My husband’s parents are visiting, all so that FIL could help Mark paint our downstairs in exchange for a little bit of grandbaby time. He painted our living room, entry hall, stairwells, and schoolroom in a warm, light beige, a milk-with-a-little-coffee color.
Before they could paint, of course, I had to move the big schoolroom cabinets away from the wall, and before I could do that, of course, I had to empty them.
So for a couple of days, all my STUFF — potholder looms, workbooks, bottles of tempera paint, paper of all kinds — was piled on a table in the middle of the living room.
But then I had the opportunity to put it back, and I took my time. Hurray! Organized cabinets for the first time since we moved.
School really got shifted around, first because Grandma and Grandpa were here reading to the boys and playing endless board games, then because all the materials I needed were buried under a huge mound of materials that I hadn’t used in months, finally because I spent a whole day putting everything back. Oh, but it looks wonderful! Next stop: a nice celery-green color in the kitchen. Someday.
Also, Oscar had a night of throwing up, and then a couple days later Mary Jane ran a fever in the middle of the night. Sleep was lost. Finally MIL woke up feeling poorly this morning, so instead of starting for home this morning FIL is bringing her tea and crackers, and the boys are having to be reminded to play quietly so she can rest.
I managed to get Oscar going on catechism copywork and art narration, and got math lesson set up — since it involves laying out cards on the floor to make a number line, we’ll do that after Milo goes down for a nap. Soon.
(Here are the before pictures. Will update later with cabinet interiors.)
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