And suddenly the holidays were upon us.
As always, the holidays seem to have snuck up on me. I keep dreaming of a year when we can spend the entire month of December just learning about Christmas and doing fun Christmas things. That wasn’t this year for sure! I’ve already got my sights set on it for next year though.
Craziness has consumed our household.
In mid November we had a pipe leak and spray into the kitchen for hours while we were gone. By the time we got everything cleaned up we needed a new kitchen floor, a (singular) new cabinet, countertop, and dry wall behind the sink. Since the kitchen was already torn up, Jeremy went ahead and ripped out the horrible raised area we had in the kitchen. No more children falling out of their chairs at dinner and plummeting to their death for us!
We’ve been making lots of compromises on what we wanted to do when we remodeled the kitchen vs. what we can afford right now. Being in the middle of a lawsuit doesn’t help the finances at all. I’m definitely excited to have a new look in the kitchen.
Michael and Joseph are in the home stretches of Kindergarten and 2nd grade. Michael actually only has one more assignment to do before I deem him “done.” He’s been trying to figure out what it means that he got a “c” on his math final. I don’t grade him. But next year we’re going to start doing grades for math. Michael understands his math just fine when he stops to think about it, but he doesn’t like to stop and think, he likes to breeze through math without his brain. He would have gotten a high B if he would have checked his work. I’m quite fine with that for now. Joseph just started reading words with silent E on the end. I’m happy with that for the end of K.
We’re trying to work out a new sleep routine for Zedekiah. He has taken to staying up *very* late at night. A couple of nights ago he was up until 11. Not my idea of fun. Yesterday we had a much more successful night and got him to bed at 7:30. In January we’re going to be starting a very serious sleep routine overhaul so that we can make something around 8 a more steady bedtime.
We also bought the kids new bunk beds Thanksgiving weekend. There is now a set of bunk beds and a futon bunk bed in the kids bedroom. Big Lots had $50 off each set which were very already $70 cheaper than Walmart.com plus I got $110 in “bonus cash” to spend at Big Lots later. It turns out i had to spend each $10 separately. It was a bit crazy. I got a crazy amount of stuff for $17 the other day. Anyways, the kids love the bunks. I can’t wait until the boys figure out how to actually go to sleep with the older kids in their respective top bunks. Can’t. Wait. Michael’s been a bit of a bear since he needs more sleep than a newborn.
I believe that’s enough of an update for now. I’m going to go stare at my counter top samples that we picked up before church tonight. I’ve already vetoed a couple after seeing them away from the store lighting.
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December 10, 2009 4:06 am
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By Christine, December 12, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
Kitchen remodels are awful. I’m so sorry you were “forced” into one — that makes it all the worse. Remember paint can do a lot is very cheap. The kids are sad that you got rid of the stage. No more performance area.