How We Spent Our Christmas Vacation: Before Floor Shots

So a pipe in a closet gets a leak and results in this:Eventually resulting in the removal of carpet in several rooms, awaiting the delivery of new floors TOMORROW! TOMORROW! I Get New Floors, Tomorrow! My life can get back to some semblence of Normalcy! I'm So.Very.Excited!

But I digress. Lots of painting and prep work before the floor was to go in with the help of some good friends and Much Hard Work by The Huzbin (I can't help it I'm not a teacher and had to go back to work!). We've decided to move The Boy in to the spare room so it will be easier to redo the other room when we have the money.

Enough jabber - how about some photos? First up, what ones kitchen & dining room look like stuffed to the gils with all the items from the living room (we shant get in to the hunting haven my bedroom has become!)

The living room & entrance - all previously blue but we've now added the new color

New & improved hallway

And The Boy's New Room, previously the Spare Room, AKA David's Hunting Room

Hopefully be back with floor photos tomorrow night - we're so excited about the new floor we can just hardly stand it!

Hello 2010!

We are still in the middle of major home stuff related to the whole pipe-busting-water-damage stuff. My LR is scattered throughout the DR & kitchen, the spare bedroom among storage facilities and our master bedroom, and my sanity? Lost somewhere in the shuffle. But - but! - One.More.Day People. I just need to make it til Tuesday afternoon and the new floor will be in and then we can put the house back together again!

All that aside, we celebrated the 6th Annual get together with our friends Jimmy & Carolyn on New Year's Eve. A fabulous time was had by all, especially The Boy who cried big fat tears the entire ride home because you not what the most funnest part of the night was not? when you made me leave! OhTheDrama.

Regardless, it was a NYE filled with laughter and a most fabulous way to end 2009

So we say bye-bye to 2009 and hello to 2010! Here's to hoping for a wonderful year to come!

Hiiiiiideeehooooo!

We had ourselves a Merry Little Christmas!Santa did a FABULOUS job - getting the killer finds in the Frank the Combine AND the beloved Ear Muffins for The BoyAnd despite migraines and tummy woes, Wii rallied and had a great day (pun intended)
And after all that celebrating? We woke up this morning to wish David a HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I would love to list the 32 reasons I think he's fabulous, including that he buys me rocking Christmas gifts and took a family picture on Christmas day but alas the laptop battery is dying for the upteenth million time and let's just be honest here - I'm doing good to be updating with my track record, right? So we're waving hello from our house where we're all partied out. Tomorrow will find us tackling the carpet and painting the walls, so if you live in town and want to help we'll be more than willing to open the doors for ya. We'll even promise a MarioCart race or 2 on break times - but I get to play the winner!

Hope you and yours had a Very Merry Merry!

Christmas Tree #4 Rocks!

Tonight The Boy and his Kdg friends, along with the other Kdg claseses & the PreK rocked it out under the direction of our very own Dad at the PTA. The Littlest Christmas Tree, which happened to star The Boy's feather color red from the thankful turkey - Mikayla, was a huge success. The Boy was spot on with his two very important lines and held it together even though "that tree hurt my hands and it was too heavy" Isn't he the cutest Christmas Tree #4 you've ever seen?

Way to go Monkey Boy! One performance down, another 2 to go! Knock their socks off at the school!

AHEM!!!!!!!!!

How about about a post update... Hello, we are all waiting. I mean GEEZE!!!

Oh well, since Shannon won't update I thought I would throw this up for a little entertainment.

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Thankful Thunder Foot

You're shocked, I know. I'm managing 2 posts in one week. Truth be told I sent The Boy to bed early, David's looking at Jason Mraz on YouTube and it's a commercial on my Criminal Minds rerun so I had a minute . . .

The Boy is psyched that it's now Thanksgiving Vacation. We started it off right with Getting A Haircut. Rock On. And then being the Rockstar mother that I am, I made him come home to clean his room. This would be the Evil of All Evils. I'm fairly certain he heard Cut Off Your Left Arm Using Blunt Scissors with the way he carried on in there. Complete Meltdown. Tears. OH THE HORROR. And of course I cracked up when I heard:

AND.THIS.IS.WHY.I.ASKED.GOD.FOR.A.BROTHER.OR.SISTER SO.I.DIDN'T.HAVE.TO.DO.THIS.CLEANING.UP.STUFF.BY.MYSELF.

Hilarity.

Lest you think The Boy is lacking in gratitude since his One True Wish will Never Come True, I wanted to show you the School Art Work. First up, the vest, complete with name chosen by his teacher. The Boy's name given by Mrs. Black? Thunder Foot.

And his Thankfulness Turkey. The Boy is thankful for:

Gemz (games), Mikayla, God & Cars (the movie)

Love that even though God Keeps Telling Him No, He still gives thanks for Him.

And now I shall give thankfulness that everyone is calling it a night a wee bit early. Off to curl up and watch my Criminal Minds reruns. Happy Start of Thanksgiving Vacation!

Well, Hello Again!

So ya see, I was all set to keep updating and staying on top of things and, well, then? I got bronchitis. I know, right? Crazy. And this was after my annual Putting Up The Tree, of which I STILL have no photographic proof. I blame the multi-colored lights I did for TheBoy. Just.Not.Feeling It. But it's up and it's staying and there is always next year for the return of the white lights.

But I digress.

I've been busy with work, which is a given. And busy doing homework with the scholar, another given. Plus there's the whole Reading Books To Get Ice Cream for The Boy. And The Husband trying to kill Bambi's mother but only succeeding thus far in killing time - send deer his way the freezer is empty! AND THEN? There is the tiny.little.bit about our alarm tripping Every.Single.Night. because the stinkin phone goes out between 3 and 5 a.m. without fail. Nothing gets the blood pumping like your house alarm blaring. And we are SO easily able to go RIGHT back to sleep after that. Meaning we are all just especially rested and all. So yeah. Blog? Not updated.

You will forgive me now, my few faithful readers, because I am going to post photos. That always puts me back in good graces, right? Right. You will note how GROWN he looks and politely ignore how badly he needs a haircut, mkay? Thanks.

We're gearing up for some time off next week. I shall strive to do better with posting to this our little family blog. There are sure to be fabulous adventures over Thanksgiving! For now we just need to make it to Monday. The countdown is on!

Wanted.

You'll forgive the lack of updating since I've got Arts&Crafts for you. The only thing that would make this better would be graham crackers and apple juice, right? So forgiven. Good. Especially since I've been sick and in bed since Thursday of last week. I appreciate the forgiveness. And strive to do better this week. Now - to the wanted.

WANTED: Tommy the Turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner

But we've not seen any Tommy the Turkeys around here. Nope. Not us. Because our homework was to help with a disguise. And disguise we did!

We opted to make Tommy That Hero!He even has a cape!
Posing with the finished product after Mommy & The Boy worked super hard. No Thanksgiving dinner for this turkey!

That's What He Said.

The Boy: Hey can I have some of these Skittles from the trick or treat bucket?

Me: No son - those are for the trick or treaters.

The Boy: Well, I guess I will just have to trick or treat at my own house then.

Upon having his tooth pulled, The Boy looked at me and asked, "Do babies have eyes in their mommy's tummy?" I paused wondering Just Where This Was Going before replying Yes. He then doesn't miss a beat and says, "I just can't remember what it looked like in there - was it gross seeing all your insides?"

I.Am.That.HERO!

Happy Halloween! We started celebrating early with our Fall Festival on Wednesday. The Boy was BEYOND thrilled at the prospects of a Night Of Inflatables

He was especially psyched about this beast

With a little help he was able to make it to the top and was Pleased As Punch when he made it down the slide.

The little stinker spent the entire night going from inflatable to inflatable, playing Zero games and getting absolutely No Candy when he opted to jump instead of TrunkOrTreat! Fabulous time had by The Boy

And then tonight was Trick or Treating - Larry Boy, the greatest super hero EVER.

Followed by two minutes later The Boy insisted The.Paint.Must.Come.Off. So we obliged

And even though it rained on us, The Boy had an awesome time TrickOrTreating in the neighborhood!

A Big Night!

January 20th, 2005: The Boy gets his first tooth.

October 29th, 2009: The Boy loses his first tooth.

Pop Quiz

While working on learning our verses for Awana Sparks for tomorrow night, I asked The Boy if he could name 3 other names for the Word of God

Um no but I can name 3 ships Christopher Columbus sailed on - The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa-Aria.

Pumpkiny

We bought a small pumpkin - oh we are we kidding it is probably just some large squash or something - at the grocery store today. The Boy has been jonesin for a pumpkin as we are one of the only people in the cul de sac without some jack-o-lan-tern-festive-ness on our doorstep. Our initial plan was to break out the beloved paint but when Daddy came in early from the woods we were able to carve an honest-to-goodness Jack'o'lantern!

The finished product was Pumpkiny - she's a girl, if you couldn't tell by her lipstick. The Boy can't wait to put a candle inside and see her in the dark outside.

Saturday Arts & Crafts

I had to make a late-afternoon Michaels run so I could finish up my craft for Sunday morning & The Boy? Well he haaaaates craft stores Mommy until he remember that Michaels had the cool wooden stuffs and I can paint! He was in luck - Tempra Paint was on sale. So Saturday night we partied it up Big & painted after dinner. The artist made a huge mess, had paint all over the floor, his hands & his pants - but had a most fabulous time so very well worth it.

He's already talking about painting ornaments at Christmas so it's sure to be a fun time in November after Halloween when we put up the tree. But we shant get ahead of ourselves. For now, we'll just enjoy painting fun little wooden things from Michaels. Because crafts aren't all bad.

Adios Karate. Adios.

Today was our last day of Karate. We went out with a bang, getting a time-out for horsing around and not paying attention. That's okay - no one noticed since all the other parents were watching a Balloon to see if there was a kid inside! Thankfully we ended our Very Last Day with the 2nd best thing to the trampoline - nunchuks! If you're looking for a place to give karate a try, we have a recommendation for you. We enjoyed our time there but are just thinking Now Isn't The Time for Us. The Boy wants to give soccer a shot in the spring so that's what we're aiming for now. But, hey, he made Karate Look Good, no?

Worth Noting.

Wednesday's Going to School Attire:

The Boy insisted he needed goggles for school - deemed them Driving Goggles and wore them that morning. At least they matched his shirt, right?

And Wednesday's After Sparks Attire:

We Got Our Vest! Looking forward to filling it with jewels and badges in the weeks and months to come.