Helping Daddy (Tutu Optional)

Matt's honey-do list is pretty long these days, since he needs to fit any house projects we I want done around his work schedule and the needs of four little girls. So, you can imagine his my excitement over his lighter summer schedule. It means that he can tackle some of the things that have been bugging us me for a while. He started this past weekend (on our anniversary, no less. I know, I'm definitely the wife of the year!) and painted the peeling railings on our front steps and interior staircase.

Of course, the hard part is not the work itself. Invariably, Megan and Bridget want in on whatever Daddy is fixing, so he has to wrangle two eager and chatty handygirls while he does his "manly" work --- a delicate balance made more delicate when one of the handygirls insists on wearing a tutu.

By the end of the weekend, railings were painted, Matt knocked some items off of his list and I added a few more ;) Since I don't think I've posted a picture of our house before, and because the handygirls insisted on posing everywhere that day, here is our work in progress:
(And, no, the color is not off. That's the color of our sky during the summer. Fog. All.of.the. time.)