Getting back to normal....

and by normal I mean not having:

- a floor surface that is flat and free of staples and rough patches

- a refrigerator that is no longer housed in our family room

- a stove that is no longer in my dining room.

- a toilet and sink that lay on my garage floor

- two men in my house for 8 hours a day (albeit very nice guys!)

- a layer of dust and grit over every living object on our first floor, including both Christmas trees.

- bowls of milk from our cereal sit out all day long since there was no access to a sink.

- to find places to be or activities to do just to get out of the house

- to eat out every meal (don't get me wrong it was great for the first few days.......but a home cooked casserole actually sounds good at this point!)

So if you haven't guessed we have gotten the home improvement bug, timely enough the week before Christmas and one of the busiest weeks of the holiday season! Great timing huh? I guess it will be all worth it to change out the one item in our house that I swore that would be the first thing to go when we moved in almost 6 years ago!

The kids thought it was quite an adventure, camping out in the basement, eating on every surface that is not normally "allowed", helping with the destruction, and making friends with the tilers.

So as much as this last week was a logistic challenge, it was well worth the finished product! Check it out!

Brooke helping dad take out the quarter rounds.......

What a total party for a six year old and a sharpie!

Saying our final Farewell.....

Poppa and Dad took on the chore of ripping out the old floor and met their demise with the thousands of staples that multiplied like gremlins....Thanks again for all your hard work Poppa!

Brooke was fascinated with the whole process and of course wanted to "help" at all moments.....Luckily the guys were great sports and let her lay her own tile.....She points it out every time we walk by it....."this is the one I put in"
Not fully complete but close.......