Whew! One thing is for certain---I hate painting. I say this with a loathing not suitable for a housewife. But I do. Love watercolors, love oil, love artsy-fartsy paintin', HATE HATE HATE painting walls with a roller and brush. This week is the last week of our painting extravaganza, where we finished one massive hallway and one smaller one, and the bathroom. The colors turned out magnificant, and all of our guests in the previous year and a half would think so, too, as now the 'blue stripe' in our living room (the rest of the wall was white, it was pitiful) is fully blended with the rest of the wall. Hurray! I will post pictures after everything is cleaned up and put back in its proper place. Just so you don't forget, I hate painting, but on a good note, my husband loves it. (This is what he does and I don't, I mow and he doesn't...odd trade-off, but it works!)
How To: Build A Sand/Water Table for Under $30 ! Sorry this took me so long to blog, but I had to have a tool list and full instructions before I could do so. A little history on my love for the sand/water table . I love the idea behind tools for tiny hands, i.e. the Montessori Method , and like to have Lukka 'figure things out for himself', even when he is playing. I try to have the most simple and basic toys available for 3 reasons: a) simple toys generally have less parts, which means less of a hassle for me b) simple toys inspire way more creativity and imagination than do 'exact replica' toys c) they are much more aesthetically pleasing to look at, therefore, not making every nook and cranny of our house an eyesore! I know the last reason is just for me, but it's true. Plastic things don't generally last 1/2 as long as wooden or fabric toys, and they are unattractive. For this reason, I started to look for a wooden sand/water table as opposed to a pl...
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