setsy time

Kaiden in very odd accent:

"Hi, my name is Borat...I want some setsy time. hahahahahahahah, muuuhahahahaha!!!!!"

hmmmm.....wonder who he learned that one from.

don't want to get up....

...because its freeeeeezing!
I did not want to leave this cozy cozy spot. We have no central heat, only space heaters. We walked out of our toasty bedrooms this morning into a 27 degree living room! (it was so cold you could see your breath) We put on our winter hats, slippers, and sweaters, and cozied up with some hot chocolate and a big comfy blanket in front of the heater till it started to warm up a bit.

"I shouldn't have wished for it to be winter. This is not the arctic Mom!! It's Florida...toasty warm Florida."

Now Kaiden is in the backyard in full snow gear wishing for rain so that it would snow.

December 31

Found a new love.

two down. one to go.

In our house injuries ALWAYS come in threes.

#1. running smack into the mailbox with his face while riding with no training wheels

#2. rain boot accidentally flying into his eye. (could have used a couple stitches)

#3. hasn't happened yet but we're patiently awaiting its arrival. Hopefully this one won't require a trip to the hospital.

learning to ride

Yesterday Kaiden decided he was ready to take the training wheels off of his bike. He told us that he would be ready when he got elbow pads, knee pads, and wrist guards from Santa Claus for Christmas. And sure enough - Santa came through!

He had a few rough tumbles (including smacking into the mailbox getting a nice bloody cut on his jaw) but always got up laughing.

With just a day or two more of practice he's going to be riding on his own.....sniff sniff.....he's growing up so fast!!!

December 25

This is what most of our Christmas day felt like......wonderfully lazy!

Kaiden snuck out of his room at 5:15am and just couldn't control his excitement - "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!! SANTA CAME SANTA CAME SANTA CAME!!!!" at the top of his lungs. We tried delaying by saying "just 30 more minutes" or "let's eat breakfast first" but we just couldn't resist his excitement. There we were at 5:30am sitting by the Christmas tree opening our gifts.

After all the gifts were torn open and Kaiden was settled playing with some of his new toys Randy and I went back to bed. We lazed around the house in our jammies ALL DAY. I didn't get into the shower until around 4pm and I think we took another nap somewhere in between too! It was one of our most enjoyable Christmas yet. Usually we're a little stressed with all the running about and visiting family but this year we just enjoyed being together.

men at work

We've been doing some more work to the bathroom and luckily Randy has a good friend, Adam, to help and really knows what he's doing! Randy ripped up the old nasty green linoleum and found very old terracotta tile. The tile was in horrible shape so he removed that found the original wood floor underneath. The wood was covered in a tar material they used to glue the tile on and couldn't be sanded down. So Randy and Adam tore out all of the tar covered wood to find yet another wood floor! And look at the shape of this floor! UGH!!!

And yes, this is a HUGE hole in the floor that goes straight through. That is the earth underneath our house. A lot of the floor was termite eaten and rotten from water damage.

But these two fools have it all figured out. They worked so hard today cutting new wood for the floor! It's going to be gorgeous! Randy's going to sand, stain, and seal the floors tonight. I can't wait!!!

Next project? The abandoned furnace area in our kitchen will become a much needed closet!

December 18

My little sister, Samantha (or as Kaiden calls her, Dah), had her Christmas show at the Players Theater tonight. Usually the small shows are kind of painful to sit through and I only enjoy the parts where we get to see her smiling face. But tonight we truly enjoyed it! They have a great group of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders that are very talented and are lots fun to watch. Kaiden had a blast up until the point that he couldn't hold his eyelids open with his fingers anymore and passed out on the armrest. He woke up and insisted on staying to see his Dah. He simply adores her and I think she likes him a bit too...