A to Z with a little J

I have been asked several times in the last couple years exactly how I created Jameson's mural wall in his bedroom.  It was actually much simpler than it looks.  Unfortunately I don't have step by step pictures from when I did it but I have recreated a few of the steps for you to see. I took my inspiration from his bedding, you can see the quilt hanging over the front of the crib.  I matched the paint colors using a paint deck but you can easily take your inspiration colors to a paint store and they can custom match the colors for you. After selecting paint colors I painted 3 walls green and the mural wall brown.  I used Sherwin Williams Low VOC paint with a Satin Sheen, since I was 7-8 months pregnant.  The circles come next... What you need: Paint Polycrylic String T-Pin Pencil Paint Brush Tape Measure 1. Using a tape measure find the center of each circle and mark it on the wall using the pencil. 2. Create a large compass using the T-Pin,...

While Jameson and I were flipping through an animal picture book yesterday, making animal sounds, I came across a picture of a giraffe.  I sat there dumbfounded that I had no idea what sound a giraffe makes.  So today I head to the internet to answer this question.  What sound does a giraffe make? Apparently it is a common misconception that giraffe's don't have vocal cords therefore don't make any sounds, which made me feel slightly better that I didn't know this.  I found a wonderful video that not only answers this question but has some other interesting giraffe facts.  Watch this video below. In FACT giraffe's do have vocal cords but they rely on their other senses so much as an adult they just don't use them.  Baby giraffe's however will use them as seen in the video, urrrrrr. Question for the day...did you know this?