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!

Lions Game

Last night we went to the Lions pre-season game...and believe it or not, they actual beat the Patriots. Go Lions! Can I just say, it's pretty fun watching the games when they actually win!

We have casino club cards (or whatever you call them) because we stayed at the Greektown Casino Hotel when our basement was being worked on two years ago, so we get to park for free in their parking structure. It's nice saving $20 whenever we go downtown for an event. I told Gil yesterday that the free parking might be the only silver lining to that whole basement fiasco!

We were planning to eat at Pegasus in Greektown but ended up running kind of late and the wait was too long. We ended up eating at Bistro 555 in the Greektown Hotel. It was pretty good and ended up being cheaper than we expected, too.

Today we're hanging around the house getting things done (aside from me writing this post!). Gil's mowing the lawn and I'm about to go vacuum and steam the floors, do a couple loads of laundry and plan meals for the week. Better get going!