The Best Thing Ever!

Yesterday I took Paprika and Ginger to an Easter party hosted by our local Mom's Club. The Easter Bunny was there, and Paprika actually gave her (it was a girl!) a hug...it was the first time a big character like that didn't leave her in tears.

Paprika was one of the oldest kids at the party, so she really cleaned up at the egg hunt. I made sure to bring extra eggs to the party because I didn't want any of the kids getting short-shrifted. Paprika was totally excited about the eggs, and spent most of the rest of the party examining her loot.



Then we came home, and while Ginger was taking her nap, I finished the kitchen floor.

Before:



After:



I think it looks pretty good! It cost me about $120 in materials, and the labor was free! Home Depot had quoted me $3000 to do the kitchen and back hallway. I think I should send them my pics and ask if they really would have done it so much better and in less time (I spent two and a half of Ginger's naps doing it...about five hours total over three days).

Of course, I couldn't stop there. There's also the back stairwell and hallway to do. I started on that yesterday. I would have done the stairs, but I have to take up the stair tread, and that is really noisy and definitely would have woken Ginger up from her nap. So that will have to wait...

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After:



I also installed a baby swing on our swingset for Ginger. Paprika thinks it's the coolest thing to swing Ginger.



Ginger was so excited to get in the swing. It's definitely become her favorite thing.



Mr. Mustard was worried that the Craigslist swingset would never get used...but...as you can tell, Paprika is living on it.



She thinks it's...



the best



thing



ever!