Goof Off

We painted the young man's room today. Madeline wanted to help so badly. She wasn't allowed. "Fine, when it's time to paint my room yellow, you guys aren't going to be allowed to help," she fired back. Such independence.

I would do several things different next time I paint a room. First, clear everything out of the room. I halved it, and used a tarp to cover the part of the floor where we were painting, then moved the tarp when that section was finished. This became more trouble than I thought, mostly this technique was to try and get around the big couch that remains in the boy's room.

Second, put the painters tape all around room, following the same stretch with large overlaps so it will pull off simpler.

Third, start during the afternoon instead of the early evening, especially in the bedrooms upstairs, the light is poor because there is only one can light.

We did the prep work well, the plastic fixtures around the electrical outlets and switches were removed, and we did use painter's tape.

Even with the painter's tape (which we need to get thicker tape for the base boards) the base boards have blue paint over some spots. I'll get the Goof Off and clean that up then we're finished.

Two Month Well Baby

We have a two month well baby that went for his two month well baby checkup. The doctor says Jack has great head control. He's "big" so we need to make sure he's clean between all the rolls of skin he has on his legs, chin, belly, arms . . . just about everywhere really. This child weighs 15.1 lbs and 25.5 inches long. We've been very curious about that weight. He does like to eat. He's a charmer now, too. He's smiling a lot more. He seems to do this for me when I'm changing his diaper. He does this for his mom whenever she wants him to. Dad is just a little jealous about that part.