I have been up to the same old, same old. Working on the house, or watching the boys so Joe can get some tasks completed.
Trying to work at the house with the boys should be a new reality show-how much you can get done while trying to keep the boys from undoing everything you just did, or keeping them from making more work.
Over the weekend, Joe was painting the boys’ bedrooms. Ryan just had to help, so Joe gave him a paint brush and let him paint the closet floor (which will soon have carpet). Later, Joe had to run to the store, and I was working in our bedroom cleaning the walls, and bathroom. I knew Ryan was upstairs, but didn’t really think to check on what he was doing. Big mistake.
When Joe got back from the store, he had discovered that Ryan had taken it upon himself to empty about half the container of primer on the floor in the closet. The primer was a few inches thick! Joe had to scrape it all out. After we talked to Ryan about not painting unless we were in the room with him, we figured we had solved that problem.
Shortly afterwards, Cole woke up from his nap, and Joe had moved on to another bedroom. I thought Joe knew Cole had gone upstairs, and Joe had thought I was looking after Cole. Uh, no. Big mistake.
When I found Cole, he was in the closet with a big paint brush, covered from head to toe with primer. It was all on his new fleece jacket and jeans. His lime green Crocs were now snow white. There was another few inches of primer down on the closet floor-again.
Imagine my joy in having to go tell Joe that he had to scrape up all the primer again from the closet floor. Let’s just say at this point, we were not happy. It was time for me to give up on trying to get the master bed/bath done, and take the boys home.
On Sunday, Joe’s wonderful parents watched the boys for us all day. We really made some progress. I got the master bath/bed cleaned and the doors polished. I tested out some paint samples for the room, which I am having an awful time trying to match. Joe got the first two coats of paint applied in both Ryan and Cole’s rooms.
The professional painter came yesterday and painted the living/entry/hallways, and dining room. They turned out wonderful. They finished it all in one day. It would have taken Joe probably a week at the minimum to get it done, assuming he didn’t have any kiddie interruptions.
I decided I did not like the green and beige color scheme for our bedroom. I found a light blue/gray color I like, but can’t seem to find an accent color. Still working on that. We will have to figure it out by this weekend, because Joe should be able to finish up the bedrooms and start on ours. He won’t let me paint. He says I am as good of a painter as the boys’ are. I don’t agree, but if he wants to do all the painting by himself, that is fine with me. 🙂
I have to clean the entire kitchen next, and clean the stair railing and banister. They are oak, and don’t look like they have been cleaned for several years. The doors looked the same way, and after cleaning them and using Orange Glo, they brightened up beautifully. I am excited to do the banister and kitchen cabinets with it, and really see them perk up. Orange Glow is a wonderful product.
I have been taking lots of pictures, and promise to post some soon. The rooms just don’t look right without flooring yet, so as soon as we get the hardwood floor and carpeting in, I’ll have some pictures of what we have accomplished so far.