Creating a Character Fan for Kids

Six weeks ago we added a new addition to our family. A beautiful baby girl. The older girls are loving their baby sister. However, we have been making sure that we do some extra special things for them to show them that it's not just all about the baby.

This week I made Ann an Avengers ceiling fan for her room to surprise her with when she gets here this weekend.

It was actually very easy. You only need four things:

1. A basic white ceiling fan (usually its a "wood" color on one side and white on the other).
2. An Acrylic Paint Set.
3. A paintbrush.
4. A set of vinyl wall decals of your choice.

Amazon has tons of them to choose from depending on what your little one is into: Dr Seuss, Finding Nemo, Tinkerbell Fairies, Minions, Avengers, and a ton more.

Before assembling the blades I simply painted the white side with the colors I thought complimented the characters the best and then applied the vinyl stickers.

It was a quick and easy project that I know will thrill her to no end and make her feel extra special. Best part is that the total project ended up costing less that $100.

Halloween is Here!

I have been trying since the end of September to get the Halloween decorations up, but the weather was not cooperating. Courtesy of my screwed up schedule this week and my early release today, we finally accomplished my goal!

Finally taking down the Christmas lights to hang the Halloween.

All Lite Up

Bloody Spiderweb Zombie

Peaceful Morning

Saturday mornings are by far my favorite. The girls typically sleep in, which means that we get a blissful hour or two to sit and enjoy our coffee. Usually we sit out in the garage, at least while it's still nice out. We're both smokers (yes, I know, shame on us) and we don't smoke in the house. Since the garage isn't really big enough to put a car in, instead we have a mini makeshift living room out in the garage and I love leaving the door open, feeling the breeze, and watching some of my early bird neighbors go on their weekend morning walks. People around here are pretty friendly and they usually stop and wave, which is just kind of comforting.

There's really not much to our little town, so I was excited last night to see that the grocery store finally had stocked up on the Pumpkin Spice CoffeeMate. I wait all year for the seasonal creamers and the amount of joy it brings me to see them on the cooler shelf is nothing short of a kid in a candy store.

This morning is beautiful and I'm really looking forward to putting up all the Halloween decorations later. We have to run to the store in a little bit out in Merrillville, but when we get home it will be time to pull down the buckets and unleash the fall festivities.

I have amassed a decent collection, though I don't feel you can ever really have enough. I've got creepy trees, pumpkin lanterns, strings of Halloween lights for the house, glowing signs, and howling ghouls. Even though we're really the only house around that goes all out, when October rolls around, I'm ready!