We recently painted part of what we call our music room and the adjoining library. Sidenote: I feel a bit pretentious calling it the library, but I'm not sure why. I love that I have a whole room to devote to reading! For now, it also houses some Tess toys, but eventually, it'll be devoted wholly to books.
Tess was DYING to paint like Mommy and Daddy, so we saved a section of wall just for her. She loved painting, and took it very seriously.
Daddy is a good helper, too. :)
The finished product:
We also painted two walls of our half bath the same color (below pics), and I love how everything turned out! I have a few other small projects that I want to do in these two rooms before I'll consider them done, but this was a big step in the right direction.
After the rainiest winter ever, and what is already a very rainy spring (ugh), we have taken every opportunity we can to be outside when it IS sunny. I took Tess running one of those days, and then we played at a nearby park for awhile.
It was warm enough for short sleeves! Hallelujah!
Maia beside her volcano project that she did for her science class. At first, she worked for literally hours and hours trying to make a volcano out of salt dough. It did not go well. Luckily, my dad saved the day! One night, when he couldn't sleep, and knowing that Maia was stressed about her project, he researched how to make paper mache, and began making a volcano out of it. Maia finished it and painted it, and it turned out awesome! It's a model of Mt. Redoubt, in Alaska. All the other kids chose typically famous volcanoes, but Maia wanted this one because she lived through one of its eruptions. Pretty cool. I'm seriously tempted to let Maddie use it when she's in 8th grade. I mean, what do you learn from making the model? Check back with me in three years... :)
Silly selfies (do you call them "selfies" when it's two people?):
A few days ago, Tess wanted to wear goggles while bathing, but she refused to then put her head under the water. This kid is endlessly entertaining.
I know you can't tell from the below picture, but I was soaked! I had run 4.5 miles in the bright, happy sunshine, and then bam! Hail and heavy, driving rain for another half a mile. And then just as suddenly, the sun was back, acting like nothing had happened at all...silly Pacific Northwest spring. Make up your dang mind. :)
Have a fantastic day!
