Painting, Painting, Painting.

We finally got the main area of the house painted -- it is really one large room that encompasses the kitchen, dining and family room. I hate painting. It took pretty much all the non-waking hours of the kids over two weekends for us to get it finished. I hate painting. It was complicated by the fact that the windows you see to the left (there are 5 of them) cannot be reached with a ladder because they are over the stairs. I hate painting. So Wade constructed a platform (we named it Matt) to span from the railing to the window sill. And yes, we did in fact check to make sure the life insurance and the disability were paid up. I just basically ignored what he was doing and did my stuff because the more I thought about it, the more I freaked out about it. Have I mentioned I hate painting??!!?? Anyhoo, the result was great - the color looks fab (SW Virtual Taupe). And the christmas decorations kinda complete the room!

Chocolate Turkeys!

Keira is super interested in crafts right now. So while Mallory napped on Thanksgiving and I worked on getting dinner on the table, Wade and Keira made chocolate turkeys from malted milk balls, reese cups, and oreo cookies. Yum! (well, sort of - I hate malted milk balls, bleck). They turned out really cute. They had a good time putting them together and Keira mostly loved eating them. :)

So many pictures!

Oh my have we been busy the last couple of weeks ... Mal's b-day, Halloween, Grandma visiting, Daddy out of town a bunch, Wonka's visiting, stomach flu, runny noses ... you name it, we've had it/done it lately! Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks. Also, sorry ... these are in crazy order, I can't get them to move!

Happy Birthday Mal! Have some cake!

Oh my goodness, Look at those presents! Really, she was more obsessed with the balloons, she could have cared less about the presents!

Sick Days - we moved the futon mattress in front of the tv, hung out in our pajamas, drank lots of fluids, and did very little else. Peanut was happy to join in.

Yum, cake!

Yum, more cake. I think we had 3 birthday cakes!

BFF Lexi visiting. I pretty much didn't see the girls all weekend - they ran off to play together as soon as Lexi walked in the door!

Bonding time with Grandma. Pink fingernails and toenails!

Snuggling with Mom.

My poor sick baby.

Sisters having fun!