Mmmm, nice

Slept in the new bed last night. And I slept well, too. The only thing that woke me was a small person coming up the stairs saying "Mommy where are you?" and then asking to climb in with me. But besides that, I slept from 11:30ish to 9:00am.

Jen and Phaelen visited for a little while early in the evening. We were all rather cranky as apparently both kids had been really demanding and difficult all day, but I did get one or two really adorable pictures, to be posted later.

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For those who've asked, the bedroom walls, pictured here, were done like this:

Two coats of Glidden "sand dune", which is a golden yellow, rolled on as normal, then one coat of sponge glaze. The glaze is a mixture of Glidden "precious jade", a bright sea-green, and something called "Faux glaze" which the Home Depot chappie pointed out to me. The instructions call for mixing it at 4 parts glaze to 1 part paint. I did it approximately 1 to 1: 1 gallon of glaze mixed with a gallon of paint. I rolled that mixture on with a special sponge roller until it was spread more-or-less evenly but not completely covered, trying to avoid making any patterns in the coverage.

The colors are a bit brighter than they look in the pictures, but it has kind of a feeling of a spring woods: dappled sunshine through the young leaves.

Names

Rosa and I were outside drawing on the sidewalk with chalk yesterday. I drew a big heart inscribed "Becky loves Jen"--she still calls me by that name--and it felt kind of strange, as though I were writing about someone else altogether. So for the record...Fiona loves Jen.

pics from last night

( Why do I keep forgetting to cut these )

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Rosa, just now> "I wanna give Phaelen another hug."

Party idea

Cover a large expanse of floor in bubble wrap.