House update

I have been busy moving boxes that were sitting in the garage of our rental house for 4 weeks over to the new house this week. I got a few put away, but most are sitting in the room they belong right now. My legs are covered with bruises from carrying boxes and bumping into things. But it's all worth it!

Today we tackled painting the kitchen. We normally choose simple earth tones when we paint. Not this time! We bought the house from Fannie Mae. For those of you who don't know, when Fannie Mae takes possession of a home, they paint it ALL white and put in brand new appliances. So our entire house is white. The kitchen has white walls, white cabinets, and white trim. Too much white! So we picked some nice bright colors to liven it up. Here are some before and after pictures:



Also this week Alex had her 1st grade concert called "Made in America." They sang some traditional American songs and also some old commercial jingles. I always wondered why she would come home singing the Almond Joy/Mounds jingle. It was really cute and she had fun. We drove by a house the other day and she said "Mom, that house is really lucky, you know why?" I said "Why?" She said "Because it has a United States of America flag and they can say the pledge of allegiance every day if they want." It's so fun to see her proud of her country at such a young age. Here's a mediocre picture of her class at the concert: