My vacation started today, and I’m spending it painting the inside of the house with the kids. We started with the two biggest walls. After 15 years of white walls, we finally have color. It makes a pretty dramatic difference. We just finished a little touching up, and moved the TV and all the various electronics in front of one of the newly-painted walls. I think it opens the space up a bit.

Day 1, and I’m already exhausted. The hardest part was all the cleaning and vacuuming that needed to take place before we could start the real work.

The kids are amazing, though. Peter is a powerhouse with a paint roller, and Moon is precision embodied.

It’s an hour and a half past bedtime, and I’ll be up in 7 hours starting the next wall.