It is Martin Luther King's Day today and so kids didn't have school. Even though this weekend was so nice out and we had a lot of fun outside, it can get cold fast and so today was way too cold for kids to play outside. They tried but even the tough 8 year old boys came inside after a little while because the wind was just too cold. But we had plenty to do inside. Ehren built a new wall in the basement to keep the kids out of the furnace and tools area and he put our old scrap sheetrock on it. When I saw it up there Sunday night I go: "so it's ok for the kids to paint on this stuff since we'll take it off eventually?" Even though I said kids, I think I really just meant myself :) and a little painting therapy for me. I don't know why I like painting so much but it just does something to me. I don't do it nearly enough to get better at it but I feel so much better after I do some painting. The kids were excited to help me paint too and they did a pretty good job until they got bored with it. Ehren got home and his first comment was: "I thought you were going to let the kids paint" :) So now I'm thinking in the near future I will let the kids do whatever scribbles, art they want on another wall that's not showing on my pictures. There is still plenty of space to do that but if someone comes over they will see our big wall art first :) I was sure glad I had a lot of old paints left over from painting the kids bedrooms otherwise we would run out of our tiny kids' paint jars right away. I have to say I'm very thankful for our basement and I even like the fact that it's not finished for now because the kids can ride their bikes or trikes and just burn off some energy when they can't go outside. It is just a fun place for them to be and I'm glad we could brighten up their space down there with a bit of paint.
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| the wall you see coming down the stairs |
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| our "sign-in" wall where we can have friends sign in that come to visit |
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Kade and Laadyn helped me paint this simple picture
on the other wall |
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our new train table from a garage sale, foam mats and tent
to keep the kids entertained |
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| Ani loved skating and is getting better but not quite skating on her own |
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Kason didn't want to try skating at first but he
did pretty well and could stand up all by himself on
the ice right away without falling |
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Kade played hockey with friends
which he just loved |
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