Anyways, I have gotten a few things done on the Updating The House To-Do List.
1. I have all the window molding painted white in the upstairs of our house. Two of the four rooms also have the baseboards and door molding painted. I first painted the molding with two coats of primer. Some of the molding was rather "shiny" so I wanted to make sure that paint would stick and other molding was covered in marker from a previous home owner so I needed to make sure that wouldn't bleed through. Then it was about two more coats of white paint. I found that a small sponge brush worked the best and my mom found me some floor guards at Menards that were a life saver with it came to painting the baseboards.
Before
After
It is amazing to me what paint does to a room. Painting the molding has really updated the rooms. I am very excited to get the entire house done.
2. We have hired someone to redo our upstairs bathroom. We have picked out all the finishes and the flooring. Now we get to wait until they reach us in their schedule.
My daughter and I have also crossed some items off of her Summertime Bucket List.
Run through the sprinkler.Go to the local swimming pool.Roast s'mores.- Go to the zoo.
- Go to the fair.
Go to the lake.- Paint a picture on the driveway with water.
- Take a nature walk.
Go to the park.- Go on a color scavenger hunt.
- Go to the children's museum.
Go on a picnic.- Have lunch with dad during during the work week.
Have an outside "toy" wash.- Grow sunflowers.
Build a fort.- Have a PJ and movie day with snack necklaces.
- Have a tea party.
- Play chalk hop.
Make ice cream.- Play in the rain.
- Have a water balloon fight.
- Pick strawberries.
Go to a concert in the park.- Have an alphabet treasure hunt.
Go to a baseball game.Go to the library.- Go to the circus.
- Paint with ice cubes.
- Go star gazing.
- Go to the Train Museum.
