Art Show 2010

Charlie's school has a fantastic fundraiser every year. They have an art show where each student, newborns to 5 year olds create an original art piece on canvas. It was a spectacular show! Here are the two paintings that Charlie had in the art show this year...

The art was displayed at the adorable Norman train depot (now also known as the performing arts studio) The artwork hung in the train station for a week to all enjoy.

Favorite Things 2 and Charlie (my true favorite thing!)

So my favorite things continue to pop up around my house. Growing up my mom "collected" pigs. They were cute little pigs. My mom had a garage sale once and sold all (or most) of her pigs, and funny enough... Stevie ended up with one! Is that fate or what? hahahaa! It wasn't this pig, it was a white pig that was crying. Stevie has since carved a wooden crying pig that we had on our bar when it was inside. ANYWAY, this pink pig towel holder was given to me for my birthday by Marissa and I just think it is a cutie! It reminds me of having pigs in my house growing up, and plus it is just cute to have my dishtowels hanging from it! I was obsessed with having this cow creamer when I got married. I registered for it at Williams Sonoma and I thought it was adorable! Stevie's mom and dad got it for us at our first shower. I was SO excited! Love this little cow. From the looks of it and how much I love these things I may need to sell the house and buy the farm!

NOW, on to my favorite little animal in my farm... Charlie Gaines! Brandi gave me a bag of clothes from Dax the other day and I saw this robe and had to put it on CG. He loves it and looks just cozy and yummy in it!

I mean honestly, I want to eat him up!

On to the most exciting news in our house... Charlie loves going potty in the potty! It is pretty great
he says "potty" and grabs my hand and off we go to the bathroom. He is VERY successful if you know what I mean! I am not going to officially "potty train" him yet, but he is definitely interested and goes pretty consistantly so that is a start! His favorite part is flushing and waving "bye bye" to the potty. GROSS, but as a mom, I am thrilled!

Note to reader: I wash his hands after every use!

Tulips

This beautiful oil painting was a gift from Marissa. She got it for my for my birthday during her yearly trip to Naples, Fl. It is a constant reminder of our unchanging friendship and our dream of having a store together. A dream that started when we were seven and now is known as Tulips.
The other Tulips that adorn my house are some of my favorite things from Tulips...
The brown lamp was the very first wedding gift that my parents got us! The brown and the green vases also came from Tulips. I cannot imagine this hutch without these Vietri mirrors. All handmade in Italy and each one a little unique in its own way, these mirrors really do make my dining room. All of the glassware that is shown is also from Tulips as are the two pitchers.
I love looking around my dining room and remembering where each piece came from: The champagne saucers from Jers so we can drink like Marie Antionette, the vases that we got for our wedding, the seashells from our honeymoon, the blown eggs from past years that we have decorated... Oh I could go on about EACH piece, it is nice to have a memory attached to them.

This was my first Vietri piece that I owned. It is big and hangs over my kitchen sink. I love love love it.

And of course... the HAPPY EVERYTHING plate! I just switch out the "attachment" from flowers to an American Flag and then lemonade for the rest of the summer. I have one for each holiday, even for one of my favorites... Mardi Gras!

I promise pics of Charlie next time....