one family. one bus.

big on adventure. small on stuff.

Hi! We're a family of 5 (sometimes 6 when we have our bonus child in the mix) on an epic journey to turn a retired school bus into a tiny house on wheels. We'll go from McMansion to Minimalist and you're invited along for the ride.

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The latest.

Blog
Better (Almost) Late Than Never.
Better (Almost) Late Than Never.
End of the School Year: How to Make a Clean Start for Summer in 6 Steps.
End of the School Year: How to Make a Clean Start for Summer in 6 Steps.
Mama Don't Need Your Crap: 5 Things to NOT Get This Mother's Day.
Mama Don't Need Your Crap: 5 Things to NOT Get This Mother's Day.
Behind the Scenes: Reader Mail.
Behind the Scenes: Reader Mail.
Can't Take It With Us: The Husband Edition.
Can't Take It With Us: The Husband Edition.
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What happens every time I say, “Newt! Let’s go for a walk!” . 🙄😂🙄😂 ________________ #laziestdogever #doglife🐾 #skooliedogz #nothanks #lazylife #nowalks #whatexercise #letsnap #bellyrubs #newtthecute #juststoleahashtag #themeasureofus
🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 . Goodbye Easter egg/cotton candy/Caribbean/way too beachy blue! Hello Electric Blue...you feel much more like us! . Pro-tips: Even if you spend several hours taping and masking off a good foot on either side of where you’re painting, if you happen to be painting several hundred miles away from an active hurricane/tropical storm, you’re going to end up with flying overspray. That’s ok, just add it to the list of things that need touching up. It’s not like you have anything else to do. 😒😒😒 . Next, don’t paint during lovebug season because they will collectively decide that your fresh and still wet paint is the perfect place to fornicate. 🙈🙈🙈 . (For my non-Southern followers, lovebugs are a seasonal plague of these small black bugs who mate in flight and then stay stuck together. Twice a year, you can literally swallow several if you’re outside and open your mouth too big.) . Coming up soon: Finishing painting the roof (we are several rivets away from being able to, but we need to get a new drill as our old one finally gave up the ghost after many years of faithful service), the door just needs the latching bits before it can be painted, and we’re two weeks away from the arrival of the windows! 😍😍😍 ________________ #skoolie #skoolieconversion #paintjob #itsus #tinyhouseonwheels #buildityourself #buildit #dreambigger #electricblue #blueandgray #watchmegrow #gofarther #paintlife #sherwinwilliams #sherkem #protip #buildyourown #schoolbusconversion #thepigeonbus #themeasureofus
Not *too* boring. _______________ #skoolieconversion #paintredo #notboring #goodbyecottoncandyblue #notnavy #changedmymind #doover #schoolbus #tinyhouseonwheels #nohurricaneshere #skoolie #watchmework #onestepatatime #onestepback #doitright #thesecondtime #thepigeonbus #themeasureofus
The boys are convinced that they can make purple dye out of beauty berries, so they spent the better part of the evening picking them. I’ve promised to boil and squeeze tomorrow. 🌈🌈🌈 Anyone know if we’ll be successful? ________________ #howwehomeschool #counts #scienceexperiment #diydye #explorenature #letthembelittle #outdoorkids #freerangekids #gooutsideandplay #tryitandsee #neverknow #itcouldwork #homeschoolmom #prek #gofarther #sunset_love #homeschoolrocks #momofboyslife #themeasureofus
I get the biggest kick out of putting things back on the bus! 😍 We liked the look of the triangle front and rear clearance lights so much, we got the LED version to replace the originals! 🚌 I ordered all the side reflectors ages ago and I do a little celebratory dance (don’t worry, I’m embarrassed for myself 😆) any time another box full of bus stuff gets cleared out of the garage. 💃🏻💁🏻‍♀️ _________________ #cloudsinthesky #skoolie #skoolieconversion #ledlights #reflectors #vintagelights #newagain #happydance #itsthelittlethingsinlife #stepbystep #tinyvictories #celebratethesimple #gettingshitdone #mamablog #onestepcloser #dreambigger #gofarther #thepigeonbus #themeasureofus
A before and after of an afternoon well spent. . Our emergency hatches have been officially turned into MaxxAir fans! . I can feel the breezes already! (But only because I’m posting this from outside of the bus...it is hooooot in there! 😆) . We (meaning Jake) have one small piece to re-weld and rivet on the transition, and then I’ll be able to paint the entire roof one last time. . (At least it better be the last time...I’m dreading having to tape off all four of the roof swoops yet again.) . One more step closer to having the bus completely dried in and ready to start on the inside! ________________ #maxxair #feelthebreeze #beforeandafterpic #skoolie #schoolbus #skoolieconversion #tinyhouseonwheels #homeiswhereyouparkit #howtoeatanelephant #onebiteatatime #littlebylittle #slowlymovingforward #later #thepigeonbus #hellofreshair #notbad #themeasureofus
When you’re both dedicated to your bus conversion AND old...you go to Harbor Freight while on your first date night in years. _______________ #oldandmarried #whatmarriedpeopledo #iloveharborfreight #harborfreight #relationshipgoalsachieved #husbandwifeteam #busconverters #inittogether #skoolielove #ishoweredforthis #lovehimtopieces #thepigeonbus #thursdaynight #hotdate #later #hessohandsome #couplesgoals #themeasureofus
View from the top of the bus. . Surely one of you wants to buy 38 acres (with an ocean-fed lake!) in Georgia, right? _____________ #makemeanoffer #needtofinishthebusfirst #butthenitsallyours #😆 #tiredofyardwork #imeanitssuperfun #38acres #buythishouse #readytogo #skooliedreaming #oneday #nottoday #themeasureofus ______________
Sometimes buswork doesn’t look anything like working on a bus. . Sometimes it looks like cutting the grass, trimming the cherry trees, weeding all the flower beds, edging the sidewalks, dragging limbs, weed-whacking for hours, being covered in fire ant bites, and all the other landscaping related aches and pains that 38 acres requires. . But it’s all still buswork because to make buslife happen, we’ve got to make selling our house happen. . So we spent today catching up on all the maintenance that’s been neglected for the sake of the (much more fun) bus conversion, all while dreaming of the day when the whole country will be our backyard. . (Someone else can be in charge of the mowing.) ______________ #yardwork #sundaychores #sticksandbricks #houseforsale #later #landscapinglife #neverending #makeitpretty #dreambigger #cantwaituntil #buslife #buswork #makeithappentoday #backyard_dreams #38acres #endless #whitefence #picturesque #oldandtired #untilnextweekend #themeasureofus
Picking up new (yes, boring 🙄, sorry people who wanted neon unicorns shitting rainbows) paint to redo the middle stripe on the bus. . I don’t think Daniel at Sherwin-Williams has ever had to help anyone pick out bus paint before...and he always seems to be the unlucky one who is here and has to deal with me. 😬😆 . At least I promised I’d bring the bus by and give him the tour when we’re done! . What are you doing this Saturday morning? __________________ #sorrydaniel #sherwinwilliams #commercialpainting #lasttimepromise #newpaint #6gallonslater #sooverit #fingerscrossed #paintprep #nounicorns #shittingrainbows #saturdaymornings #errands #later #thepigeonbus
Before and after and the front trim repainted and reinstalled! . It’s amazing to be able to start putting things back together instead of taking them apart! . Also, I’ve been sweating losing one of the bajillion tiny screws that goes into holding all of these trim pieces in place. We have baggie after baggie labeled with what piece goes where, but it’s a lot to keep up with...especially when you have children who love to source materials for inventions wherever they can find them. . It’s pouring rain here, so the next layer of paint on all of the door latches will have to wait. ______________ #beforeandafters #progressnotperfect #bitsandpieces #lotsofparts #watchmework #picky #detailsmatter #puttingitbacktogether #buildingourhome #skoolie #schoolbus #rustrepair #buildityourself #trimwork #skoolieconversion #onestepatatime #diyhouse #thepigeonbus #themeasureofus