short hiatus

Check back again soon! I am all consumed with moving right now!

Painting with a toddler

Have you ever tried to paint walls with a toddler? I don't recommend it. First, even if you try to make it a "educational experience" and let them try to paint, it is certain that they will only stay in the correct area of the wall for about 30 seconds. The trim or the floor is much more exciting to paint on. 

I would estimate that painting with a 2 year adds about 3x the time it would take doing alone. 

Day off work to have a day to work

I took the day off today. But I still worked! 

I stripped all the wallpaper in the new kitchen and started painting one of the bedrooms. 

I got the Freshaire Paint they are selling at the Home Depot now. No VOC paint. Love it so far! Very little odor from it at all, and the paint seems to go on really well. I like the fact that I can paint and not worry about the fumes for me or my kiddo. Also, it is better for the environment. They also use recyclable cans and paint chips. Nice. 

Tomorrow: more painting!

So we have a new house

So we have a new house! I am excited about getting Emmett's room together. I have just bought him a new quilt with choo choos on it. And he has just inherited a nice bunk big boy bed set. I figure I have to do all I can to make it appealing to him with cool bedding! I will also be getting new stuff for his playroom. I hope that he is excited about his new house and that the transition goes well.

Closing tomorrow!

We close on our new house tomorrow! Yea! It is exciting that we are finally getting our house after having our townhouse on the market for 9 months, and then living in an apt for 2 months. It will be great to get our stuff out of the Pods and get all settled in! 

New house walk through

We went to the new house this morning for our final walk through. Since another little boy had been living in the house who owned thomas trains, the first thing Emmett said when he walked in, was "Where the choo choos go?" 

Seeing the house empty made me realize that I really need to paint almost every room. I hate painting. But, it will be so much easier than doing it when the furniture is in and a toddler is running around. I also need to strip the wallpaper in the kitchen and paint. A task I would love to put off, but, again, much easier to do before the appliances and all our junk get in there. 

Destruction

Make a beautiful thomas track with bridges, etc..... approx. 5 min before totally destroyed.  Put all the cars together in the same place....approx 3 min before flung all over the room. Gather all the vegetables and fruits and put in the grocery cart.... approx 2 min before cart turned over and all produce all over the floor. 

Done. Undone. Done. Undone. Done. Undone.  And we are where we started this morning.