Will's Big Boy Room

Here is the final product. I'm pretty happy with it. His furniture is all painted black except for the iron bed, which was mine and I just didn't want to paint it black. I thought it might look too strong. I bought the little red letters at Joann's and painted them red and distressed them on the edges to look worn. The whole ensemble looks a little funny in the pictures b/c it is centered away from the light switch but it looks okay in person. I still have to find a picture to put in the frame between the letters and the coat rack. I'm still not 100% loving that look, but it will do for now. I found the Pottery Barn panels at a consigment sale for $5 a piece and they matched his bedding perfectly!! I just found a HUGE world map (from my old teaching stash) and it is made especially for children and I'm going to put that on the other wall after I get it framed and lamenated. I forgot to take a picture of the shelf above his closet. Len made this shelf after seeing the ones his brother made for his nephews. We painted it black and put all of his momentos and things from his nursery above it. They are all very sentimental to me. I'll try to remember to take a picture of that and post it as well. It feels good to have a complete room after so long!

 

 

 

 

Will's Big Boy Room-Finally!

I've finally gotten around to finishing Will's big boy room. It's about time since he has been in there for two years now! I found these two paintings on a website for over $50 a piece and loved them, but didn't love the price. Len helped me sketch out the drawings and I painted the rest. I bought this piece of wood, painted and distressed it and added hooks to hang hats, backpacks and Will's new library card (on a necklace rope thing). The dresser was Len's when he was growing up and I painted it black and he added new pulls. I would like to get bigger molding for the bulletin board, paint it red and distress it. I used red for the accent color. There is a tiny bit of red in his quilt so I wanted to pull that out.

 

 

 

 

Easel

I found this easel at a consignment sale for $7. It has provided lots of fun for Will! and Walker to if he can get into it!

 

 

 

 

Walker in action

This happens probably 25 times a day! Same goes for the kitchen table, the piano and anything else he can figure out how to get up on. He even pushed a chair up to the kitchen counter, climbed on the counter top and threw my laptop off while I was gone to switch the laundry in the dryer for all of 1 minute! This boy DOES NOT STOP! If he can get into it, he will. If he can't, he will figure out a way!

 

 

 

 

Opening Presents

Okay, these are the last of the birthday pictures. I know I posted alot, but we had so much fun and I wanted to remember every detail. We had a water themed Scooby Doo party in our backyard. We set up a slip in slide, blow up jumpy thing, water balloons, water guns and baby pool. Will had all of this little "boy" friends from school and church. They played and then had lunch, cake and ice cream and then he opened his presents. What a fun day for a VERY special 4 year old. He is very proud to tell everyone that he is 4 now. These past 4 years have FLOWN by. He makes us laugh everyday. The other night we were reading books and he said, "Mom, can I get a bidnight snack?" I don't know where he got this b/c luckily for us, he's never stayed up until midnight. He has a great memory and can recall lots of facts from books he has read. He takes his job as big brother VERY seriously!! He is like a little daddy and he says he wants to be a daddy when he grows up and can't wait to be one. He loves toting his baby brother around and talks to him so sweetly. He is very generous with his toys and snacks and always puts others before himself. Another night we were talking and I was showing him a little photo album I have of when Len and I were dating and I explained to him that we got married because we love each other and I told him that when he grows up, he will meet a girl and marry her. He said, no mommy, I'm going to marry you. I swooned and he sat there a second and then said with a frown on his face, "but your already married." So precious!

 

 

 

 

More cake pictures

 

 

 

 

Blowing out the candles

When we started planning out Will's birthday party, he insisted on having a Scooby Doo theme. We have this hideous ;) cake to prove it! It was delish and he was delighted! We are so proud of our sweet, charming, energetic, smart, tenderhearted little (big) 4 year old! He doesn't meet a stranger and walks up to everyone he sees and says, I'm Will and I'm 4 and this is my baby, Walker. Lately, he has captured the hearts of different people we have met. We were at a restaurant in FL and the manager came to our table and Will started talking to him. Later on, he came up to Will and told him that he normally didn't do this, but offered him free ice cream because he was so friendly to him. The air conditioner man came out to fix our AC the other day and Will kept talking to him and asking him questions. The guy had already gotten in his car and drove away when I got another knock at the door. He came back just to bring Will this little AC superhero called the "bryant man." It was so sweet of him and he didn't have to do that. We have had other instances like this and I like to think it's because he is very charming:) He brings me more joy than I can describe! My heart belongs to him and I can't contain my love for this little boy. I could write a book about how precious he is to me and Len.

 

 

 

 

Birthday Fun

 

 

 

 

Jumping and Baby Pool Swimming

We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather. Our backyard gets FULL sun and it is very hot in July out there! It was overcast and not to hot so we didn't suffer to much. The boys enjoyed jumping on a jumpy blow up thing (thanks McInteers :) and played in the baby pool.

 

 

 

 

Slip-n-Sliding

Papa gave Will his first slip-n-slide and everyone had a blast with it. They were covered in grass clippings. If you're a boy and you're dirty~ you're having fun~at least that's true for my boys.