New Desk!

Hey, there~

In lieu of going over the events of my mom's visit in some kind of chronological list, I'd like to share with you some of the events/endeavors that happened while she was here.

Firstly, Ella's new drawing desk!

It all started when the kids and I were walking back from a Parenting in the Park session at the nearby park when we stumbled upon this piece-o-crap desk left on the side of the road:

Daddy wastes no time getting to work!

It was obvious that it was some kind of homemade project so despite its decrepit appearance, the made-with-love aspect touched my heart and I loaded it on the stroller and took it home. This was the day before my mom's arrival, so I figured it'd be in stasis mode until she left...
Boy, how wrong I was!

In the hours before my mom's arrival, Ella chose the colors (brown and blue) and Daddy painted it up for her to hide the original "artwork" some kid left on it.

Judging by the style, I'd say it was a kiddo just about Ella's age!

Within Aba's first day or two here, she jumped on board with this renovation project, and bought stencils to do some pretty detail work on it. Together, she and Ella painted it and even installed that mirror (one from a set given to us for Christmas back in '08 - wow!) I was pretty impressed that they were doing all this stencil-painting upstairs directly over the carpet...and didn't spill a single drop! Phew!!

I look forward to much a pretty picture being created here~

The base paint for the desk was from the leftover paint bought for the Camper, as well as some from the previous owners of the house for the living room walls. And the paint used in the stenciling was from that awesome garage sale score the other week. So coupled with the fact that this got picked up off the side of the road, it was a virtually free craft project!

The desk that Ella used to draw at will now be for William -- though he is still more into tasting the drawing tools rather than drawing with them. Oy ve~ :D

So now Ella can draw upstairs in the playroom, while William has the desk downstairs.
The desk has replaced the art easel which honestly was getting that much use due to William's persistence in eating the chalk. So one thing in, one thing out. Perfect.


There will be more crafting news to share with you in the coming days.
But until then, take care and Happy New Desks!!