A Fun Father's Day Recap

Good Morning! We had an awesome weekend here at casa Damiecki filled with rocket balloons, bubbles and visiting family celebrating father's day together.  The aftermath, not so much fun though, catching up on all those neglected things like laundry and cleaning...borrring!  So I thought I would take a break from the mundane and share what the girls and I put together for Scott on his big day!

The tent (which is totally cozy) is currently taking over in our front living room - for now: )

For the past two months Layla has talked non-stop about camping. So I thought getting a tent, airbed and a few other camping necessities might motivate Scott to take her (and eventually Hadley) on a little outdoor adventure - even if it meant just starting on our deck!

Layla has a bunch of these nature booklets from Target's dollar section - they're easy for her to reference while exploring with binoculars!  The cute field journal, from Michaels, is where she'll be able to keep "notes" about all her findings and check off the animals tracks she encounters!





I found the telescope at a yard sale a few weeks ago ($5!) and the girls have been really excited to try it out.  My parents gave Scott few books about planets and space for Father's Day so he'll be able to teach them a little about the stars and constellations while they're using the telescope or laying in the tent looking up at the night sky.




 

Layla and Hadley love the great outdoors especially the treats that come with it...so the makings for smores was definitely on the top of their list!  So excited for the first camping experience and so is Layla!!

 

A good day for a great daddy!!

 

 

Have a lovely day!

xo!

Kendra

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Making a List Was on My List - So I Made One!

Mornings...I am not a morning person in any way, shape or form but since having kids I have become more "cheery" at 7am than I used to be.  I am especially not a person of the morning when it looks like this outside:

Rainy, dark and all around gross.

Scott does the majority of the grocery shopping for our family - I am a terrible meal planner and even worse in the grocery store.  If I went shopping I'd come home with a few of the staples (milk and fruit) and then a bunch of hummus, wasabi peas and Greek yogurt - good for me but not for everyone.

So when I noticed this on the counter (once I was fully awake and one coffee deep) I decided it was time to make a list that could be added too throughout the week and not sit on the counter until Saturday - one of my organizational pet peeves.

The beginning of what will soon become an epic shopping list!

By now it's almost 8am and I decided that it would be the perfect time to get out the old chalkboard paint and make the inside of our pantry door into an easy to use (and not see) shopping list.

Pantry door before.

Paint leftover from the garage makeover and an cheap paintbrush.

After taping off the middle section of the door to create a frame around the list I added three coats of the chalkboard paint - letting it dry for about 20 minutes in between each coat.

By 9:30am the tape was ready to come off and the sun was out!  After removing the tape and doing a quickly priming the painted section by rubbing a piece of chalk all over it then wiping it away my morning project was complete!

I attached one of Scott's old matchbox trucks (one that opens in the back) to the door with a 3M strip to hold extra pieces of chalk. 

Happy Thursday!
Kendra
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Cute "Catch All" Part 2

Hi!  So after Tuesday's post I noticed a had a few other unique storage solutions in our kitchen. 

I use a little pail (left over from our wedding) to store all the girls', barrettes and ponytail holders.  And a berry carton to hold everything from receipts, lip balm and other stuff that doesn't have a place to go.
 

What about you?  Do you have any "unique" storage solutions?

xxoo!
Kendra Pin It

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Sheknows Our Living Room!

Hello All!  So last month a writer from Sheknows contacted me about having our kid's library/living room be part of an article she was writing about mixing patterns.  I, of course, was thrilled/flattered to be asked and figured I would be one of many examples she was showcasing.  Well color me over the moon excited when I saw the article in the Home section of their website last Friday!  It was my room recreated!  How cool is that?!  I was so surprised and grateful that someone thought enough of my room design to make it a feature on such a huge national website...and grateful to all of you for reading and giving me a place to share!

Lots of little tweaks have been made to this room since last year (when this photo was taken) but still love it!

See you tomorrow!
xo!
Kendra
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