Birthday boy!!

 Happy Birthday to my cute husband!  What do you get your loved one for his birthday?  Some years - I know exactly what to get - this year was not one of those!  He had a lot of things on his list - but things that he needed to pick out himself...like golf shoes!  Ya - I'm not going to pick those out.  So, I gave him money.  I tried to make it as creative as possible.... so here's what I did.  I got 50 dollar bills, 20 dollars in 2$ bills, and 30 dollars in $5 dollar bills.  I taped them together in one long row.  Abby was so jealous and said I could do this for her anytime!

 Then I folded them all nicely

 And put them in a Kleenex box.  It said - "here's something you can blow..."

 I didn't even have to wrap the box! :)  He had no idea what the kleenex was for :)

 But I think he liked it. 

 I also made him a travel board to put pins on as he travels around the US.  We will also put family pins on as well.  I think it turned out pretty cool looking.  It's just spray painted on a cork board.

 Andrew wanted daddy - such a sad face.  After Chris left for work he started crying saying he wanted daddy.  I wish daddy could have stayed home today too!!!

This week has been such a beautiful week weather wise.  I didn't waste any time - I've been painting all week and totally ignoring the house - I'll get to that when it gets cold! :)

I found these black chairs at DI.  I knew they would be perfect for Abby's desk and my desk! I couldn't wait to get them painted up.  The first one I sanded for hours! The second one I got smart and used a spray paint primer that requires no sanding - needless to say I'll never sand again!  :)
I love how colorful they turned out - the purple one is for Abby, the yellow for me.

 We also bought a new dresser to put in Eric and Andrew's room.  I found this at an estate sale.  It was pretty beat up.

 lots of scratches, but still sound - it was built to last (that's why I love old dressers at garage sales!)

 see all the scratches on top?

 Well - I got right to work and primed it with my new found no sanding needed primer...  and found some blue Oops paint at home depot... and turned this dresser into a beauty!  :) 

 I also spray painted the handles bronze (I already had the spray paint).  They look so  much better than the gold! :)  Eric is excited to have a new dresser and I'm excited to move Andrew's clothes into the room so I can put the baby clothes in the other room.  YEAH!!