Finally

The jolly green bathroom has been updated. We spent 2 weekends working on it. I did the painting and Ryan did the plumbing, lighting, and all the little touch-ups like adding a chair rail. I am no longer embarrassed to have guests use the bathroom. Maybe I'll even start offering them drinks now.

We are still in the process of re-modeling one of our other bathrooms so you know what we will be doing this weekend.

A Day Off

Liza had a fever yesterday so I took a much needed day off to stay home with her. She still wakes up happy as a clam. Today is her lucky day because she has free reign over Isabel's toys, at least until school is out.

Some funny stories from work:

My co-teacher was trying to explain the meaning of the word "literal" to her kids. Her kids hear us describe our students with autism as being very literal. So my co-worker is trying all kinds of ways to explain and finally says its when something is black and white. Her 1st grade daughter says, "oh I get it mom. Its like my friend Hannah. She's both black and white. She's brown so she's literal."

I have a student who is obseessed with fashion. He was sharing his observations on skinny jeans, mainly that more girls than boys wear them. His hypothesis: Boys don't wear them as much because they are tight and might hurt your cuticles.

Ha Ha

Love is....

Peek-a-boo on a Saturday morning.



looking out for each other.



spending time with old friends.



visiting family.



playing with my sister.

Merry Christmas

This post is just a little late. We had a wonderful Christmas. My parents came to visit and Almas was over for dinner. Its hard to believe its been a month since Christmas. We are busy remodeling two of our bathrooms. Hopefully I can post before and after shots soon. As for work.....I have entered the dreaded ARD season. Every special ed. teacher knows what that means. Lots and lots of paperwork and meetings.