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I absolutely LOVE this room! Will be using it as inspiration if I ever have a little boy.

I LOVE this room. I want it for my own bedroom frankly. Gorgeously executed interpretation without being too busy and themey, if that makes sense.

Growing up some decorations (advent calendar and wreath and some Icelandic tradition items) went up earlier, but the tree went up on the 24th and stayed up through Epiphany. Now, since my hubby is used to the tree going up the weekend after Thanksgiving, and I want it up through Epiphany... we have about a month and a half of Christmas decorations. Also, we live in ND so we try to get the lights up the last non-snowy weekend of the year, but don't turn them on until at least after Thanksgiving. This year it still hasn't really snowed so Christmas lights are going up this weekend. They stay on the house until the ice is off the roof, sometime in March? It's either that or no lights on the house, which we've done in years when the snow comes early (October).

I love this time of year so I don't mind the extra Christmas time tacked on. It is nice having the house all decorated and smelling delicious, seeing family and friends that I don't normally get to, and spending the month doing family things that we pull from the advent calendar (we do half activities half trinkets). I also try to get all my shopping done super early, so I can spend the time with my family instead of in stores. I just have 3 left to purchase at this point and I'm done.

I don't have tats and I won't ever, doesn't mean I judge people with them or have a problem with them. They just aren't for me, plus I'm petrified of needles.

That being said I LOVE this Barbie's pink edgy bob... and I remember when I was little taking a silver and purple marker to one of my Barbie's to draw a tattoo on her. Kids know enough not to emulate a doll, assuming their parents are talking with them. By the time kids are thinking of geting tattoos they are WAY over Barbies.

I think the Bratz dolls are way worse than any Barbie doll and really who didn't dress their Barbie's a little vampy from time to time. Doesn't mean I dress myself that way or would ever let my daughter dress that way. Her skirt could be a little longer, but overall I like the Barbie.

We have the eurobath by primo in white. It is big but we love it. She hated the tub when she was little so I just took her in the shower with me, but we've been using the Eurobath since she was about 3 months old. She is now 18 months old and we'll probably use it til she outgrows it. It uses a lot less water than using the tub without it. And if she splashes outside of it, it just goes into the big bath tub and not onto the floor. Just keep in mind it is large! If you have room for it though, I love it. When she was little before she was sitting on her own, I folded a towel to place under her on the laying down side. She probably would have been fine but it's a little slippery and I felt more comfortable that way.

I loved to the floor drapes, until my daughter started pulling up on them. I have custom shades in her windows now.

gorfram: Look at her site, she uses CFL's.

I just give my 11 month old small bits of what we are eating. Still avoiding a few foods for potential alergy reasons, but other than that everything goes. She's great with any kind of cooked veggie or fruit I put in front of her. She can only handle some things in their raw state still (4 teeth and all). She's doing great with meats in small pieces. I really really hope she keeps this up. I love to cook and I don't think I'd handle a chicken nuggets only child very well. She's getting introduced to a wide variety of spices, flavors and textures now, so I don't have to make 2 meals every night later.

How about something like this?

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l482/Zayabibu/RainbowButterflies.jpg

This is photoshopped, but it should give you an idea of what I'm thinking...

I'm actually halfway between love it and never use it. I do use it, but somewhat infrequently. It comes out maybe once or twice a month. It's white marble and somewhat smallish, so while it works great for spices it's not as handy for things like larger batches of herbs.