Ellie's Room

Ellie has done a great job helping to get her room ready. Here she is painting a bookcase that was left over from the preschool...you can't really see in the picture but it's kind of a light green. It was all I could do not to just grab the roller brush out of her hand to smooth out the puddles and streaks of paint. She really wanted to do this, so after teaching her some techniques, she ended up doing a great job...the whole first coat! I was proud of her (and myself for practicing constraint, letting her learn the skill of painting).


Okay, so this doesn't have anything to do with her room, but since we're writing about Ellie I couldn't resist sharing her tender heart. Evidently the neighbor cat had a baby bird in it's mouth and it was still alive. Somehow she got it out of it's mouth and brought it home to nurse it back to health. Of course my first thought is, "Oh, great." It died very shortly after I saw it.....

But Ellie refused to give up. She's trying to feed it just like she learned from her second grade teacher Mrs. Kwid....

Here's her room. Not crazy about the wall color but it will sooo have to do for now.

The finished bookcase.....

Ellie helped in the decorations....

Back a few months ago....back when I had time...I painted these for the fun of it. I think I found a new hobby....when I get some more time.

Maybe I shouldn't have gotten such a close up picture....shows the goofy flaws...but I still want to show them off. hee hee.....