The Greatest Show On Earth

Prepare for the most pictures you have ever seen in a Harvey family blog post.


We made it home from the circus. Barely. Haha! No really it was a lot of fun. We took the light rail uptown at about 5:30 in time to see all the animals before the show started. The second we walked through the door, Adam was buying Aidan everything in sight...Snow cone in a tiger cup (he also ate fruit loops out of this when we got home), a light up spinney thing (I am sure that is their official name too) cotton candy with a hat attached (did I mention it lit up?), nachos, a bottomless bucket of popcorn (that's right free refills) and an apple juice. Then he proceeded to hand it ALL to me as we walked to our seats. I was cracking up at how much fun the two of them were having. Of course we didn't make it down to the floor to see the animals because Aidan and Adam were to busy packing their mouths full of sugar and smacking the people in front and back of us with the light up spinney thing. It was the best time. Here are some pictures of our night...

Leaving the house...someone was excited.

Chelsea, Mike, Adam & I
Ryland & Aidan

The upside down ticket to his first circus ever.
Getting situated eating his snow cone in a tiger.



He's got it all going on.


Napkin was in place to try and save his shirt from the snow cone. Lost cause.

It took a few minutes to process everything that was going on.


Ryland with red lips from a snow cone.

I see you cutie!

They loved these things. The best $22 bucks (each) I've ever spent. Right.

Just eating some popcorn watching the show.

And then the spinney light up things became something they could fight with.

More popcorn eating.



At this point he was over it. Luckily the circus ended 5 minutes later.


Riding on Daddy's shoulders. Daddy looks exhausted. He's been up since 4am.

I did take about 30 pictures of the animals but I am sure it's nothing you haven't seen so I'll save you from those. =)


Hope everyone is enjoying their week. <3

New Pics of the Little Guy

I absolutely promise to post more pictures of Aidan this year. I need a new memory card for my camera. Actually, I need a new camera all together. When you are taking pictures of someone this cute, you need a nice camera. The Nikon d5000 is on my wish list.

Aidan sitting in the front seat of my car ONLY because we were in the car wash and he gets a little nervous when we go through.

This was earlier today right before we took the light rail uptown to buy our circus tickets for Wednesday. That's right we're going to the circus. Aidan has no idea what that means but he is very excited.


My sweet Aunt Karen sends Aidan box loads of Gap Kids stuff for Christmas and his birthday. This is one of the shirts he got recently and we just think he looks so handsome in a button down. I think he agrees!!!


xoxoxo

How Aidan got his name....

I needed something new to blog about so I thought it would be cool to tell my readers things they probably don't already know. So maybe every week I will tell you something new about us/me. This week you get to hear the story of how Aidan became Aidan.

Truth be told there is little to tell. The moment I discovered I was pregnant (that fateful October night...right girls?) I knew it was a boy. I didn't dream it was a boy, I wasn't drawn to blue, I just knew it was a boy. One day, I just started saying Aidan instead of baby. Adam and I were in bed one night and he said "so Aidan it is huh?" and I replied "Well I like that name a lot, what do you think of it" and his response was "Well you have been calling the baby that for a long time now I wouldn't want it to be confused. You just better hope if it's a girl, she doesn't mind having a boy's name". Aidan was named. We found out the sex (which we already knew) and Aidan was permanent. Luckily, our entire family loved the name as well. I was out with my parents one day and my dad said to me "What's his middle name going to be?" and I said "well we have decided on William, after you dad." A long pause. "I have one request since the kid is being named after me." I am thinking to myself oh jeese what is he going to say. "Can you spell his name A I D A N that's how we Irish spell it." Done daddy. So Aidan William it was. From that point on everything made it's way to the monogram shop. Haha! I never second guessed the name once and it fits him perfectly. We never get tired of saying it. It means "Little Fire" and well that about sums him up. Hahahahaha. So now you know....

Decorating on a Budget

Recently, I told you I was in project mode and boy was I serious. This weekend I devoted myself to getting our guest room/Aidan's playroom redone. I didn't take any before pictures because I was too anxious to get started. I am really regretting that now. I will tell you that there was a TV in here, a tan sofa and the walls were a periwinkle blue color.

I started by listing the sofa for sale on Craig's List on Wednesday night. I figured whatever I made off the sofa would be my budget for the room. That's right, sell on piece of furniture to redo an ENTIRE room. I am known for my bargain shopping so I wasn't really worried about it. One thing I knew was that whatever I bought, had to be functional. We have visitors regularly and since this is technically our guest bedroom not only did I need seating in there but a bed of some sort. We unofficially had also turned this in to Aidan's TV room. SOOO...I listed the sofa for $600 late Wednesday night and by the time I got up on Thursday, I had 7 new emails about it. The first person who came to see it, bought it.

$600 bucks. That was now my budget. Adam was out of town for work so I figured I could paint while he was gone. I headed to Lowe's and stood in front of the paint colors for about 30 minutes and then I picked the Valspar color Milk Chocolate. I came home and painted. I was so proud of myself because I never paint anything. Adam does all the painting.

Saturday morning the sofa was picked up and with cash in hand, I headed to Ikea. I already had my heart set on the Meldal iron daybed. I picked out the mattress to go with it and then started cruising through the Marketplace and picking up little things here and there.

This is my finished product:

Day Bed

Window Wall

Day Bed again

TV Wall


For some reason I can't get the pics to upload any bigger!!! Here's a little breakdown of what I spent my money on.

These pictures are much bigger. Anything that doesn't have a description on it, I just took from other places in our house and re purposed here. I am really happy with how it turned out!

(Don't know what happened to the pic about the bed)

Ikea Meldal Day Bed Frame $99.99
Ikea Plush Mattress $179.00 Ikea Sisal Rug $149.00

Grand Total: $604. 36. Adam gave me $5 bucks. What a nice guy. Haha! Pretty good huh?

P.S. I bet all of you that knew what the room looked like before are in shock aren't you???

I'm Still Here

I haven't posted in a couple days because I have two sick boys in my house and I have been doing some redecorating. Pictures to come soon. I hope everyone had a great week and is looking forward to the weekend.

P.S. Did anyone watch Grey's last night?? Who in their right mind would choose a job over love? I'm with you Izzy.

Meals

Just for myself I have to post my meals for the week. If I don't post them, I don't hold myself to making them every week. Or at least that's what I think would happen. I haven't actually not cooked yet.

Saturday-Hibachi Steak
Sunday-Cheeseburgers and Fries
Monday-Soup and Sandwiches -April/Tuna Bagel; Aidan/Tuna on Crackers & Adam Grilled Cheese
Tuesday-Asian Pork chops
Wednesday-Home Made Pizza
Thursday-Taco Casserole
Friday-Rotisserie Chicken and Salad

Project Mode

So I am in project mode. Well a third project mode. The first project was Aidan's room and that still isn't complete. Oops. Then there was the dining room. CHECK! At least that is done. Now, I am on to the kitchen! SCAAARRYYY. I have decided one thing. Well two things. The first being the color must be green. The second being I need new things to hang on the walls/window treatments! I know this sounds silly, but I feel like I want to make our house more "adult". That's a theme I made up. When I moved in here, I was single, and I decorated around my life at that time. As years have gone by, I've outgrown things and it's time for some changes. Here are some things I am working on: (Sorry for the pics via my Blackberry)

Window Treatment Options:

Number 1

Number 2

I bought this sign at Hobby Lobby to hang over the electric box. Ha! It hangs from a rust colored ribbon. I think I will change it out with a thick black satin one.

And Paint Colors. The big white strip at the bottom is where I decided to prime the wall so I could see the color better. We are leaning towards the color on the very bottom right.

I need a little help. If anyone has any good suggestions for green paint let me know please!! I am still not 100% sold on this color! Have a Happy Monday everyone!