The Wardlaws

I was really excited to start our Jesse Tree this year.  We made a couple modifications.  For one, I am no longer using a "tree".  My need for symmetry was being severely threatened last year!  So this year, I covered a cork board with left over fabric...

One of my favorite Christmas traditions with my boys is our annual trek to Dallas to meet my mom and take them to the Trains at Northpark.  I was especially excited this year since Asher is going through such a big train craze!  David liked trains, but...

 I have been working on getting our house organized, getting rid of things we don't need, and coming up with some fun projects.  First up...a Roman shade for my laundry room.
I saw this tutorial on how to make a roman shade out of mini blind on the Little Green Notebook Blog several weeks back and since it wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg, I finally became inspired to do a little updating to our boring laundry room. So,...

Under my close supervision, my house often looks like this...
well behaved children, learning, playing, creating.
But the majority of the time, it more often looks like this....