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Why I do not think my kitchen is small.

A couple years ago if you had asked me about my kitchen I would have said it was very small.

Tiny even.

I was trying to find some way to expand it.

Any way really.

Maybe I could move the washer and dryer out to the garage and then expand it that way, knock a wall out here, bump a wall out there.

Anything to get more space that I so desperately needed (I thought).

Then last year I stumbled upon this blog post.

In it Katie talks about their 480 sq ft apartment in Germany and her renovated 36 sq ft kitchen.

36 sq ft.

Wow.

She is big on simplifying and gave me a little push to start looking around at what I really needed.

I then stumbled upon the Tiny House movement.

Never heard of it?

Check out tinyhouseblog.com

If you want to see my favorites you can check them out on my Pinterest board.

Some of these houses are only around 100 sq ft!

My 900+ sq ft house started feeling really big.

Huge even.

Up until last year I thought I needed a bigger house.

I dreamed of a bigger house.

Now I see a bigger house and think, “wait, who is going to clean it?”

I do not like to clean at all.

Now I ask myself, “how much space do I really need?” and “do I really need that new gadget for the kitchen when something I already have does the job?”

30 Day project, Day 8

Tiny houses are not for everyone.

But they have made me appreciate what I have a lot more.

So instead of knocking down a wall in a desperate search for more space, I think I will just stick to painting.

Instead of looking for room for that new gadget, I will just use what I have.

My kitchen is big enough to do everything I want to do and more.

How much space do you really use?

At the zoo

Day 6

30 day project.

Without my phone, I would probably not let my boys play as long as they wanted to.

I bring a book or my kindle if I know we are going to a park but these unexpected play sessions are harder to predict.

Like them wanting to spend twenty minuets on the play boat at the zoo chasing bad guys.

They realized some animals were watching them so they decided to give them a show…

He is blasting his brother with his chest.

We never see the Jaguars on the inside enclosure part so this was a real treat!

This one decided to be nice and give me the shot I was waiting for!

New favorite zoo pic!

1st day back!

My 30 day pic.

Day 6

Teaching my son to read.

Today was our first day back after Christmas break!

The first part of the school day was as follows:

50 States songs on youtube, here and here

The Pledge of Allegiance (I have been trying to do this every school day)

Reading

Writing (we use Writing without Tears)

Grammar (First Language Lessons for the well-trained mind)

Then we take a short break that includes a snack.

2nd half of our school day:

Math (RightStart)

History (we read about Daniel Boone)

Science

We are studying Electricity for science this month.

My MIL got the boys Magic School Bus science kits for Christmas!

I thankfully remembered one of them was on the subject we were doing!

We were just going to check it out today but since the first one was easy we went ahead and did it.

I unfortunately cut the boys hair just last night so it was a little short to be impressive.

Like a good teacher I offered up my own hair in the name of science.

These kits are quickly becoming favorites!

I am thinking I might just have to go ahead and get one for every science subject we cover.