Wonderful Weekend!

As my first week of school back from maternity leave drew to a close I was EXHAUSTED so say the least. But more than that I felt that I wanted to get home on Friday afternoon and stay put in my nice warm house with my girls and my hubs. The only problem to that scenario was WHAT was I going to do to occupy my time in between feedings and diapers? Cook and Clean?? Maybe a little, but I don't think that would work the whole time. NO WAY!! Not only that, I refuse to spend another minute on the couch with this view...

Since Christmas ALL the girls have done is sit RIGHT in front of the tv and play Mario Bros. (as Crosby calls it!) and Mario Cart. But HELLLOOO, am I the only one who wants to watch a show?? Crosby says she is addicted! (When her cousin Addy asked her what "addicted" meant she replied "I can't stop playing!!!") LOVELY!!

So I came up with a plan on my way home Friday night. I have a HUGE house and so far I have not been happy with my scrapbooking set up. Most recently I have tried our finished attic which is nice and has PLENTY of space but it is just too far from the main floor where all of the action is!! If I am going to seclude myself all weekend then Maple Memories or Scrapfunattic here I come!!! But I knew neither of those were in the cards for me so plan B in full effect it was!! We have a sun porch off of our kitchen that just collects junk. The problem is that it is surrounded by windows and has a door and HENCE the room is freezers!! I said brrr it's cold in here.... So I ran my idea by Mr. Curtis and he was on board. I spent ALL Friday night cleaning and organizing the room and first thing SATURDAY morning my mister was off to the lumber yard for supplies. This is the porch about halfway through the cleanup process:

And this, my friends, is the finished product.....

It is PERFECT for me for right now. We are planning on doing more to it...some carpet or tile and shelving...maybe a few more tables (heehee)... In the end and a little space heater later the room was just as warm as the rest of Casa Curtis. and I was able to play around a little for my Stitching class that I am teaching at the Attic at the end of this month.

Cute stuff...and now I am a happy momma...and as we all know that is they key to happiness for all!!

MEANWHILE...back at the ranch...what were the girls doing while we were slaving away??

They got all decked out like the Mario Brothers of course!! They actually looked really cute--they are super creative. I LOVE IT!!

here are Mario and a green YOSHI:

and then baby Bowser: (notice her sisters had darkened her eyebrows with mascara even!!)

I hope all of your weekends were as relaxing/fun/productive as you wanted them to be!! Bring on MONDAY!!!