Bathroom Make-Over Day Four

We've got about 3 rows of tile down!! Yippy Skippy! It's straight and actually looks good. Eric did a great job and worked really hard to day. He may start doing this on the side...just kidding. Well, he may have to after we go on vacation, to pay for the vacation. Anyways, we're starting to see progress and hope!

On another note, I had a ton of fun having all my girlfriends over last night!! I want to do that more often. Wine, chocolate, and chatty women...what in the world is more fun than that? I plan on doing it again real soon. Maybe we'll have some rockin' eighties music at the next one! We can dance on my new tile. Woo Hoo!

Bathroom Make-Over Day Three

My hands are literally shaking as I type this. Have you ever used your hands so much that they shake? Well, here's the update. We've pulled out all the carpet and smelly pad. We, mostly Eric, chipped away the little bit of tile that was already in there. Eric filled in the nail holes today and picked up our "toscano" tile. We keep laughing that we're creating our own "little Italy." Our bedroom is consumed with everything that was in our bathroom and most of the closet. I never realized how many shoes I have. It's ridiculous!

In the past two days, we have also hung a new light fixture in the kitchen. Yippy! Been waiting eight years for that! We managed to get half the lawn mowed. The kids are running around like wild crazy people.

Now we need to patch a hole where E pulled a shelf off the wall and clean the house for tomorrow's party...aahhh!

Bathroom Makeover..Day One

Our first mistake was thinking we could take the troops to Lowe's to pick out tile for our bathroom. The second mistake was actually doing it. Everyone was cranky and fussy, so we got back in the car and headed home. Everyone was fed, changed, and sent to bed for a mandatory nap. They slept for about two and a half hours and seemed much better after a little shut eye.

So, let's try again. We headed for the orange store and hyped up the "car" carts that they have for the kids to ride in. That lasted for about five minutes. We started to look at tile and the kids started snacking. When I moved Big E's cart, his goldfish were literally swimming in a pond of water. He had spilt his cup and added some fishes. Being a good citizen, I looked for some wipes in the diaper bag. Of all the times to forget them...why now? So, I just went ahead and scooped them up, put them back in a zip lock baggy, and looked around for something to wipe this yucky stuff off my hand with. Luckily, there was a table cloth nearby. It was set up for a $10,000 free homemaker give-a-way. So, I signed up and wiped my hands on the back corner while no one was looking. I'm going to win it...just wait and see!

Bubba was having a melt-down, so he and Dad got to take a trip the car. Meanwhile, the other three and I trucked around the store. Everyone stares at us....look at that poor woman with two baskets full of kids. When it's all six, they scoot over to the side and watch like we're a parade coming through the store. Then you hear all the ladies say, "Aw, look it's twins. No wait, are they twins? They certainly don't look alike!" I just tell them that the boys have different dads and let them figure it out.

We finally found some tile. After the kids went to bed, we ripped out the carpet which now smelled like a boy's locker room...or at least that's how Anita described it to me. :) I took out my tension on the small amount of tile that was around the toilet. It really felt good to demolish something! We'll keep you posted on our tiling adventure!

Ten Events on an Average Day

10. Removing Big E before he could destroy the fireplace.

9. Finding marker stains on Pod's new comforter which had been washed the day before.

8. Changing Bubbie's diaper the day after he snuck and devoured 1/2 a pan of Brownies. Made me want to make some more, let me tell ya.

7. Removing Bid E from the kitchen light fixture.

6. Not being able to move because a little girl wanted mommy to show her how to do a handstand and cart-wheels...which mom was determined to do since she could in her younger, more agile days.

5. Removing the phone from Big E's hands...not as easy as it sounds...that kid can haul it!

4. Catching Bubbie sneaking up the stairs after robbing the gum from my purse.

3. Scrubbing smooshed bananas off my newly mopped floor.

2. Watching a watermelon fly down the stairs and crash into the wall and splitting in two.

1. Realizing that the "poop' smell was coming from myself and finding it on my shoes and shorts and having no idea where it came from....or how long I'd been wearing it.

These are just some of the things I can remember. Anita, I want you to know that I was thinking about what to write for you. I went ahead and did it tonight. Otherwise, I would have been up all night thinking about it. Good Night!

She'll Never See Us

A shower was finally in my future at 10:45 this morning. I intentionally did not let the kids watch T.V. all morning so it would be exciting long enough for me to at least wash the important parts. As soon as I was drenched, the Big E wandered in, followed by his cohort in crime, Frijole Man. I started to scrub faster. Big E climbed up on the step-stool and began to apply toothpaste to his brush. Then, he decided to go ahead and climb in the sink. At this point, I was moving so fast that I'm really suprised that I didn't shave the skin right off my legs. Then began the migration across the bathroom counter, exploring everything along the way. By the time I got out of the shower, they had moved all the way across. They had discovered that Eric's allergy medicine bottle make great maraca's. So much for a relaxing shower. Gotta run and clean up the Big E's smooshed banana mess....