It's so funny how a little sun and warm weather makes everyone so happy. Especially when you have shitty weather for most of your year, like we do in the midwest. This weekend was like all smiles and sunshine and fun, because it was nice out. We got a lot accomplished!
Saturday morning we went to the zoo. We saw the baby jaguars, they were playing with their mama, it was pretty cute to watch. We had a picnic and then the kids crashed in the car on the way home.
Brendan took off the front door so we could paint it. By "we" I really mean "HE" since he ended up doing all the work. I chose the color.
Our door had a funny panel nailed on the front. Brendan said hey, I think this is really a six panel door, they just covered it for some reason. So he took off the panel and found that they had filled in the panels and then nailed a piece of cardboard over it, painted the whole thing an ugly navy blue color or black that faded in the sun, and called it a day. So...hours later he'd managed to yank all the junk out of the panels and today he sanded and primed and painted. It's still drying, but we will have a nice six panel, classic red front door soon!
We also got new house numbers. It's amazing how something so small makes such a big difference! Our neighbors were like wow, we never even noticed our numbers before but yours look so great! And the best thing is, they were $6 a piece from Home Depot. Next up is a new light fixture for outside.
The kids got their fair share of play, too. Chalk, tricycles, playing catch with the dads, going to the park, and popsicles. Not bad for a weekend!
1 comment:
Awesome find on the door! I love little projects that make thing seem SO insanely brighter and newer.
The neighborhood looks like fun too.
:)
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