Portland picks...Oaks Amusement Park

Paetyn and I got to have a girls day in Portland on Saturday...and what do you do when you have a free day in August???  Go to the carnival!!!

We had a blast going to Oak Amusement Park (which is really kind of like a state carnival) and we had a great time.  P's first time on a "ride" and she hit the park running with hot dog and cotton candy in hand.  We went for P's best friends' 6th birthday party, and then hit all the rides we could before dark.  We got to go on the carousel, Ferris wheel, the "spider", rocket ship, and the hot air balloon thingy...I will let the pictures explain:




We had so much fun and I am glad that we went!  Here is how our trip ended...Paetyn was in the back seat with a lollipop talking about how she missed Penelope and Maddux:

and this is her 5 minutes later mid-sentence:

It made for a very peaceful ride home...Penguin doesn't talk too much :)

Best wishes,
Lindsay "Ladybird" & Jeremiah "Fellow"!

Maddux's new 'do...

Our little guy has gone from a boy...to a man...

 

Can't you just hear "bad boy bad boy, whatchya gonna do? Whatchya gonna do when they come for you?"  No?  Just me?

We do however realize that MOST of you probably won't care about his new cut, but you must suffer through it as L&F followers to appease my mother (who lives hours away and hasn't seen it yet).  We are thinking of becoming true Portlanders and adding lime green color to the tips?  Again, no? 

Well, soon enough he will be cruising on his trike asking the ladies for their phone numbers (or house #'s since he doesn't have a phone)!  When we were justifying cutting his locks, we thought:  now he can never say "BUT MOM...I have NEVER had a mohawk!"  Not true, my boy.  :)

Best wishes,

Lindsay "Ladybird" & Jeremiah "Fellow"!

decorating 101...

So, I will be the first to admit when I don't know something and I admit, I don't know squat about decorating.  No...seriously.

So because of that, the above cabinet has always been an "issue" for me because it always felt too daunting to ever really do anything with.  I got this great dining room set with cane-back chairs years ago and all that has ever really lived in this cabinet has been dishes.  Now, I am not talking "china"...I am talking about Target-bought boring dishes.  And on top of that, we never use them.  Now that I think about it, I think I bought the boring dishes just to fill the cabinet and for no other reason!

I was lying in bed last week and was thinking "how come our books and chotsky's are in boxes out in the garage, while dishes we never use are sitting in the cabinet?"  I think I actually asked this question out loud and my husband responded under his breath: "because you are crazy."

So I took the plunge!  I brought in our books and pulled a few of our treasured items...

 and this is what I came up with:

 

Did I do okay?  It is a little "busy" for me, but behind the glass it's not so bad.  Just to put everything "out on the table" here are a few trusty resources that I used:

Here are a few more of ours:

It probably doesn't seem like much, but this is definitely a victory for me!  After about 40 minutes of playing around with the items and rearranging (not to mention YEARS of torture about the fear of actually doing it) I just had to share it with you fine people.  I am sure a few of you may have the same fears...well don't!  If I can do it, anyone can! 

Best wishes,

Lindsay "Ladybird" & Jeremiah "Fellow"!