tearing it up

our front entry has been sort of a peachy brown color. we abhor it. for some delightful reason, the previous owners decided to paint this color over the hallway's wallpaper. *sigh* when we moved in, jenna had found a small piece of wallpaper sticking out, towards the bottom of the floor - and before we knew it...riiiiiip! she'd torn a big piece off. we've left it that way for several months.

last night, for some reason, i decided to start tearing the paint-covered wallpaper off. i'd just returned home from running errands. jim was working, the kids were watching "the last mimzy," and i began to pick at the walls. james wandered into the hallway, curious. he wanted to tear a piece off, too. pretty soon, all the kids were tearing wallpaper off. they'd completely lost interest in their movie.

james kept asking for help, saying "i don't know how to do this!" i'd pick at the wallpaper with my nail and start a piece for him. every time i did this, jenna would push us aside, exclaiming, "MY DO IT, MY DO IT!!!" jenna was also our trash girl, throwing wallpaper away...aaaand taking it back out again. jessica was in heaven, tearing off huge pieces and showing me her work. she certainly did the most, and we really appreciated her efforts.

messy, spontaneous fun ROCKS!!!