Ella "Helping"

During our house renovation projects Ella decided she needed the "help" paint. So, to avoid the GIGANTIC mess that would have caused... I made some soapy water and gave her a paint brush of her own. She had a fantastic time painting the driveway and her potty seat (?? only my child would paint her potty seat!)

After we got done painting Saturday night, Ella decided she needed to dance (and climb on the furniture -- which is better than the ladder she tried ...wait, successfully climbed on to the roof while we were working on the house!!)

  

Ella was SO excited to see Mimi at church this morning!! 

Ella and Mimi had so much fun!! 

I thought this was a good picutre of Ella and I! It looks very spring-y!

When we got home, she was "helping" paint again, so we decided she could play in the truck. I am pretty sure she managed to push every button and turn everything on and off. She chouldn't figure out how to get the horn to honk (thank god!!) because she couldn't push it hard enough.

  

We had a busy weekend, but we did get alot done! Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL week!!!

--Amanda

House Projects

We are always renovating something at our house, but we have finally gotten to the outside of the house!! We had planned on re-roofing the house this weekend, but all of the shingles did not come in on time so we had to put that project on hold for a few days... 

These were the shingles we had on the roof.

And these are the new shingles --- I know in the pictures you can tell much difference! The new shingles are brown and they look MUCH better!!

Since we did not have all of the shingles... that means we need to start a new project, right?? lol So, for the next part, you need to see a couple of "before" pictures. Here is our house before we started this weekend (and no, we don't typically let Ella play in the front yard. We moved some of her toys out front so she could play while we were working!)

Here are the after pictures... we decided to paint the brick and I am really pleased with it. We still have some trimming and finishing up to do. 

So, here is the (almost) finished product. We are really happy with it! I am excited about getting the re-landscape the front yard now too!!!