Santa is Coming!!

Another item is done on our kitchen checklist...the floor. The tiler and his helper took 3 days to finish and the floor looks great. The person who calculated did a little good a job because there are no extra tiles at all!! I mean zero, there are only little bits and pieces left.

The cold tiles will take some getting used too but should be nice in the summer. I need to wipe the tile down a bit because of the dust and grout but I like the look.

The police department sends out Santa through the neighborhood to say hi and pass out candycanes. Tonight was our turn for our area...a police car drives ahead to announce Santa's arrival while other police cars block the street ahead & behind Santa for safety. I almost forgot about it and managed to get the kids' coats & hats on. We're lucky because Santa stops right at our corner one house down. It's a nice tradition that the city does for the community.

New Math

Last night during Josh's bathtime, he was counting but this time he went past twenty...twenty-one...all the way to twenty-nine...inside I was happily reciting with him waiting for Josh to say THIRTY! Twenty-nine, TWENTY-TEN!! I started busting up because he obviously thought that is what comes next. He even went further with twenty-eleven and twenty-twelve. Too cute!

Cold Snap

Is it cold where you are? The cold swooped in suddenly this week and it's a welcome change for me. It rained in the morning Monday so now we have smog free skies and cold, chilly weather. Southern Cali doesn't get too cold so this is nice! I enjoy wearing sweaters and Uggs...I'm eager to fire up my wood burning stove but I'm waiting for Hector to get my 1/2 cord of firewood. I get to use my little hachet that Hector gave me to make kindling. I totally dig my winter fires although I'll jump at any chance to light a fire in my stove! I was practically rubbing my hands together with glee when I saw that some old kitchen shelving looked perfect for kindling.

More Lantern Festival

At the Lantern Festival, we had fun goofing off. There was an area of cut-outs for faces for Batman, Bruce Lee etc. The kids had fun doing that.

Ramblings of a hectic household

I started off the day with good intentions. I was planning to sit-in on Josh's class to see how he participates and also show his teacher how he interacts with me. We dropped off Tyler at school then Joshua had a follow-up checkup with his dentist. He did very well...he didn't seem to remember anything bad about his last visit. Josh ran in the building and even knew which door to go in. The dentist was really sweet and nice so Joshua didn't fuss too much at all. I took the extra time this morning to run to Toys r Us to see if I could find a certain toy that Tyler saw on TV. I had to ask Tyler what the name was because I couldn't remember; he told me and I was able to find it. Yeah! But now I think I'm gonna return it because I saw it at Target on sale $20 cheaper. When we got home, the phone rang. It was the kitchen company saying that the tile guy was coming and so was the granite guy! Ugh, there goes my plans for the day. I had to hang around and supervise. Then there is the question of grout...apparently there are about 40 choices of grout colors. I have until tomorrow morning to make my decision. The picture frim the showroom has the same exact tile we are installing but a light (grayish) grout but Hector thinks a darker grout will look better. I'm leaning towards the darker brownish grout too which can be sealed so it won't stain or discolor. Okay, on a different note, I went to dinner with He-man and She-ra last night at Joe's Crab Shack which was so yummy and nice. Hector was not feeling like going out for dinner so we changed it to Joe's since Hector wasn't going (he doesn't like crab). He also took care of the kids so I had a leisurely and fun time out. I definitely needed those few hours of no kids, no house issues etc.

Lantern Festival 2006

Last night we went to the Lantern Festival in Inglewood. A few weeks ago, Hector could see the lights from his work and found out about it. There was lots of exhibits lit up, a few carnival type rides and food court. Another cool exhibit was a dragon made of dinner plates and Chinese soup spoons. The best part was the Chinese acrobat act which we really enjoyed.

Final Cabinets

On Saturday, our cabinets were finished. I really like how they came out. I now have storage galore and soon plenty of counter work space.