Project-weekend | hippieheart's Blog

Getting a bit of bud was really great.  It inspired me to do all sorts of projects around the house.  I first rearranged our son's room, creating more play space ~ always a good thing!  Then I cleaned all of the floors ~ all of them, every single room.  I vacuumed and swept and mopped.  Then I organized our bedroom, including pulling together an extra-large Ziploc bag full of items to donate.  My husband admitted to me, as he was carrying this bag out to his car, that he still had a trunk full of stuff ~ he still had not been to drop off the last load of donated items.

After we put our son to bed last night, I worked on two art projects, simultaneously: my paper mache doll and a paper collage picture, which I added to an existing frame hanging on the wall.  I was just inspired.  And I organized underneath the kitchen sinks and I moved the two wicker storage baskets (from the kitchen, under the wire shelves) to the front room.  They look better on that wall that has the big wooden mirror ~ helps to balance that space out.  Plus, even when our son moves them around, they still look good.

My husband even got into the projects ~ he washed all of the dishes tonight, just before putting our son to bed, with a few stories.  And, he took our son with him to the grocery store earlier ~ I mopped the kitchen floors. 

I don't think this little Doll House has ever been cleaner.  It smells sooooooo good.  We've had all the windows open all weekend ~ even slept with the ones above our bed open.  It was wonderfully relaxing, hearing the birds...

I even reorganized the linens in the front room and did loads of laundry. 

And we  still managed to take advantage of the breaks in the weather.  It was the craziest thing.  Yesterday, it started off windy, overcast and rainy.  We had had a thunderstorm the night before.  But, as soon as we heard there was going t o be a break in the weather, we high-tailed it outta here.  We took our son on a nice, long walk yesterday.  We we thrilled that we had the chance, as the weather wasn't expected to be good. 

But...again, today, the weather ended up better than we originally thought. 

For our walk today, we decided to take a new path, through the woods.  We told our son it was a "secret path" because it wound through the forest.  We let him walk the whole trail.  Our little hiker.  I had to hold my breath when he wanted to go over bridges and along drop-off paths, on his own.  Of course, I was RIGHT THERE, but it is still hard, seeing him so independent.  

This weekend was a turning point, in a new phase of our son's development: he's started to climb.  REALLY climb.  On every surface.  It is his new thing.  You can't keep him down.

Anyways ~ We've really had a terrific weekend.  It was relaxing and productive.  We got out and enjoyed some beautiful walks.  We did a big Spring-cleaning.  It is so wonderful. 

The whole feel of this little place is different.  There's better flow, more energy, more space, less clutter. 

I love project-weekends!