drum roll please

 

if you remember,this weekends goals were as follows-
1.  finish baseboards in the toy room.    [check]
2.  build the island half wall in the kitchen.   [check]
3.  mount the island cabinets to the half wall.   [check]
4.  lay the flooring in the dinning room.   [check]
5.  don't completely neglect the children.    [okay, about #5, there was a small incident involving levi, some antacids he thought were candy, & a quick call to poison control, otherwise,it was fine]

 

 
brian had this awesome idea, to make a sort of time capsule on the inside of the wall before he enclosed it.  the kids got to write their names, draw a picture, and pick a little toy that they were okay parting with.  we thought they understood they weren't going to get the toy back, but mia keeps tearing up saying that she misses her pony.  my goodness that child is emotional.  where does she get that from?

and what of my dear katrice while all this is going on?  she went about her business happily going from one of her favorite activities to the next:  playing solitary UNO, typing on the computer, doing her word search, coloring, & watching movies.  to make myself feel better i promised her that monday would bring a trip to the library and some dr. pepper.  

i don't want to post the after pictures until the kitchen is complete, about another 6 weeks.  and the beat goes on...