Soccer Girl

I now officially have two kids in soccer. 

She loves playing and, as a bonus, she looks so stinkin' cute in her cleats!

Spring Break

Due to a mishap in the vacation planning process, The Man had to work on Spring Break. So the kids and I took a day trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium without him.

We spent the entire day there and the kids loved it! Can't wait to do it again next year.

We found....other ways to spend our time that week.

We did get to spend some time with Dad at the Drive In. We love to throw a blow up mattress in the back of the truck and bundle up.  They always show a double feature, but since it was Spring Break both were kid's movies. We stayed up until 11:00 that night. Great way to end the week off!

Ugh

Daylight savings for a child is like a full moon for a werewolf.

Updating

I have grown tired of waiting to remodel the house.  I decided to take matters into my own hands and paint some of the ugly 90s oak cabinets in the kid's and the master bathroom.

I heard of this great product from Rustoleum for painting cabinets without sanding so I gave it a shot.  I don't know how long the paint job will last, but I am extremely pleased with the final results. 

Here is the kid's bathroom before:

And here it is after using the base coat and the glaze provided.  It has the beachy, driftwood type feel I was going for and I love it!

 

 

 There was enough left over from the kit to do the master bath (and probably another two bathrooms after that if I had them).  So I decided just to use the grey base coat and no glaze on ours.  No before picture, but it looked just likes the kid's cabinets.  Here is the after:

When we moved in, the white hardware on the cabinets looked so bad that I removed them all and we just lived without knobs. Once I painted them grey, though, they looked gorgeous. So satisfying for $75 and a week's worth of work

Sports!

February was a busy time.  We ended basketball season and started baseball season. 

Here he is with his basketball coach getting his medal after the final game.  The coach was really awesome, but I think the Boy's basketball career is over.

And this is Opening Day for youth baseball.  He is on the Giants this year with a couple of buddies from his class.  One of his coaches actually played for the Oakland A's so we are thrilled to be a part of the team!