Love Notes and Pirate Ships

I bought a little mini mailbox last year around Valentine's Day. It was bright red with hearts, so I figured I could paint it or do something with paper to make it less Valentinesy. Then we could use it around the house for LOVE notes and stuff. Well, it's been almost a year and I haven't done it. But Skye's blog inspired me to finally do it, especially since Jess is home and it's a good time for projects. So behold our cute little mailbox.
Today Paige put a pillow case over her head and tried to RUN out of the living room. She's normally our cautious one and doesn't fall or get hurt very often. But she did this time. Of course she tripped and fell by her toy baskets, and when I pulled the pillow case off of her she had a deep little cut on her forehead. Poor girl. I don't know if she hit it on a sharp toy or what. But she asked for her daddy, which I think made him happy(as happy as you can be when your baby is bleeding anyway) and he cuddled with her on the couch for a bit. Then he gave Hoppy to her and she cuddled HIM.
We have a Christmas tradition, and we each pick out a new ornament every year. We couldn't find one Paige would LOVE, but anthropologie had pirate ship ornaments, and Paige is very into pirates. So I waited until Christmas was almost here and they went on sale, and got her one. It was delivered today RIGHT about the time she got hurt, so that made her feel better too. She was much happier than she looks here.
On a happier note, our kids both took it upon themselves to work on the drywall for us today.
A couple of times.
Paige told me to be careful and not to step on any pokies or touch any "shark" things. That's another funny one, she says "shark" when she means "sharp".

Now then, Skye asked to see my swan painting. Here you are. I can't seem to get it the way I picture it in my head, but that's how it goes every time I paint. So for now I'm settling for this: