bring it on kids

I’ve been fighting a losing battle. Well, I am sure I am fighting lots of losing battles, but this post is about one. The battle of the white work tables.

It is completely unrealistic and impractical to have white painted tables and 5 kids who do all their school/crafting/mess making at those tables. I’ve just been adding a coat of white paint every so often because I really, really like white. However, I’m tired. This week they caught me in a moment of weakness and I waved the white flag.

I just kept losing to paint spills. Dry erase marker smudges. Other random things I still am not sure what they are…

So I told the kids to bring it on. Just paint the table. Fill it with happy. And they did.

If I wanted it to last for a long time, I would paint it with sealer. But…I like change. And white paint.

My oldest walked in and asked, “are you really going to leave it like this?” I smiled and said, “Yes. For now.” Soon enough we’ll all be ready for change again. Another coat of white paint. Another fresh start. Another new canvas.

Soon enough they won’t want to paint pirates and mermaids and blue-haired princesses. So, this week I decided to let them go at it and it was totally worth it to see all those big smiles.