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VSA: Day 3 & Showing #1

Today, I woke up a little bit earlier than usual. And, because I did that, we had time to play around with our breakfast. Recently, I've been on a color kick. I don't know if that has to do with the lack of color around us during this time of year, or anything else, but I do know that it helps to wake us up in the morning. I've started "coloring" our pancakes and waffles. This morning we had bright yellow pancakes. I put the batter into a squeeze bottle and made letter pancakes. Each of the children got to eat their names for breakfast this morning.

I also took the time to make sure each of the girls had made their beds and picked up their rooms before leaving for school. So glad I did. At 9:15 the realty office called and asked to schedule a showing at 4:30. Aaaahhhhh! I was not ready for that at all ... I had a huge list of things to do still. Oh well. Thankfully, the boys and I had just cleaned up the bathroom a little bit, and the dishwasher had been unloaded. Simple, easy, everyday tasks; but, they made a huge difference for me by the time 4:15 rolled around. So, when the children got off the bus, I packed them in the car and we headed to Ikea (I needed to get a new curtain for my bedroom since we've never had one, just hung up some fabric, and the children wanted to play in their play area).



While there, I bought some fabric to make a curtain for our laundry room. So simple and easy and I can't believe I hadn't done it sooner! We don't really need the sunlight in our laundry room, so I didn't make two curtains that could be pushed aside. And, I wanted something bright and bold because the laundry room really seems separate from the main living area which is in navy and red. I love this fabric ... although, I'm sure Jon is looking at this picture and shaking his head. ... Yeah, this is totally me.

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