Painting Our Doors Black

These were some DIYs that we finished back in the Spring, but forgot to share. Back when I first got Pinterest, I swooned over pictures of black interior doors and knew that would be one of the first things I'd do when I owned a home. I started with the doors in the master bedroom which is most of the doors in our home (3 out of 7) then put the rest on the back burner while I worked on other projects. This Spring, I got a second wind and finished painting the rest of the doors. I leave the doors on the hinges, slide a drop cloth under the door, and paint away. It doesn't take long to do and I love how much can be changed by a painted door. I painted the outside of the girls door, the basement door, and the downstairs bathroom door. Cora couldn't stop commenting on how great it looks and I love that I can finally check the doors off my list.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We're celebrating our day off with a couple events around town and time with our family. I dug up these old photos from last year that I never shared and I can't stop swooning over baby Ida's fat rolls. 

I'm giggling that my girls are still wearing these matching dresses as recent as last weekend and looking back at these pictures of my girlies celebrating 4th of July last year.

Another Lemonade Stand

Cora loved running a lemonade stand last year, and she has been asking every weekend for the last month if she could have another one. This weekend, we finally got around to buying all the supplies and had two lemonade stands. We set up our front porch side table, some cute fabric, and the same sign from last year. We use the same drink dispenser be bought last year and it makes the setup so easy. Total setup takes about 10 minutes and the kids usually love spending about an hour or two selling lemonade.

Our neighbor friends came over to help out. The kids loved running around as we waited for the next customer. When a customer would come by, they would all rush to fill up the drinks and collect the money. They loved pitching in to help out and they were so excited to get a little bit of the profits.

Cora paid me back for the lemonade supplies, paid her friends, and still managed to make a good amount of money. Cora spent quite a bit of time picking out a treat at Target. She finally settled on two little stuffed animal keychains and even picked one out for her sister.

Cora had so much fun Saturday, she wanted to run another stand on Sunday. We didn't have quite as many customers, but we still enjoyed ourselves. Cora loves the social aspect of the lemonade stand, so she loved having my parents stop by and hang out for a bit.

Ida wasn't quite old enough last year to help with the stand, but she is getting there this year. She loves hanging around, waving at all of the cars, and tasting the lemonade.

We love our little lemonade stand and I love watching my girlies work hard.