Moving out...to move back in

Pro tip: No matter how expensive it seems, or how much it will 'delay your move-in'--get your floors done BEFORE you have your stuff in your house.  Our 'little' project to redo our 1st floor hardwood is the equivalent of 1/2 move.  Not fun (or inexpensive)--especially when you have to hire movers to move a piano 20 feet.

How do you like what we've done with the place?

Summer Bucket List...almost complete

It's August 2nd & we are already through most of our summer bucket list.  We did good!  So more fun to be had, though...  

Art Institute Scavenger Hunt

Our summer bucket list included an "Art Institute Scavenger Hunt" with Wally and two of his good friends.  I designed a game that would give them different things to find / see & draw together throughout the museum.  By completing the hunt, they could win a group prize (2 lb bag of Sour Gummies--ick) and their own prizes as well. It ended up being really fun & I loved seeing them looking through the different galleries & talking about Monet, Seurat & Van Gogh. Here are a few pics if you wanted to do something similar with your kids.  I think being an Art teacher would be a pretty awesome job.