We've had some pretty big happenings so far in 2015!
One of the biggest is our new bathroom!!! Nate has been working on this for months. With a little plumbing help from his friends, he did this all himself. He built it in the basement. We had to get a special "upflush" toilet so we wouldn't have a plumbing issue. I really think he enjoyed it even though it was a lot of work. I enjoyed my small part of painting and decorating! I've never lived in a house with more than one bathroom so this is pretty exciting stuff for me and I'm so thankful for it!
In the process we cleaned up and reorganized the basement. It was a little rough not having a basement for the first month or two of winter because the kids really need a place to kick and rough around in but now that it's done we're really enjoying the space. We're also enjoying the big screen and projector daddy set up down there for working out and movie nights!
I just had to take a picture of this. I had them all set up with their class lists and realized that they were both writing out their own Valentines cards, where did the time go that my babies could do this themselves?!?!
And in other BIG news, welcome Mittens!!! Aliyah has been obsessed with cats for as long as I can remember and all 3 of them have been begging for years. I was able to put it off with the basement construction (her litter box is down there), trip to Myrtle Beach and then weekend of company, but I ran out of excuses. We adopted 2 year old mittens at the end of January. She was in the Petsmart rescue program, has a little eye problem and the tip of her left ear is gone so must have had some trauma on her left side, but we put ointment on her eye when we have to and it was checked out and we know she can see out of it. I have to say, for not being a pet/cat person she's pretty much perfect. Aliyah would prefer she would be a little more cuddly with her, but she may still warm up to it (she really wants her to sleep in bed with her but she usually sleeps on a bed on top of our radiator heater in our room right under the window). She's very well behaved, loves to play and isn't on my lap ever! We all took to each other very well and the kids just are still in awe that they have their very own live cat!
Today Aliyah told me she was going to be fancy!
They had predicted more snow this winter than last, so far that hasn't been the case. We try to enjoy the snow we do get at least.
Kids had been excited to see this and Nate found a GC in his wallet, score!
