Homemade BBQ Sauce, Ceiling Fans, and other important things

I finally finished repainting Maia's dresser!

The whole time I felt a pit of guilt in my stomach for messing with a good piece of furniture.

However, I think the finished project turned out pretty cute and I can always sand and re-stain it if I start losing sleep.

I didn't sand it before priming, which I will do in the future if I ever do this again.

But overall, it's pretty stinking adorable.

Aleks went to Bakersfield, CA last week to be a guest composer at CSUB.

While he was gone, I decided to cook things for dinner that he might not particularly enjoy.

One night I had planned to make bean and corn pizzas (a meal that Aleks actually would have enjoyed). However, I ran out of time to make dough for the crust and when I opened the fridge, I realized we were out of BBQ sauce. 

Tapping into my Kyhn roots (you should know my parents make their own pancake syrup) I decided to create something from nothing. I ended up putting the pizzas on tortillas and mixing ketchup and mustard to make BBQ sauce.

I'll be honest, it wasn't amazing, but Ruby certainly liked it!

Of course while Aleks was gone Maia caught a cold and was up all night. The next morning was a blur, but thankfully the girls usually play together pretty well and I could self-medicate with coffee.

A while ago Aleks won "Best in Show" from the Global Music Awards.

While he was gone, his trophy came in the mail.

Isn't it pretty?

I know it's the first of many awards to come.

The girls and I went to breakfast one morning that Aleks was out of town.

They did remarkably well and the outing was without incident.

Well, until Maia spilled her orange juice all over herself and the booth as we were leaving.

Sigh.

How great are Ruby's curls?!

I mean come on.

I learned how to use the timer on my camera!

Look! a picture with all 4 of us together!

When Aleks got home, he installed this ceiling fan!

And watched the girls while I was at work

 And made dinner.

I'm so lucky.

I found the cutest kid's consignment shop and got the girls some new dresses.

This one has lobsters embroidered on the collar.

So cute and vintage looking.

And pink of course.

And then there's this outfit that I think is adorable, but Aleks doesn't want her wearing belly shirts in public.

So, I'll probably put Ruby in the shirt and hope Maia wears the pants once in a while.

Sweet Ruby.

Whose favorite words are "hungry" and "bite."

Can you tell how much Ruby adores her sister?

Well, summer is here.

It's hot and muggy.

House projects are piling up.

Aleks and I are doing a 5k next Saturday.

Tomorrow we're going to see a Dinosuar exhibit downtown.

Hopefully Maia won't be disappointed when the pteranodons don't start singing and dancing.

But seriously, thank you Jim Hensen for Dinosaur Train.

Happy Weekend!