Full workday

This morning we awoke with the solid beep-beep-beep of my alarm that becomes more frantic the longer you let it ring. Since the hot weather was coming we decided it would be smart to get to the house as soon as possible and try to work before the heat came. We don't have central air up and running over there (we aren't even sure if it works), so we need to make the best of the cooler mornings.

Today we were able to get our living room, kitchen, and dinning room primed and ready for paint! Joe also got the ceilings in the living room and dinning room painted. They look so nice all fresh and white.  After a lot of discussion we also chose to pull out the dishwasher. Nothing in this house has worked and it looked pretty old. We figured it probably was in line with everything else that was broken and nasty here. We took it out and that was our first time removing a dishwasher, but we did have an ooops and accidentally chipped a bit of the counter top. Oh well. I took photos of these things to put on Facebook, but I spared everyone the photos of me dry heaving with the lovely aromas that came piling out Joe detached the lines and stink water came pouring out. Sooooooooo gross.

We were finally done for the day around 3pm and so then it was time to do the other fun stuff of running to Lowe's and buying our new range and dishwasher. Our kitchen is going to look so nice when we finally get it all painted and get the new appliances in. We also treated the kiddos to frozen yogurt, some new pairs of shorts from Target, and then topped it all off with dinner at a Mexican restaurant. They were a little bummed that I wouldn't let them get cheeseburgers, but I feel strongly that if we are eating at a Mexican restaurant then the kids should try out some Mexican food. We really indulged and let them get special sodas and even split a fried ice cream.

I am actually not sure why we pampered them after some of the behaviors we have had lately. Our oldest..... oh... she is just..... Amelia. She started complaining to us about one spot in her room that needs to be touched up and how it "bothers" her to have to look at it. Really? It bothers you to look at? Oh, bummer. She then went on that she has been telling us about this spot for 2 weeks. Well, you can see all the stuff that we have been up to for the last 2 weeks and how touching up some paint wasn't our top priority. We explained that we would be doing the touch ups after everything else is done. She also then complained about how we don't do nearly enough fun stuff. True. However, she is on summer break, but Joe and I are still working very full time. I am sure all working parents deal with this.... there is only so much we can do. I don't care what she sees on television, most kids are not partying it up every single day of summer vacation. I can't complain too much about her, she helps SOOOO much with Fritzy while we are working. She often will put him in a sling and carry him around for hours :)  The middle two children decided that the slug bug game isn't violent enough. They no longer wait for a VW to pass by to smack one another, they changed the rules so that now they punch one another anytime they see a yellow, purple, or red car (of any variety). It makes riding in the car with them a bit loud.

Life with kids and home renovations.... it is everything I thought it would be :)