In the (new and improved) kitchen

Well, after last week's culinary disaster, I've been brainstorming how to make the kids' culinary experience better for all of us.  Because, well, lets be honest, this kind of drives me crazy.  (Remember the being a stay at home mom and losing your mind bit, yeah, case and point here!)

 So, like the majority of the on line mom world, I've been inspired by Pinterest.  And especially this kid's kitchen.  Good friends of our gave us their adorable wooden kitchen set which the kids have loved (both indoors and out) but the abuse it took outside left it rather moldy.  I've done what I could to minimize the moldy effect, but to be honest, I knew I could do better.  So we painted it yesterday.  As a team.

 That was kind of a crazy experience too.  But I strapped Asher in his seat with finger paint and Josie had her own paint brush and instructions so we actually did accomplish something.   Ta da!

 The kids are actually enjoying their own kitchen now!  Yeah, I know we are moving in one week, but I'm just getting this little kitchen ready for it's new home.  The black "shelves" Asher is getting his pot from might be mounted on the wall of our new home.  The chalkboard too.  I haven't quite decided where, but I think we're in for a few changes.

 That's at least one nice thing about moving every year, you are forced to rearrange, reshuffle, and remove lots of things that have gotten piled up around the house.  And it doesn't take long!

See what I mean?

 And for crazy kids pictures, I'll just entertain you.