What have we been up to? Let me tell you...

WARNING: THIS COULD GET LONG

Most of our time has been spent in our basement. We are finally finished taping, mudding, and texturing. Now it's on to painting and putting in cabinets in the kitchen. It's fun to be doing things that actually make noticeable differences when we're finished. It makes the work more rewarding and it's easier to talk yourself into going down there and doing it.

We're also grateful for all of the help that we have been getting. It's good that Jasmine and the kids don't mind getting dirty because we can't seem to stay clean when we paint.
Even Michael got into the painting. We let all the kids help on the primer coat. They were so proud of themselves.

Michael has been having quite the month. He had another moment that proves once again that he is my son. I had to giggle when Levi called me in to witness this scene.

This small bag of candy has begun to cause quite the drama in Michael's life. He has been showing some interest in being potty trained, so we let him pick out a treat at the store that he could have every time he went to the bathroom in the toilet. He gets one for trying to go to the bathroom and two if he actually goes. When he starts running into the bathroom to try just to get the candy then he doesn't get any. This last rule led to the next picture.

Here is Michael sitting on his toilet for about half an hour. He was pretty determined to sit there until he had earned his candy. It wasn't happening, so we finally bribed him with a movie to give up for the night. Major props to Michael though for the effort.

Here is Liam during his bath. This is pretty typical of his facial expression during his whole bath every time I bathe him. He hates to have a bath. He screams like I am torturing him. It's totally opposite from Michael who loved to have baths.

And here is my sanity. Sometimes looking forward to this is all that gets me through our totally hectic, crazy and wonderful life. I hope you all are as lucky as we are.