Classroom, Lions, IKEA, Fun...

I didn't go in to the classroom on Thursday because it was pouring rain all day. Moving boxes into the classroom in the rain did not sound fun! So I got some other things done instead and heading into the classroom for a couple hours on Friday.

I didn't get tons done, but I did finish papering the walls. I just have to decide whether or not to put black paper over the already black chalkboard or not. I think I'm going to use the chalkboard as my Word Wall. It's magnetic, so I can just stick magnets on the back of the words and stick them up there. 

The walls look a little weird right now because there is no border up. I decided to do all black walls this year (which sounds a bit dark), but once there is bright border up (in aqua and lime polkadots), and stuff stuck up on the walls, it won't seem dark at all. I like doing only one or two colors up on the walls so the room feels cohesive. Doing a bunch of colors on the wall can be a bit hard on the eye and a little too stimulating for the youngins'! 

I bought a kit to make poms and finished making them on Thursday. These cute things will be going up  in the room soon!

Friday night, Gil's parents came over so we could celebrate their birthdays. We went out to dinner and then headed to the first Lions preseason game. The game was a bit slow, but it was fun anyways!

On Saturday, Erin & Matt came over with the pup to hang out. As usual, Erin and I headed to the store (or three) to buy delicious snacks. After Round 1 of snacks, we all headed out to IKEA. Erin & Matt got a bunch of things for the nursery (awww) and Gil & I picked up some things for my classroom. 

After IKEA, Gil & Matt went golfing and Erin & I headed out to try to find some maternity clothes for her. She found some cute things, but overall, I learned that it is hard to find clothes when you are tiny and pregnant haha. 

By this time it was already almost 9 pm, so we headed back to the house for more food, of course, and just hung out for a while. I really wish I had taken a picture with Erin and her bump while she was here! I got to feel the baby kick a few times and it was so cool! They aren't telling the baby's name before she's born so somehow through the course of the night, the nickname "Brenda Sue" was developed. Ha! 

And for the record, Laila & Wrigley are both so exhausted from playing last night...awesome!

Happy Sunday, everyone!

An IKEA Day

Today on my list of things to do was to go get fitted for a custom bowling ball. Yes, I'm very, very cool. Gil won me a bowling ball in a raffle at our end of the year work party. Since that time he's asked me on a daily basis, "Did you get your bowling ball today??" Well, today was the day! I will actually get use out of it because we bowl in a league during the summer for Gil's work.

And since I know you're all wondering what it looks like, behold the glory that is my new bowling ball:

I got to pick the bag. :)

It was actually pretty interesting seeing how they drill the holes and such. There was a lot of measuring of my fingers involved.

But anyways, that's not what this post is about. The more fun part of my day was spent at IKEA. IKEA and I tend to have a fickle relationship. Actually I think I am fickle with most shopping. It's either an on day or an off day where I find nothing.

Today was an on day & I found lots of great stuff for the house. I was getting worried about the cost as I indiscriminately filled my basket, but good ol' IKEA...the receipt was long but the price wasn't too bad.

We purchased the following two prints at Pike Place in Seattle when we went in 2009. Poor things have been waiting for frames since then. IKEA is definitely the place for frames. These are going in the basement bath.

These prints I love! It was a 5 pack. One of them is getting stored for now. Another one I framed with the matte and put it on the red sideboard table for now. These three are going to be hung up in the master bath. Pretty pretty.

I also bought a little lamp for the console table in our living room, a mirror that might work over the red table, some wooden hangers, a couple of stemless wine glasses, a cookie jar, and a glass shelf for our bathroom. I really wanted these wine glasses in the stemless variety but couldn't find them in the store.

Can't wait to get all these frames up on the wall!

For the Record...

We bought the couch last weekend and the IKEA chairs today. We also bought a bed from IKEA for the guest bedroom (which we need to clean out before we can put anything in there). In order to get it home, we put it on the roof of the SUV and we definitely almost lost it on the highway. My heart stopped for a moment...then we decided to take a slower way home!!!

Today was super fun. We started the morning by meeting friends at Angelo's in Ann Arbor for a delicious breakfast. Then we went to the U of M football game (great seats)! We hit up IKEA on the way home and now I'm busy typing this while Gil puts furniture together. :)