Milestone alert

Painting her own nails. Will brushing her own hair be next? Let's hope so.

tie dye shirts

Last week was Parker's birthday and birthday party. For favors, I thought it would be fun to make each girl a tie dye t-shirt. I did most of the 'tying' and Parker helped with the dying and washing.

Ready to help.
"Is it my turn yet? When's it gonna be my turn? Can I help with something?"

Dye application. Parker was mainly in charge of yellow.

Bagging up the shirts to sit outdoors for a spell.

The best part: final rinse and unbinding. They all turned out great!

Final product after drying. If you squint, you can see the spiral better.

Kitchen remodel - Demo Day

The kitchen remodel offically started today. They came and took out all the existing everything, and tomorrow they'll remove the decorative beams and some other stuff. We spent all weekend packing up everything and setting up temporary space in the dining room. So for 3-6 weeks we'll be using this as the kitchen, dining and pantry:


Turns out that packing up and moving stuff from one room to another is just as exhausting as moving it across town. I was happy to not be 7 months pregnant this time at least.