Batman Bedroom

So for Nicholas's birthday we redid his room from trains into his favorite... Batman! I didn't want to go overboard with the superhero theme so we decided on a Gotham Cityscape that Mom and I sketched out based on other ideas we had found online. We used glow in the dark paint on the buildings windows and behind the Bat symbol so that at night everything "glows!" It looks very cool and I think that is Nicholas' favorite part! The first weekend he spent in his room he woke us up in the middle of the night because his room was "broken" and it wasn't "glowing" anymore! (The paint only works for a few hours and has to be charged up after awhile.)

Then my mom found this awesome Batman fabric and we made the very cute drapes for his room. I reused Nicholas's old bedspreads and just turned them over to hide the trains. I found a cute fleece Batman blanket at Joanns that I made for him to match the room.

I also found online this huge sticker of Batman (it also came with the little Batman that is ontop of the bridge) that is on the opposite wall by the second twin bed.

On the far wall I have the picture hanger from IKEA that I use in all the kids bedrooms to display their artwork!

What Nicholas wants, Nicholas gets

So, being the baby of the family must rock. I wouldn't know as I'm the oldest, but for Nicholas, he pretty much seems to get whatever he wants. I have some sort of condition in where I am completely unable to say no to the child. Of course since he is the sweetest, most loving child I have ever since, I don't really feel bad about it (at all). I suppose when he turns rotten, I will kick myself and everyone else can have an "I told you so" fest, but until then the spoiling continues.

Anyone who knows Nick knows that he loves Batman. He has finally gotten old enough now that he sees Jake and Connor earning and spending money and he has for some time wanted a piggy bank to do the same. For his birthday he told me that he wanted a piggy bank, but not just any piggy bank, it had to be an actual pig and it had to have Super Heros on it. So I went to Hobby Lobby, got my supplies and went to work because... see the title for this post.

Here are the pictures of the piggy bank. I thought it was pretty good for my first go and Nicholas loves it!

Nicholas's 4th Birthday!

Last Saturday was Nicholas's 4th birthday party. He is very much into Batman so we have been planning this party for well over a month. We invited all of his friends from school and the neighborhood. The party was unreal. We ended up with 22 kids and their parents in our house. It was a mad house, but Nicholas enjoyed every minute of it. We decided to do a Batman Training Program for the kids. They had to maneuver through an obsticale course (including leaping over tall buildings in one bound!) and destroy the bad guys to receive their "official Batgear." My mom and I had spent weeks making Bat capes and masks for all the kids to wear! They all looked so cute!

(Check out the girls in the back. They have on the pink girl Bat cape!)

Here's a cute pic of the birthday boy!

Batman eats his birthday cake!

Snow Fest 2011

So it never snows in Georgia, but last year we had 3 snow falls and this year we had the biggest one I've ever seen since in the last 15 years we've lived in Georgia. We ended up getting 6 inches of snow and the school was closed for 5 days. Of course once you factor in weekends and the MLK holiday that came the following Monday after the snow, the boys were home for 10 days. They were thrilled, as was Rob since he got to work from home, Mommy was not as estatic though. Here's the pictures of the boys enjoying their snowdays!

Above: Our backyard the morning after all the snow came.

Above: The boys out on the deck when the snow started. They were so excited knowing they wouldn't have school the next day!

Laundry Day!

So the other day I was doing the laundry (as usual) when Nicholas climbed in and started "helping" me by tossing all the clothes out of the basket. How cute is this kid??