I HATE our new mirror, Trevor's Christmas show, & the missing binkie

Okay so this is our new mirror, on the floor in our living room. Why? Because we have tried for 7 hours to get it on our wall, and NOTHING works...

This is where we want it. You can't see them, but there are 5 huge holes on this wall that have been lamely patched up...

These are what we were told to use. We've used them before to hang a shelf over our bed. They worked very well. You screw one on to the wall, and one on to the object you want to hang, in this case, the mirror, and then it's supposed to fit on top of the one on the wall and it holds a lot of weight, which is needed because this mirror weighs like 100 lbs. Well, so we screw the one on to the back of the mirror at the top where the frame is nice and thick and sturdy. We do all the measuring to make sure it's going to sit right where we want it on the wall, and then we go to hang it. It doesn't work because the back of the mirror towards the middle is more raised than the frame. I don't know if that makes sense, but trust me, it didn't work. So we tried to move it lower. Well the frame gets more shallow as you move lower, so yes that's right, we screwed 4 holes in to our BRAND NEW EXPENSIVE (actually we got a really good deal, but still) MIRROR. Like, the screws came out through the front. Yeah, we were DYING. No SERIOUSLY, DYING. After we cooled off a bit, we put our thinking caps on and I went to Home Depot and got some stuff to fix the holes and I am shocked at how good it looks. Perfection...good as new...NO. But totally usable. Oh and before Home Depot we also tried using some anchors to hang it and the anchors broke. MEANWHILE, Kylie is FREAKING OUT and we can't find her binkie ANYWHERE. We are frustrated cause we just want this mirror hung (we'd been working on it all afternoon). We looked EVERYWHERE for the ONE binkie that we have and couldn't find it anywhere so I decided to go to Home Depot to get some answers on the mirror, and to Target to get binkies. If it were any other night, I would have just taken this as an opportunity to get rid of the binkie but I was already so frustrated from the whole mirror thing and had NO patience left whatsoever. Anyways, so at Home Depot, I talked to a few guys and they told me exactly what to do. Use that wire stuff on the back and find studs in the wall to hang it on. So I'm 2 minutes from home and I get a call from Mark..."I thought I'd get the water boiling for the new binkies so I opened the cupboard to get the pot out and found her binkie and bunny in there." Yeah, Kylie's been hiding stuff lately. At this point, I just had to laugh.

So I'm back home and we find the studs, screw in the screws, hang the mirror. It sounds weird, like something is breaking, then SNAP, the wire on the back snaps. We catch the mirror but I almost broke my arm. We have given up for now.

On to a more positive note, Trevor had his preschool Christmas show this morning and it was so cute and hilarious. You could tell Trevor really enjoyed being up on stage. I didn't seem to capture any of those moments with my camera but here are a few pictures anyway. Trevor is in the middle in the red sweater.

Best buddies, Trevor and cousin Bryson