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I have collaborated on pcs with my oldest daughter. She always wants to keep creating past the time where it's "done" and I have to figure out how to nicely say, "You're going to ruin it if we keep adding more stuff!". I have collaborated with my son but it was mostly led by me because he only likes moving paint around and gluing stuff (in other words, he only loves the medium!)

We have the Dylan's Candy Bar MaClaren.I love it, it's so pretty & cheerful!

I believe we've seen that light featured on AT before in 'Rocky's Star Wars Nursery'

My in-laws house. It is an amazing Cratsman Bungalow w/ a huge wrap around porch. I met my husband on that front porch & have amazing memories of hanging out with him and his little sister (my friend) and our buddies there. It is right on the the main street of the small town where I grew up and each Saturday night was spent hanging out on the porch waving to the series of honks from the "main drag". Too many barbecues to mention in the back yard and feeding my precious little niece her 1st meal in the desperately-in-need-of-a-renovation kitchen. That niece is now 19 yrs old! If we could figure out a way to make a living in that small town, we'd buy that house in a heartbeat but some other lucky person is going to nab it for $250,000. :(

Oh yeah, and 2 bouncy seats, 1 for upstairs (where I shower) & 1 for downstairs (in the kitchen)

My hubby sleeps 5 hours per night & functions fine on that. I need a good, solid 9+ hours. We're quite the odd couple. When I was high school, I needed 10+ hours and would regularly fall asleep on the way home from dates. My boyfriend (now husband) would have to carry me in the house when we got back to my parents' house!

I did the same exact thing this past week! I used the little plastic tubs from Big Lots and organized just like she did but mine were organized into these categories: Children's box, Adult's Box & Natural remedies/preventatives. There was also a box just for my girlies' fingernail polishes which got relegated to the top of my closet.

I love those Crate Paper trees but honestly, I've never seen so many exclamation points in one blog post, ever!!!!!!!!

Reading these cracks me up. The names were horrendous! Mine was originally Roberta something-horrible but I insisted on immediately changing her name to Morgan via the little form. I saved her for my girls who, like another poster, could care less about her. They, too, prefer handmade dolls or the ugliest dolls you could ever claim from the thift store. They zero in on those as though they will never have a fighting chance and it is their duty to save them from the trash heap!
Like Krisis, my biggest disappointment wasn't until I was an adult. I was 21 and it was mine & my hubby's first Christmas married. We spent it visiting my in-laws whose lunch ran late so we had to eat & then run to my parents house late. Both sets of parents were livid. After dinner with my parents and feeling awful that noone was pleased with our attempts, we decided to open gifts. I started hauling gifts down with my Dad and exclaimed, "WOW! Mom went all out for us this year!" to which my Dad replied, "It appears these are all for your brother." Sure enough, we sat for 2 hours and watched my older, unmarried brother open gift after gift well into $1000s while my hubby & I were unceremoniously handed an envelope with $100 in it. Mom later explained that my brother had noone & she had to make Christmas special for him. The only problem was, we were both finishing college & held 2 PT jobs each. We barely had enough money to afford food & rent, much less buy each other gifts.

It reminds me of a product IKEA carried yrs back that look like animal feet that were designed to go on the legs of kids furniture. They were made of foam-type material so they held their shape and there was a cuff-type top that fit snuggly around a chair/table/dresser leg. I can't remember the various animals but 1 set was shaped like duck feet. As for this photo, I wonder how they get the socks to stay stuffed and pointed in the correct direction...