama was going on, I would take breaks to work on something a little easier- the cabinet below. I decided to put faux feet on it to make it look more like a piece of furniture.</div>
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There weren't any pre-made pieces at the hardware store big enough, so I Frankenstein-ed two different ones together. And I'm a chicken about electric saws, so I had to saw them by hand. Took forever.<br />
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So here's a before and after of the cabinet. Sorry for making you look at the toilet :)</div>
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I needed to Kilz the inside of the cabinet to get rid of the damp smell, so I went ahead and grabbed some leftover grey paint (named Squirrel!) from <a href="http://texbamababy.blogspot.com/2011/12/b-garage-part-i.html">this project</a> and had a little fun.</div>
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And I cleaned the scary bug and scorpion carcasses out of the tiny closet and gave it a coat of Kilz too. (Just noticed I didn't paint the top of the closet door. Guess you should do that if you plan to unleash photos of your basement bathroom on the internet.)<br />
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Pretty underwhelming before and after, but I painted the doors grey, installed a hook for towels since I chose not to reinstall any of the big towel bars that were originally in there. And that's a souvenir Scott brought back for us from Africa- a little hand sewn bird ornament. Thought it was a fitting nod to the little bird who used to be in the bathroom and to the reason I decided to tackle the project in the first place.</div>
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A few more after photos:</div>
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The bathroom rug was the final touch I added yesterday afternoon. That little guy had a heck of a time getting here; it was on the UPS plane that crashed in Birmingham two weeks ago. I'm all sorts of conflicted about having that rug in our house. It was handmade in Turkey 60 years ago and it was my birthday present from Scott's parents, so I'm so happy it survived. But seeing the package with grass and mud all over it and knowing what happened to the pilots just makes me sad. What are your thoughts? Would you keep it? </div>
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I'm pretty sure I will. It's bittersweet, but that's how most of life is anyway, right?<br />
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We pass this drive-in, just off the highway, every time we go to Grandmother's house. "We should try that sometime..." we usually say. Turns out Scott's firm had to rent the place out to finally get us there, but it was as fun and nostalgic as I hoped it would be. The popcorn was burn-your-lips salty, and the air smelled like campfire. Lightning bugs signaled in front of the screen, while trees stood in shadow behind it. We could even see clearly enough to spot a satellite in the sea of stars overhead.</div>
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If you live around here and haven't been yet, I highly recommend you add the Harpersville Drive In to your summer list. Playing now: The Lone Ranger and Monsters University. A few friendly tips: bring bug spray and a portable FM radio if you plan to venture from your car. It will also be a late night. Owen was so proud he extended his previous stay-up-late record to 11:03 PM. Good times!</div>
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We went for ice cream yesterday. He got down to the bottom of the cone and noticed a fourth color had joined his rainbow sherbet. Blood red. His tooth was just dangling there.<br />
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On Saturday, he casually mentioned that he planned to learn to tie his shoes in the 20 minutes before dinner. And he did it. And he's tied them on his own every day since.<br />
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What's up for tomorrow, O? Growing a mustache? Are you <i>trying </i>to make me do the embarrassing cry?Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-40367681235641334242013-07-09T21:44:00.000-05:002013-07-09T21:44:03.600-05:00Already?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Owen lost his first tooth! And he went big. No piddly warm-up baby bottom tooth. Straight for front and center.</div>
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It's been loose for months, so I've had plenty of time to prepare for this event, but it was still a little dagger to my heart to see Owen without a front tooth.</div>
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<i style="text-align: left;">"Please [Owen] leave tooth." </i><span style="text-align: left;">He's going to be a sentimental hoarder. And he comes by it honestly since I never let the Tooth Fairy take my teeth either. I read one book as a child about how the Tooth Fairy liked to use the teeth she gathered to pave the roads in Fairy Land and found that to be an unacceptable use of precious dental resources.</span></div>
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He was lit. Up. I read to him and put him to bed, and he could barely stop beaming that sweet, new little snaggletoothed smile. </div>
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<br />Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-30593178545741285742013-06-27T17:21:00.000-05:002013-06-27T17:21:14.806-05:00Earache and tomato sauceTwo pretty disparate topics, right? Let's see if I can link them...<br />
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Owen's been doing a lot of this:<br />
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And so after a trip to the doctor this morning that revealed "a pretty good case of swimmer's ear," we've been laying low around the house today. And that gave me time to piddle around, pick stuff up and rediscover Owen's Father's Day card to Scott. </div>
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He made it with his 4K teacher back before school let out for summer, so I cannot be blamed for this particular ploy to get Scott to take us back to Italy. (So, so, so proud of you though son!)</div>
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I hung the card on our magnet wall and promptly started reminiscing about Italy and the afternoon I spent with Marianina in the kitchen learning to make rustic Tuscan tomato sauce:</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">And I decided this is the perfect kind of day to have some homemade tomato sauce simmering on the stove. By some miracle, the last of the olive oil we brought back from Rugiagli (the farm where we stayed) was still good, so I upturned the bottle over the stockpot of tomatoes and garlic. Smells pretty good!</span></div>
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So there you have it: too much fresh water --> earache --> me with idle time --> Father's day card --> tomato sauce. </div>
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This photo of a really far away tree limb made possible by my new zoom lens. </div>
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Thanks boys!</div>
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Now we're off for some dinner and froyo to celebrate!</div>
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So now the big question. I know I struggled with the orangey-ness of the sunset and I drink too much caffeine so I have camera shake and my focus isn't perfect. Am I going to regret not getting a pro to take shots of him? Once those cute baby teeth are gone, I'm toast. I'm his mom and I know what gargantuan buck teeth I've probably handed down to him. He's going to be 15 before the rest of his head catches up to the size of them. Sorry sweetie. I promise to hook you up with some great orthodontics.</div>
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<i>Post edit: I think that last part comes across like I think he's going to turn into Quasimodo or something. All I really meant is that I'm pretty sure he's going to have some very grown-up sized teeth soon and this is my last chance to capture him in this phase. Backpedal, backpedal, extract foot, stop trying to be witty...</i></div>
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I'd never seen deer moss before. Looked like something from a fairy forest</div>
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Exploring Hotz Avenue in Grayton Beach. The Red Bar is on the left.</div>
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I'm pretty sure Owen had a <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/night-terrors/DS01016">night terror</a> last night. We heard a scream from his room around 10 PM, and when Scott went to check on him, he was standing, dazed in the middle of his bed. We thought he settled back to sleep, but less than 2 minutes later he was screaming again. I watched him rock back and forth on all fours, pop up and walk around in a circle on top of his bed, fall back on all fours and rock some more only to pop back up and walk in circles. Over and over and over again. Total zombie look in his eyes, though by the end he was calling me specifically, so he must have been a tiny bit coherent at that point. During the 20-minute episode, there were also times he sprinted in place while lying on his back, like he was trying to get away from something. Eventually he lay back down (man I just had a bad lay/lie/laid/lain argument with myself!), closed his eyes and was immediately in a deep sleep.<br />
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Good thing this isn't the late 17th century. I'd have <i>arrange Owen's exorcism</i> on my to-do list today.<br />
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His age, gender and a family history of sleepwalking are all risk factors. Plus he's out of routine from our beach trip, and he had an exhausting first day back at school yesterday topped off by a late t-ball game. So there's that.<br />
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He had a few back when he still slept in a crib, so even though it was scary last night, in the back of my mind, I knew exactly what was going on. Hopefully tonight will be peaceful!<br />
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Anyone else ever see or have one of these?Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-86499280470090567062013-04-22T21:29:00.002-05:002013-04-22T21:29:33.549-05:00Back Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We returned this afternoon from our week at the beach. Re-entry sucks, er... stinks. But I worked all that dust off my camera by taking almost 700 pictures while we were there, so I should have a gob of fodder for the blog. <br />
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Geez I'm punchy. Must be all the laundry, and the sand in the laundry, and the laundry.<br />
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I'll try to get better. Right now I'm pretty pleased with myself for getting these pics up on here!<br />
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Cannot say how happy I am to see the calendar flip to April 15. Gonna join the rest of the world and give Instagram a try while we're at the beach. Hopefully you'll see some posts here if all goes well and I figure it out!Shelley & Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403587932967076642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694451165891533269.post-53664959047489714022013-04-12T16:19:00.000-05:002013-04-12T16:19:27.363-05:00Laundry & Weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Coby looks like an angel cat thanks to our bright sunshine today. </div>
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And that's way different from what it looked like out our window yesterday. It's that time of year! </div>
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