Cut the Flour

I loved this game as a child, and now my kids love it. We used to play it in conjunction with another game we called concentration. My kids are young, so we just take turns cutting the flour till someone knocks the penny in. Then they go after it with their teeth. Here is Joshua digging in after he tipped over the penny. He was a pretty good sport.

Clean sink

Benjamin called me up to his bathroom the other day, very excited. There was a plant growing out of the bottom drain! We had noticed that the drain was running a little slowly, and I added ZEP to my mental list (a totally useless list). So, now we have vegetation coming up. How did it get there? Our pet hamster planted it for us. He lives in the bathroom at night, and throws his seeds into the sink. (And all over the rest of the room, he's not a very tidy eater, but still very cute.) We left the sprout for a while, but it didn't seem to be doing very well, so I pulled it out.

Here is a picture of our cute Zander.

Wallpaper borders

Wallpaper borders are something to think seriously about. Before you put one up, even a really cute one, consider whether you will EVER move away from your house and want to sell it. We loved a house here in Beavercreek, but didn't buy it because there was too much wallpaper to remove.

We have a very cute border in Joshua's room that was there when we moved in. It was great for Josh, but now we are moving the new baby into his room and Josh is going to bunk with Ben. So, the sports border has to come down. I have spent 2 hours scraping at the ceiling, and have sore fingers and arms, and am about a quarter of the way through. It is going to take longer than painting the room!

So, really think about it.

By the way, I painted the room the most cheerful yellow color you can imagine. Yellow is definitely my favorite color. Such a happy room!