Chalkboard

Ever since seeing my friend's house in Prague with a chalkboard painted onto the wall I have wanted to do the same.  I thought it was such a brilliant idea.  The kids can draw on the wall, they can do homework, I can write grocery lists and keep track of schedules.  Once we moved into our new home I had discussed the idea with Jason.  He wasn't sold on the idea and he couldn't remember ever seeing the chalkboard in our friend's house.  I kept mentioning it and then finally I went and bought black poster board and taped it to the wall so that he could get a sense of what it would look like.  He finally agreed that we should paint the wall.  There is a company in a nearby town that sells magnetic chalkboard paint so rather than wait for delivery I drove over and picked up the paint.  I then headed to home depot for the correct roller and brush and tape to form the chalkboard rectangular shape.  It took me one afternoon to complete the painting and then we let it stand for a week without using it.  We have now been using the chalkboard for a couple weeks and it has been great.  I put the calendar up for the week so everyone can see the schedules.  The kids know when they have library, P.E., soccer, swimming, and tennis.  We all know what days Jason is going into work early.  We also list any oddities like when the sprinkler guy is coming or book fairs etc.  On the bottom half of the board the girls practice their spelling and math and when we aren't doing homework they draw fun pictures.  Most of our time is spent in our kitchen and having the chalkboard in the kitchen just adds to the fun we can have in the heart of our home.