today I got a....

free iPad!

The state funded a project to get every teacher an iPad for the classroom. I knew they were coming, but had no idea it would be today! Too bad Josh just bought me one for Christmas. It is still nice to now have one for the classroom though! I was not about to let my kiddies play with my personal one - Josh worked too hard to get it for me. My children are already obsessed with it. I am also hoping it will help steer them towards good behavior for the last 3 weeks of school ;)

Chili was a little escape artist today. We have tried a million ways to keep her contained during the day, as I hate the thought of leaving her crated for the many hours we are away at work. We finally cleaned out a downstairs room for her because she made a hole under the door in the carpet in an upstairs room she was in. We also tried a play pen with baby gates in the beginning, but she has mastered climbing them (con of the intelligence of the labradoodle breed!) Josh constructed a tall barricade in front of the door way, but she was out and about when I got home. She managed to somehow move one of the baby gates to the side. There wasn't too much damage, thankfully. I am sure she had a much better time ripping up toys with Pepper. 

Sorry Chili girl, we're going to have to revamp the barricade tonight.

Both pups have been playing since I got home, and now are passed out. It is nice to finally have peace and quiet after 8 hours with 23 Kindergartners and coming home to 2 rambunctious doggies.

We decided to take on the task of re-doing our kitchen cabinets this past weekend. Our kitchen walls are green, which I love, and when we first painted the nasty cabinets, we chose a dark purple. I think I had seen a picture of green walls and black cabinets online that I really liked, but it did not translate well to our kitchen. I tried to get used to it, let it grow on me, and then essentially ignore it, but I finally could not take the fact that I hated how dark our kitchen felt. Josh was excited because he got to buy lots of new power tools and I was excited to finally begin work towards a kitchen I can love (lighting, new dishwasher, and new countertops are on the wish list).

Josh wants to do a post on the ins and outs of re-doing the cabinets, which are still in the works, but I thought I'd share some sneak previews because I love how our kitchen has already lightened up some!

primer and purple paint coming off.

I sanded this part by myself!

We decided to do them in white. Josh was a little hesitant at first, but he is loving the light wood and is beginning to come around to the idea that they will look good white. He has been sanding every night when he gets home from work. I think we can finish them by the weekend's end (fingers crossed). I am so excited to have a "new" kitchen!

If only Josh and my sister hadn't had one too many beers and painted our refrigerator purple....

But that's a story for a different post :)

I am waiting for Josh to get home and then I need to run. We have a 5k on May 31st!

I am excited to share our final product in the kitchen. I feel like I have been living in a construction zone all week. 2 days til the weekend!