(Joseph laughing -- not that sound Chris is making!)
1. Babies
2. Babies
3. Babies
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
So Fresh and So Clean
One day I just couldn't stand my surroundings anymore; I had to paint the house or go crazy. I was sick of the yucky walls and the boring monochromatic look. Knowing my landlord would not go for anything too out there and that almost no color on earth would match the awful carpet in the house, I settled on sort of a stone color for under the chair rail, and white for everything else. Not exciting, I know, but my options were limited.
Until recently I thought our walls were white, but they weren't even close. What I thought was just dinginess from years of little hands was really a color called Swiss Coffee that the landlord used before we moved in. Gross. (That combined with the dinginess from years of little hands).
When we started painting with actual white, the contrast was incredible. I know lots of people hate white walls, but there's something so clean and so nice about bright white paint.
Turns out painting is not fun. I thought it would be, but it's a lot of work. Getting everything cleaned up and taped and ready takes forever, and combine that with the many interruptions of motherhood, and you can see why it's taken a month to get the living room and hall painted.
Many, many thanks to Mel and Matt for all the wonderful assistance. I could never have done it without help.
Here's the before: (Blech!)
Everyone wanted to help!
Look at that contrast.
And the finished product:
The room feels so clean and beautiful now, even though the paint job is far from perfect. I love it. Maybe someday I will get the ambition to do the rest of the house.
Until recently I thought our walls were white, but they weren't even close. What I thought was just dinginess from years of little hands was really a color called Swiss Coffee that the landlord used before we moved in. Gross. (That combined with the dinginess from years of little hands).
When we started painting with actual white, the contrast was incredible. I know lots of people hate white walls, but there's something so clean and so nice about bright white paint.
Turns out painting is not fun. I thought it would be, but it's a lot of work. Getting everything cleaned up and taped and ready takes forever, and combine that with the many interruptions of motherhood, and you can see why it's taken a month to get the living room and hall painted.
Many, many thanks to Mel and Matt for all the wonderful assistance. I could never have done it without help.
Here's the before: (Blech!)
Everyone wanted to help!
Look at that contrast.
And the finished product:
The room feels so clean and beautiful now, even though the paint job is far from perfect. I love it. Maybe someday I will get the ambition to do the rest of the house.
1. A helpful sister and brother
2. Home improvement
3. Home
Monday, October 6, 2008
Harmony?
Lindsey had her friend Lily over to play today. They have a sometimes rocky relationship, as evidenced by the conversation I overheard this morning.
There was a lot of, "No, you're not in charge of me," and "You have to. . .," and plenty of sass. Then I hear Lindsey say:
"Ok, let's play the song together. Remember, it's "Love One Another."
I laughed so hard. Lindsey would play a note on the piano, and then Lily would pluck one string on the ukelele, as if they were tuning. Lindsey said, "Now play an L. Ok, now an S."
There was a lot of, "No, you're not in charge of me," and "You have to. . .," and plenty of sass. Then I hear Lindsey say:
"Ok, let's play the song together. Remember, it's "Love One Another."
I laughed so hard. Lindsey would play a note on the piano, and then Lily would pluck one string on the ukelele, as if they were tuning. Lindsey said, "Now play an L. Ok, now an S."
1. A daughter who loves music
2. Playdates with friends
3. Laughter
Camping Out -- Again
Nathaniel went camping last week with the 5th grade classes at school. The idea of him staying overnight, away from home, sent my super-over-protective-mom-senses into high alert, and I knew I wouldn't be able to let him go unless his dad went along as a chaperone -- I can't express how thankful I am to have a husband who is sensitive to the importance of things like this and who agrees with me, even when I flip out about stuff.
So, off they went. Nathaniel had a great time, especially getting to be "in charge" of our tent, in which he and several of his friends slept. On the campout they did some really cool stuff, like canoeing and a ropes course.
This was a bit nervous for me, but I can see he was safely harnessed. He had a blast!
So, off they went. Nathaniel had a great time, especially getting to be "in charge" of our tent, in which he and several of his friends slept. On the campout they did some really cool stuff, like canoeing and a ropes course.
This was a bit nervous for me, but I can see he was safely harnessed. He had a blast!
They carved pumpkins, too.
1. Fun school activities
2. Chris
3. An adventurous boy
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