Last week, I picked up a discarded old doll house on the curb. (Jan is not the only scavenger on Ogden Lane) Many of its shingles were missing, the rest crooked. It has a staircase and interior doors, and I saw some potential.
Elena's never been one for dolls (she much prefers animals) but she loves fixing, making, doing--so we spent most of our day together remodeling.
It's a large sturdy doll house with sloppily painted walls and torn wallpaper. We sprayed the walls with vinegar and scraped and scrubbed until we had it down to its bones. On our next day together, we'll paint--if I can resist the urge to give it its first coat.
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Elena in mask getting her flower girl dress altered
for her cousin Jade's wedding on Saturday |
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Spraying wallpaper
"Who puts wallpaper on floors? Who does that?" |
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| Hanging the new bird feeder we bought at Schnabels. |
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| Clean and ready to paint |
I got her home just in time for a Zoom dress rehearsal for a dance recital that may or may not happen in August. I watched for an hour, then drove back home, teary all the way.
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| Dress rehearsal |
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| Her daddy setting up the zoom |
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