Trim and Stairs and Stuff

I spent the weekend visiting friends (and running a half marathon! Woot!) while Eric and the kids enjoyed a visit from Nana and Pops. I'm not sure that there are many pictures of any of that. We did have a relaxing evening after dinner tonight.

The other thing we have now is real stairs to the basement! No more scary small boards! Look at these beauties!

They are so pretty! We also have a lot of baseboards AND a bathroom door that opens the right direction.

Sheet Rock!

The sheet rock guys came to the house today, and WOW did they do a lot of work. It is so exciting to see it all take shape.

The thing we are most excited about is the kids' bathroom. It's going to be so nice with that alcove.

The only downside is that I think we'll be living in about an inch of dust for the next month. C'est la vie. Anyway, here's a bonus picture of couch snuggle time this weekend:

Gelato and Framing!

We had leftovers for dinner, followed by a haircut for the little dude and then gelato at Sugarland. Yum, yum, yum.

In house news, we got some framing started today! I am finding it incredibly awkward to have these guys working on our house so hard. Every day when we get home, the little guy runs around the house to see what they've done. And then we stand there and watch them work and it's just... awkward.

I kind of feel as though I should pick up a shovel and help or something, but of course I have no idea what I'd do with a shovel (I don't even see any shovels...). It's just weird having people work that hard near you, you know?

Evening Activities

The baby has jumped on board the "standing desk" trend. She's busily drawing pictures of our family. They're very cute, and most of them have an accompanying song.

Meanwhile, the little dude has been assembling lego kits with instructions for Eric and me to put together. They come in bags with instructions and all the needed pieces!

The instructions can be a bit confusing-- I'm not sure he's ready to publish these. (I love the written out "Put all this together" as the overarching instruction.)

Puzzling

The kids got a bunch of puzzles for Christmas (yay!!). We put a big floor puzzle together Sunday night-- it was fun! I can't wait to work through the rest of them.

Exercising!

Eric has been really good about exercising every morning. I've been jogging with a neighbor a couple of days a week, but am planning to join him on my "off" days. The kids grabbed some weights and did the video with us this morning.

I love their exercise clothes (especially her shoes)!

Breakfast of Champions?

Saturday morning, Eric and the kids ate breakfast while watching harvesters on Mighty Machines. They're so entranced (and adorably bed-headed)!