This house

In April we will have lived in this house for 11 years. We long ago surpassed the record for living in any one place for so long years ago, actually.

A few weeks ago Anna said she wanted Santa to paint her bathroom and bedroom rainbow colors (rainbow is her favorite "color"). Paul and I realized at that point that we can still remember very clearly the day we redid her bathroom (that wasn't then hers), and that that day was about 10 years ago already. Or more even. We remember trying to pull down the dreaded teddy bear wall paper and realizing it was actually stuck to the drywall, so we said "what the hell" and painted right over it. The tiny little wall paper tool marks are still visible, but the wallpaper has still held underneath that paint for all these years. Since then we have just kept it clean and damn it still looks new, even after 10 years!

Right before Anna was born we put in a ceiling heater because that bathroom can get cold! Over the past few years, he ceiling has started to sag, and Paul's fixing it as I type.
This week Anna is at my mom's in Austin. And we think that after 10 years, the little bathroom is in fact due for an update. Why not go rainbow?

We realize when she gets home and we surprise her with it, that surprise will give all of about 5 minutes' worth of excitement. We know. And so the reason we are doing it is because...well, it's been 10 years. Why NOT go rainbow?