kitchen......

so....even though the bathroom has been utter chaos... i am actually going to create a sign that labels this bathroom as one of the levels of hell...or perhaps that is to kind maybe purgatory?
dennis and frank have taken care of us
they put a toilet in the basement for us!!! yipppppeeee!! no more nature toilet for us
and they put up drywall in the kitchen, wired it, hooked up the gas line and we are still rocking and rolling
sadie and silas find all of this lots of fun...really they just like to feed dennis and frank chocolate and talk to them non-stop about dolls, cars, the dog.....you name it
anyway here are only a few shots of the kitchen because it is late and i am getting tired

yes the bathroom again!!!

so you can see the plumbing....and you can see the new frame for the kitchen...but there was a leak a very very very bad leak
bad floor means bad leak
and the one thing aaron and i have learned in the last 6 yrs living in this house is NEVER NEVER ask why the previous owners did this or that b/c in reality it really is why didn't they do something
i mean they did tile the bathroom floor but in wall tile and they did tile it over the original floor that had been there since 1914 and they never did fix the leak
so i won't rant about all this b/c as you see from the photos
we have a wonderful, level, secure bathroom floor!
wonderful!
let me say this again dennis and frank have nursed this house back to a safe living condition
i have so many stories about this bathroom...but the ceiling did fall into the kitchen
so that is one of the many reasons we have had a delay on the kitchen but really a beautiful bathroom

where have we been??

we are still here playing and imagining!
this has been a tough tough week.....in so many many ways
but i will leave a lot of my story telling about the house for the next post
this post is all about the babies
sadie is getting bigger everyday with new thoughts and stories that are amazing to hear
tonight when aaron was combing his beard she said "daddy are you brushing your fur?"
bubby hates HATES short sleeved shirts and will not do anything with out a coat, or sweater...so this will be an interesting summer...since he has gone on at least an hour long screaming protest of the short sleeved shirt
right now we are talking lots and lots about sadie's b-day
she wants to invite everyone! which would mean like 50 kids?!?
we are going to try and keep this event real or as real as we can to perhaps 15 kids from the neighborhood
aaron and bumpa have taking up extreme grilling....so when there is a lightening storm come on over we will be having freshly grilled hot dogs and burgers
(and yes aaron the food was so well worth you risking your life for, but one does extreme things on week 3 without a kitchen)
we have taken to lots of puddle jumping and splashing (otherwise known as the hippie shower and this is what happens when you don't have a bathroom)
but we are surviving...very tired and sometimes very cranky and fussy but things are looking good and things are almost done if not done!
until later stayed tuned to hear about our cardboard toilet and dishwasher houses, hippie showers and days at the beach