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It is hard being away from home. The kids and I have been at my mom's house for 30 days. I, being a huge homebody, am a little out of sorts: miss our usual routines, my bed, my Andrew. Yes, Andrew is staying home--which I may now start calling the "dust bowl." He is working very hard to get us home as soon as possible!
In the meantime, the kids and I are hanging out here at my mom's home, working on little projects. I have been quilting away on baby's quilt--it is almost finished! I will show pictures soon! Max has been engaged in a 30 day "Craftapalooza". No kidding. This child has been making things for 30 days. Before we officially invaded my mother's house, Max and Cora would come and play with their Nana for a few hours two days a week while I had art lessons. Naturally, Max and Nana crammed in as many projects and activities as they could in those hours. So, when we moved in, Max was on craft and project overload. Bless you mom, I know you are exhausted.
Max would rather be making stuff than doing anything else. He's made signs (which he has taped up all over my mom's house), and drawings and masks and sculptures. He has even made little things out of clay that he we tied to mom's light fixture in the dining room. I remember being like Max when I was little. We had this blue Childcraft book called
Make and Do that I would pour over as a little girl. I just liked making anything. In the photo above, Max is making some little clay things in our room, or the "cottage" as we call it. Usually Max does all his Craftapalooza activities on the dining room table, but on this particular day I brought him out to our little space to create a little respite for mom.
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Back at home things are moving along--slow but sure. The entire upstairs remodel seemed to go so fast because we were still at home and really not bothered by any of the process. Stuff is happening, though. (I have lots more pictures, but they are still in the camera...) The wall that used to separate the living room from the office/playroom is gone now, and the new huge living room looks, well huge! Also, the kitchen doorway has been enlarged big time, making that room seem huge too.
The main thing Andrew has been working on at home is the tile in the kids' bathroom upstairs. I have always loved plain white subway tile. I have countless pictures of subway tile torn out and stored in my "dream home binder." Yes, I have a dream home binder. Yes, I am a dork. Andrew does not share the same affinity for these lovely tiles as I do, but he agreed to them anyway. I think this means he loves me. Smile. (Thank you Andrew for using precious hours to put up tile that you weren't crazy about. It looks beautiful!) This tile is all up now, and ready for grout. I'll have more pictures of the tile later--I took this one at night, so it isn't the greatest. Plus, once I get on the ball and get the rest of my pictures off my camera and phone I can show the wall removal I mentioned earlier.
Things are starting to get put back together at home, which is so exciting. The tearing up process is a little scary, but now I can see how pretty everything will be in the end.
Hope you have a great Monday--more pictures soon!
