Devin started "challange" on Thursday. His first and second grade teachers nominated him to attend a once a week special class for him to keep busy and keep his interest. Since he's started school he has gotten straight 4's (except for once, and the teacher didn't give anyone all 4's that trimester). He was so so nervous. When I picked him up from school he had this huge grin on his face and he ran up to me and said it was "fantastic!". Way to go Devin, I am so PROUD of you!
I took Letti's idea when taking first day of school pics (thank you)but this is actually their 2nd day (my batteries were dead on the first day :( Anyways, Ryanne's 11 starting 6th Grade, holy cow.
and Devin is 8 starting 3rd Grade. It's amazing how time flies. Have the best year ever kiddos. I sure do love you, muah Y Mom
So for a new project I decided to refinish this "hot chocolate table". It was this honey varnish finish with loads of polyurethane to top it off. I never have liked the color, so I was ready to try something new.
At first, I was thinking about painting it and then doing like a cracke finish. But, when I saw how pretty the grain was underneath, I decided to try a colored stain. My first thought was RED, I love love love RED, but I already have quite a bit of red accenting my house. So, I decided on 
Botanical. What do you think? I love it! It brings out the green in my rug and carpet. 
I love the way it shows the wood grain. I am so happy with the way it turned out, now I want to refinish everything. Stay tuned :)
