While the boys are away. . .

the mom will paint!

 

Pete took the big boys on a trip back to Philadelphia.

They went to go pick up the painting we dropped off in September.

My husband is now an offical signature member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society!



I booked them a hotel with a pool.  The boys had a blast!

Meanwhile, back in Ohio. . .

 

I started to work on updating the boys room.

I am trying to give it an "older" feel so they can enjoy it into their teenage years, sigh.

 

After painting stripes in our upstairs bathroom in August,

I thought it was time to finally paint the trim. 

I bought this desk at the Goodwill Outlet for $25.

I painted it white, spray painted the top knobs and put 2 new ones on the bottom.

I also bought the chair at the Outlet (it was $2).  I painted it gray.

I raided the workshop and my basement and came up with shelves and fun stuff to display.

I LOVE sewing here! This is the first time I have ever had a desk to sit at with my sewing machine.
I am sewing like crazy now!!

This was a fun little pin board I made out of a frame someone gave me(I painted it), used scrap fabric and ribbon.

See the love note from Pete! :)

 

 And for about 5 years now, our dining table and chairs have not matched.

I took advantage of the warm days we had this weekend and primed them.

Then I painted them black.

They look good, but even better with this cute model!

 

 

 

Just so everyone can get the full picture, while I was doing these projects over 2 days,

Henry and Lilly. . .

 

* ate pizza, cereal, chips

 

*then for dinner they ate chips, pizza, cereal

 

*then they ate the same things the next day

 

*no one brushed their teeth

 

*no one got dressed

 

* and while they were eating their scrumptious cuisine, they watched approximately 22 hours of movies

 

*AND Lilly told me I smelled.

 

 

Some moms can do it all, and other moms are thankful for DVD's and frozen pizza!