Bathroom Floor

We unexpectedly had to redo the main bathroom's floor this last week. We were planning on doing it next spring because we knew the laminate in there wouldn't late long. The laminate had not been installed correctly.  But, due to a slow sink leak and a toilet with a bouncy ball, we had the privilege of fixing it early!

Since we were not planning it at this time I failed to take before pictures. This Picture is from when we moved in  in July. You can kind of see the fake pink swirly tiles with glitter in them.  They went shoulder level around the room. and you can see the laminate floor as well. 

Here is a close up of the laminate. I grabbed my camera after most of it was pulled up. 

The linoleum that was under the laminate. 

Under the linoleum was a layer of tar paper and then the wood sub floor. 

 We just had to replace a couple of the boards. Most of it was still dry because of the layer of linoleum under the laminate. I did not take pictures of the sub floor going in.

Tile being laid

This was when we got to the tricky part. Joe did a very nice job cutting the tiles just right for this little space. 

 A few after pictures. 

The fake pink tiles all painted white!

Here is the bathroom all done for now. I am sure as time and money permit more changes will be made in the future.  For now the floor is fixed, the leaks are all gone and no more 80's( or maybe 90's can't decide) pink on the walls!

Coloring Activity

While I was working on a painting project, the kids really wanted to help. So I had them color these cute little wood crafts. They loved it! It also allowed me to finish the project! 

Lindsay's was a Christmas tree and Matthew's was a penguin. 

Lindsay with her tree all done.

Matthew's colored master piece! ( He did not want his pic taken)

Up goes the Tree!

 One of my favorite traditions has always been to put up the Christmas, as soon as Thanksgiving is over. Joe believes we could wait until the middle of December, but he is still a good sport and goes with me on this one. One thing that has been nice this year is Lindsay's excitement. She finds the same Christmas things we have always had but they are amazing this year! Matthew also gets excited about everything Lindsay is excited about. It has been fun and we are still 4 weeks from Christmas!

We had a good time putting up our Christmas tree and watching the Claymation Presentation. These have started to become a tradition to do at the same time. It will probably stick around through the years. I love having the decorations around and listening to the lights play Christmas tunes.

Thankful Tree

Every year we try to do activities to encourage being thankful. We have done different ones over the last few years. This year we did a tree. I made it rather large and taped it directly to the wall paper I don't much care for. All of the leaves on the tree are things we are thankful for. We did this daily through out the month. I think the Kids really enjoyed it and learned from it as well. It is also a great reminder!

And next up to take the place of our Thankful tree will be a beautiful Christmas Tree....

A day with Chris and Katrina

While in Greenwood for Thanksgiving, we took a day to spend with Chris and Katrina. Our First order of business was to visit Baker's Chocolates. They always have so many yummy treats! Then we moved on to the highlight of the day. The indoor play place at Mahoney State Park. We have always loved playing here, but we hadn't realized it had been so long since we last visited, so this was Matthew's first time! 

Daddy, Lindsay, and Matthew. Two more levels to the top!

Going to the big ball pit!

Ball Pit: his favorite place to be!

We spent lots of time in the ball pit as a family! 

Lindsay posing.

Lindsay posing closer up.

Here next is a series of flips done by Lindsay:

Uncle Chris,Aunt Katrina, Lindsay and Matthew.

We had lots of fun, and sorry for the lacking of pictures of the whole time, but we were having to much fun we didn't want to stop. We finally did have to stop after about 3 hours of non-stop fun, Matthew was getting very tired, Joe realized he wasn't so young anymore, and I had very sore knees from all the crawling(the bruises are just leaving)! Lindsay of course wanted to keep it up all day. 

To finish off the day we had a fun trip to Costco and a delicious treat from Red Mango. Nutella Frozen Yogurt = Amazing!

Thanks Chris and Katrina for spending your Saturday with us!