WOW! Yesterday was an interesting day. I woke up around 5:30 a.m. to my bed shaking. It felt like someone was standing at the foot of the bed, shaking the mattress. My DH was supposed to get up to go running around 5:45 a.m., so I thought it was him shaking the bed, trying to be funny. I looked around and didn't see anyone and went back to bed. Little did I know that it was the earthquake from Illinois that I was feeling. I couldn't believe that I could feel it all the way in West Michigan. WOW!!!
I got up a little while later and got ready to head off to IKEA. (It's about 2 hours and 15 minutes away) This was the first time I took the girls with me. Now that Emerson is potty trained, she can stay in the kids area. I tried to look up the details and instructions for the kids area at IKEA, but couldn't find anything. So the girls, my mother and I were off to do some shopping. We get there and they are only allowed to be in the kids area for 1 hour. I thought 2 hours at least. I wish they would have noted that on their website. So my mom, Camryn and I raced through the Marketplace (kitchen items, bedding, etc.) without Emerson. That's where we thought she would do the most damage!! It wasn't so bad going shopping with the girls. I would do it again believe it or not. I got some more white storage boxes for my craft room. Now I just need to get another shelf in my room to put the boxes on!!
I also found these adorable spice containers. I got 4 of them for only $2.99! Not a bad deal! I thought these would be cute to have on hand. You could whip one up with candy or whatever you wanted fairly quickly. I made one for my friend, Kristi. I recently joined in on Emily's ribbon share and knew that I wouldn't use it all, so I thought I would cut up some of it and put it in the jar. I hope she likes it! (Sorry about the picture...either my lighting is bad, my camera is mediocre at best or it's the user.....probably all of the above!!!)
I got some of these storage containers for my pantry. We have tons of food in our pantry, but Emerson doesn't eat most of it because she can't see it. (At least that's my theory.) I thought if I put it in clear containers, she could see it and want it eat it. Well.....it worked!! She wanted a mini trail mix of everything in there! Finally!! We can eat some of this food before it goes to waste! The had different size ones...they have another one that is more shallow. I might just use those ones in my craft room :)
Hope you all enjoy your weekend. We are sticking close to home and cleaning! This is our only weekend home without anything on our schedule until the middle of June! Wedding showers, weddings, birthday parties, our anniversary, etc. Busy, busy summer! Thanks for stopping by!
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