The mini Casa de Hayes

Our neighbors a few houses over offered us a playhouse that their kids had outgrown. It was an amazingly cute house (complete with electricity) and mommy knew the kids would love it. This spawned the installation of the fake grass and then the location for the playhouse. After a few months, the foundation was set and we were all ready.

Finally... moving day! Out comes the house from behind our neighbors fence. The guys just rolled it right down the street.

And here it is... the mini Casa de Hayes!

As soon as the kids discovered it, they were in love. Even Gus likes to go in and check things out or play house/school/restaurant.

And then, mommy decided to take off all the weathered windows and doors and use the paint leftover from when our house was painted to paint the house so it would match. Complete with a blue front door. Our house numbers will soon be on the side of the door, but aren't there yet. The windows were mostly trash so we are currently deciding if we want to make new ones or leave it open air. In the meantime, it has no window shutters.

A week or so later, the kids down the street decided that the mini Casa de Hayes would be a most excellent place to store all their play kitchen stuff. We agreed. And then Nat organized it and mommy was so proud to see that her OCD organizing genes have been passed down.

Most recently, mommy painted the floor a very light gray (leftover paint from the computer room) and spray painted the stools hot pink.