Busy Kids

 Never a dull moment at the Lindseth's.  Someone is always painting, building, or pulling out something or another.  Alas, I will never achieve that "clean house" look...but I'm sure I'll miss some of their more creative messes once they're grown up.

 Britta loves to play in the pretend kitchen (and even the real one for that matter).  She plays independently incredibly well and I am extremely grateful for that!

Aegean Teal

It's the color of our new (old) coffee table!  My living room is entirely too brown and beige.  So, I figured one project that I could tackle (and cheaply!) was to paint our coffee table.  My sweet and crafty friend, Lori, suggested the color Aegean Teal from Benjamin Moore.  I looked it up, and, low and behold, the colors that they said that agean teal coordinates with are the exact colors of my walls and drapes!  It was meant to be. 

So, I went to work (and it took me a while b/c trying to find time to sand, paint and then distress takes a while when you have a baby who only likes to cat-nap during the day and three other children who all like to "help").  Finally, this past weekend though, I finished up as best I could and Cubby brought it back upstairs.  It has made such a difference in our living room!  I love the pop of color it gives to the room.  Now, I need to find a replacement rug for underneath!  (Our old rug fell victim to three little busy-bodies who shall remain nameless....)

Craft Day

Here is what we made Thursday afternoon. It was really nice to have an afternoon where we didn't have to be running around and the kids enjoyed making these fun little crafts. (We would've been more festive and made turkeys, but, I didn't have any brown paint.) Oh well. Emily still would've wanted it blue and Christian would have asked for green. Emily gave hers to her teacher, Ms. Karin. So sweet. Have a good weekend, everyone!