Prettying up my blog

This afternoon and evening has been spent trying to 'pretty' up my blog. I must say, this requires a lot of time and patience. Wasn't someone just saying something about being lazy? Oh, nevermind, I forget who that was. Anyway, pardon the weird look it may have for a bit. I've actually been trying NOT to spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer today. It's SUCH a lovely day here in Iowa! The kids and I flew kites, threw a frisbee, played in the water, and then I left them to water color paint my hosta leaves (after they'd trimmed them off), while I tried to wrestle with blog stuff and not burn dinner in the process. Dinner was successful. I'm still wrestling, and I'm about 3 minutes past when I told the girls they had to come in and get clean. Since I happen to notice at dinner that the hosta leaves weren't the only thing that got painted. Ahem. So, I'd better get to it!

La, la, la, la, la. Speed ahead about two hours now. My dishes are still dirty, as is much of the house, but the kids are in bed, or in their rooms really is a better description, and I'm magically back!  Thought you'd enjoy a photo of what 'painting plant leaves' looks like. 

 

Really rather cool looking and creative, if I do say so myself. After I sent those two off to the shower, I had to head outside and scrub off my front walk. I really despise water color paints. They are so difficult to get off everything! I banished them from the house after someone got paint on the shades, floor, chairs, and of course the table, but that goes without saying really. 

This reminds me of my 3 year old. Last summer, when she was two, I was mowing the grass in the back yard. My husband was 'watching' her (I feel everyone nodding their heads now). He sent her out onto our back deck to water color paint a coloring book. At some point during this adventure, I looked ahead at the row I was cutting to see my daughter sitting on the bottom stair watching me. I looked at her and had to stop mowing. You see, I was laughing so hard it would have been dangerous to continue. Luckily she was only wearing undies, because she was ENTIRELY covered in dark blue paint! Wow, how could I be mad? It was too funny and I didn't have to clean it up. Well, back to the present. I did manage to get most of the paint off, or lightened to the point of it not being too noticeable on my walk way. Sigh.