The Reveal

So nothing thrilling. We painted stripes on the wall. Nothing bold. Just stripes in the same color but using a different higher gloss paint. Not sure it was worth all of the work but it does look nicer than the white walls that were there. The kids were thrilled to get 2 volleyball sized tape balls out of it! And if nothing else, it was a good time of bonding with my Mom and then with my sister when she came to town just in time to help finish things up.

We were trying to find 'stuff' to hang on the walls in there and couldn't quite come up with anything. So I decided to create my own art. I took a few pictures and "painted" them in Photoshop. Now all I have to do is order them. Tell me what you think...
If you click on them to enlarge them you can see better the effect of the painting process.

What is Going on Here?

My Mom came to town for most of this month. Can you guess what we were doing while she was here?

More Winter Pics

They say that feeding time is the best time to see the animals at the zoo. It seems to be a good time to capture the elusive creature I spoke about in my last post. As you can see, he was so busy eating he never even tried to dodge my camera!
The best place to sled on our property is behind the house. It's a short but steep enough hill that starts by our oak tree and ends on our driveway. So unless Dad plows, it's a great ride. The only problem is, sometimes they go so fast I'm afraid they are going to go over the edge and into the woods on the other side of the driveway. I had to show them how to aim their sleds and to bail out if they are getting too close.

Sammy on the edge.

Catching snowflakes.

Danny really wanted to learn how to ice skate. When everything iced over he knew he would finally have a chance. Undaunted by my skepticism, he grabbed the 1 pair of skates that we have, (I'm not even sure where they came from) went out on the driveway and within minutes he was up and skating. He used the trash can for stability at first, but set that asside fairly quickly.
The best (and worst) part is that this part of the driveway is on the North side of the house and is always in the shade so it takes a lot longer to melt. Danny was excited to have his own private skating rink for 3 or more days. I am thankful for traction control on my van!