McCarren Pool

Evie wants to fly to New York City.  Isn't that a strange request from a small town almost-5-year-old?  I asked her where she learned about New York and she claims from our trip on the plane.  I suppose I'm an influence too though because I had recently read an article in the New York Times online about this pool and showed her this picture from Pinterest.

via Pinterest

And I showed her all the pictures from the NY Times.  It's pretty amazing the amount of people in the black and white photo and then it's destruction and rebirth. 

via Google Image search

from Google Maps. Notice the compared to the school track!

What it'll look like all finished up.  Capacity is 1500 swimmers!

One of my favorite things to do when I'm researching about a place is to look it up in Google maps.  Obviously Google needs to update little since the pool is opening June 29th.  All Evie talks about is this giant pool in New York and how she's going there on her next vacation. :)

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Going to the Zoo!

We are off to visit the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium with our kids' preschool.  It's pretty awesome and our kids are super excited!  It'll be a wet one today but nothing rain boots and umbrellas can't handle.

 You should come too!  See you there! :)

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Sorry 'bout that!

We totally didn't get back to posting yesterday but we did actually work on some furniture projects! 

What the kids are doing around 8 am.  Yes, he is. Lol, ew.

Bree's getting her internet back later today so she can bore you to death instead of me.  Haha.  But really, our content is so much better when we are able to work together. 

Goodwill find, $14.99

Garage Sale find, $5.00 (holla!)

We hauled out a table and desk that Bree had picked up on the cheap. 

On the table, we removed the legs and measured for where we wanted to cut and then we fired up the saw (for the first time, eeee).  We tried some paint stripper first but then realized that we could just sand the heck out of the top.  We also sanded the bottom of the legs to even them out a bit. 

After a little more hand distressing the legs and apron, we wiped the whole thing down and applied a nice dark stain all over.  We put about 3 coats of stain on the top.  I think it needs another coat or two of stain to even out the edges and then we'll seal it up for the kids!

We'll be working on the desk again soon.  I'm having one of those weeks where I don't think there's much going on but then there's something going on every day! :)

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Tuesday is for Complainers

Ack. The weather is bringing me down! 

Who wants to be 20 degrees below normal?  Seattle does. Also, we are stalled in a few different projects.  This is a time when Pinterest is not helpful since I get sucked in and off topic so quickly.  Bree and I have such large plans, almost too big and most definitely weather dependant. 

What you can take from my recent pins is cleaning, drinking, and origami! Sounds like a party.

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So a little later today the Metzger Musketeers with join the Trumbull Two and the Particular Patton for lunch and school.  We moms have a project or two for a post later today so check back in!

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