Teal Front Door

Our front door is finally painted!  This long weekend gave us a chance to finish a few little projects around the house, including the front door.  I'm so in love with the color we chose, Spa Pool by Valspar (Duramax Hi-DEF Exterior Paint) and although hubby seemed a little unconvinced about the color at first, he has admitted it looks kinda nice.  Hubby did a great job of prepping the door for me, so it only took two coats of paint to cover it but I'll probably add just one more coat this week.  New hardware and a new welcome mat will be added this week too and then this project will be officially crossed of the list!

Just in time for Halloween!

I just wanted to share some of the cute Halloween items I recently added to Quaintly Amusing . I have a few more items to add this weekend, so stay tuned!

Bat Cupcake Topper Party Picks

Bat Straws

Mummy Cupcake Topper Party Picks 

Getting JD Ready for School

I'm not really sure how I feel about this post, but I will try to get through it with out tearing up. JD is starting school in a couple weeks! I don't think "I'm" ready for this but I am going to try my best to make sure he is. We started our back-to-school shopping (for the very first time) this week. Here are a few of the really cute items we purchased for him in preparation for school!

Skip Hop Elephant Backpack

$20.00

Amazon

Dinosaur Reusable Sandwich Bag

$5.00

Sea Cut Designs

Elmo "S is for School" Paperback Book

$3.50

Amazon

Converse Kids All Star V3 Ox

$30.00
Amazon

Fighting Dragons in his Underwear

JD has been using the potty on and off for about 2 months now. We didn’t want to pressure him into potty training, we just wanted to encourage him gently and it seems to be paying off. Yesterday hubby went out and bought JD his first pair of underwear and he spent the whole day running around in them fighting dragons! He actually surprised hubby when he went to his potty all by himself and ran out of the bathroom with his big announcement. JD continued to use his potty all day with only one minor accident. Since it seems that JD is willing to be potty trained, we are hoping that this three day weekend (4 day for me) will give us enough time to get him used to it. Wish us luck!