As the boys grow up, its fun realizing the many things you have in common with them. Music, movies, sports. One of the things Maysen and I have in common is HGTV Home shows including House Hunters and Property Brothers. We compare how we would decorate this room, or which wall should be taken down to make the concept more open.
I also love his spontaneity. He's the first one to jump in the car and run with me somewhere if I get a hair-brained idea.
It was a Thursday when I got the idea that we should update the backsplash in our kitchen. It's something I've always wanted but kept putting off. I painted the backsplash years ago, which lead it it's own adventure altogether.
But still I wanted glass backsplash. So, I posed the question to Maysen about how hard he thought it would be. By that afternoon we were at Jerry's picking out glass backsplash. His resourcefulness amazed me. And he has great taste! We were trying to picture what the backsplash would look like and he got the idea to take it to the set-up kitchen areas and find one similar to ours to use as a reference. It worked great and the pattern/colors could not have been more perfect.
Friday afternoon is when we started the project. He worked hard to get the pieces cut just right. It was both of ours' first time using a hand-held glass tile cutter but before long he was eye-balling where to make the cuts and really going for it with confidence.
Not once did he complain or get frustrated. There were parts where we had to literally free lance mosiac parts and he did a great job.
Before
After.
Overall completely impressed by this kiddo. He took the bull by the horns, learned right along with me, and even at times lead the project. More growing and learning completed! (For us both!)
