the remaking of a kitchen

wow.....a long time between posts. it's been busy around here. after thanksgiving we decided to do a major scoop of the yellow room which would include painting. well, the scoop is done, the painting not started. when i peeked behind the YELLOW wallpaper and noticed patterned paper that appears to be one with the wall i knew it was not a quick fix. so we still have a yellow room, but it's a much tidier room with new furniture, so an improvement!
we had a lovely chrismukkah! patrick arrived on the 17th and sarah, david and siena on the 20th. poor siena's mouth was invaded by a whole mouthful of teeth all at once so she was an unhappy camper for a few days. she wasn't interested in eating or sleeping and didn't want to leave here mama's side for any length of time. she recovered except for a reluctance to sleep and became the sweet little girl we all know and love. she loved looking out at the snoooow, sometimes snoooow-k and even had some sled rides through the white stuff. quite an adventure for a little california girl! she really enjoyed the "ights" and other decorations at our house and around the neighborhood. the more spectacular the decor the louder the announcement.....IGHTS!! needless to say it was the best fun to have them here and to see her become familiar with our house as she stomped her way from room to room. we all held her and read and re-read many books which we thoroughly enjoyed and i think she did too! she sat in the little chair that belongs to a set i received as a wee little girl and thought that was great fun.
sarah, david and i took her to the library and it was obvious she was pretty familiar with libraries! she walked up and down aisles of shelves stopping to proclaim "book" or mulcahyea (monsters) from time to time. we moved into the special kids reading room and she really loved that. i think there is very little that she didn't love and of course we just loved her no matter what!

Labels: fun and love, patrick, sarah and david, siena