decisions

We are on the verge of planning a remodel of our kitchen, master bath and the kids' bath. I'm kind of dragging my feet because of all the disruption it will cause for 2-3 months but I know I'll be so happy when it's complete. One of my problems is the flooring for the kitchen. Originally, I was thinking laminate because of the kids. But our friends have laminate and the husband complains of pitting from dropping things so he would choose hardwood floors in the future. His wife doesn't think it's such a big deal and likes the laminate. So we lean towards wood floors but my sister-in-law pipes up about scratches (she has glossy cherry floors) and a colleague of Hector's says he steps on the kids toys and puts deep gouges in his wood floors. They both say they would have gone with tile in the kitchen. Argh! I love the look of tile but with the kids or me dropping things on the floor can chip the tile plus it gets really cold on your feet. So I'm back to laminate...maybe.