Weekend Project.

We are attempting to get our house on the market in the next couple of months. We've been talking about it for years (and really, not much more than talking), but with only 18 months (gulp) left until kindergarten, it was time to get a bit more serious about it. So, we came up with a list of things we need to do before we put the house up for sale, because this house has to LEAST be ON the market before we can even make an offer on a new house. Long story short, last weekend was spend spiffying up the dining room. That meant new paint and some new trim and new window treatments. And not such a fun weekend for anyone.

The kids started off with such high hopes that "painting the dining room" meant fun for them. They both helped wash the walls and pestered Daddy relentlessly until he opened the paint, which in their opinion that it was NOT FAST ENOUGH.


Not so patiently waiting...


YAY, PAINT!


Weasel was oh so helpful as well.

(She kept trying to crawl down the vents when the grate was off. Genius.)

Since the dining room was all torn up, lunch occurred picnic-style in the living room. I was informed it was the BEST picnic ever.



After a LONG day of painting, Daddy finished two nice, fresh coats of red paint. On Sunday he moved on to replacing the lower trim in the room. That was a long day too. The kids TRIED to be patient. Oh, did they TRY.



But it was a long, mostly un-fun day for EVERY one. Colin DID enjoy trying to cut some trim with his saw.



After a long weekend we DO have a spruced up dining room. And two kids who now dread home improvement as much as their parents.

Also, we learned that Colin NEEDS time to play with his Daddy. He was heartbroken on Sunday night that the weekend was over and he didn't get to play with Daddy AT ALL. Poor kiddo.