Addicted to Chalkboards

I'm addicted to Chalkboard paint and vinyl...

I keep searching the house for more things to paint when hubs isn't looking....(who by the way just celebrated a major milestone birthday and refused to let me blog or tell ppl about it or throw a party...what a pooper)

So far this is what I've managed...

My glass jars from walmart...they needed a little chalkboard vinyl...

Lily needed a fun space in the kitchen....

For the 4th, hubs bought a watermelon....

So what does one do with leftover watermelon besides eat it? Make drinks and popsicles of course...

*For pops....just puree watermelon with a simple syrup (equal parts of sugar and water boiled down)

Lily had a little friend named Macy over to play yesterday. It was good to have some 'girlie' time for mommy and lily. I've since realized Lily is a bit of a bossy girl....she kept forcing Macy to play whether Macy wanted to or not...thankfully Macy is the sweetest child on the planet and didn't put up any fight.

At one point Macy decided to pick her boogey and then share it with Lily....awww sweet friends...see they can share at this age with no problems.

Sweet M has the most gorgeous head of cork screw curls (my bad for leaving the camera on the counter the whole visit...next time I'll get some of the girls playing) Lily decided to play beauty shop and went and got her brushes. I'd say that by the time M left her head was a big ball of poof.

Lily and I thought we'd bake some cookies for our friends too...(FYI...I caved and had a flower cookie...had to try the icing after all and I DID END UP EATING THE 4TH OF JULY COOKIES...SO QUIT TELLING ME HOW GOOD I WAS ABOUT MY WILL POWER HAHA)

....broke out a new icing recipe. I really like mine, but there is always room for improvements. I've got my first paying gig in a few weeks....I'm making 4 dozen Sock Monkey cookies for a friend's little boy's 1st birthday. Wish me well...I've never made 4 dozen decorated cookies...at once. Whew. I'll post pictures when I'm done.