Ken Jennings has revealed main household information — he and his spouse have turn into empty nesters. The Jeopardy! host opened up concerning the milestone second on social media and confirmed followers inside his daughter’s empty bed room that he sweetly painted himself with clouds and flowers and extra.
“Baby 2-of-2 has headed off to varsity, so we’re formally out of children,” he wrote on Instagram on September 10.
“The vacated bed room is now a bizarre liminal area, which is unhappy. However on the plus aspect: for the primary time in years, it’s clear sufficient in there to benefit from the outdated childhood murals I painted. They’re fairly enjoyable! Aaaaand in all probability getting painted over. 🙁”
The 2 photographs included the empty bed room, which had a hardwood ground, a small white nightstand, and a wall painted with grass, flowers, clouds, and the sky. The second targeted on a cloud that Ken Jennings painted.
Jennings shares two kids together with his spouse, Mindy — their son, Dylan, 23, and daughter, Caitlin, 19 (pictured under with Ken at an area library occasion). The Jeopardy! host doesn’t put up about them a lot. He did share just a few photographs of himself and Dylan at baseball video games this yr. It isn’t clear the place his kids go to varsity.
His followers begged him to not paint over the murals. “Ken, do NOT paint over these,” one wrote.
“Don’t paint over it simply but, Ken! I’ll guess your kiddo will discover consolation in that paintings after they go to later this yr,” one other mentioned.
“That is too pretty to color over. If somebody insists on overlaying it (quickly), may I counsel utilizing a brief wallpaper designed to not injury paint. Your mural could first want a coat of clear varnish, but it surely’d be value it. This was my answer when my child outgrew a mural,” a 3rd added.
“Don’t paint over it!” many mentioned.
Others had been shocked by Jennings’ hidden expertise. “Your hidden expertise! I keep in mind once you showcased an alphabet-themed portray (wall border presumably?) in your weblog means again when (might it have been when child #2 was born?? can I presumably be THAT outdated??),” one mentioned.
“Glorious clouds, KJ!” wrote one other.
“Ken, you possibly can paint TOO?” a shocked fan commented.
“Good job on that. It stood the take a look at of time,” one final fan mentioned.
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