A very busy weekend

One of the perks of being employed by the Federal Government is getting some of the smaller holidays off. Jeremy enjoyed a three day weekend for Martin Luther King's day. I enjoyed having him home with us. Saturday was a quiet day. We headed to the park with the kids for some fresh air.

Since the weather wasn't supposed to be nice, I talked Jeremy into painting Darla's room. It's a project that we have been thinking about doing for a while. Sunday we headed to Lowes for supplies. Jeremy and I wanted to make it different, so we picked out two colors; one for the top and one for the bottom. We chose a light pink and a plumish purple. Then, we'll add trim and paint it white to make a border between the colors. I am working on a daisy design that I'm going to add to the walls in white also. We have lots of work to do to finish the room, but the hardest part is done!

Since her room had the taupe color that is all over our house, we decided to use a primer first. That added extra time to the project, but we got all three colors done by Monday afternoon. Derick was a good helper! He enjoyed helping Daddy take the trim off with a pry bar and did a little painting too. During the project, Darla slept in our room in her pack-n-play. I have to say I am looking forward to moving her back into her own room again.

It was a fun weekend, and now that we have Darla's done, we are planning for Derick's room next!