Merry Chistmas

These boys were so excited for Christmas. They did not want to go to sleep. 

Morning could not come soon enough. They wanted to make sure Santa brought them everything they asked for. 

Seth asked for a dart board.

Carter asked for a CARS water race, which he got. They also got other toys which they really enjoyed.

The boys had a great day. 

Tub Time

I had Keenan and Carter in the tub for a morning bath. Keenan had finished so I took him out, dried him off, and got him dressed. I then ran down stairs to put clothes in the washer. When I returned Keenan was back in the tub, clothes and all. 

Carter said that he fall in, but he was only wet from the waist down. He thought that it was great. 

Santa Came To Town

Chopper 5 came to town with Santa. The elementary schools bused there student to the school board office to see Chopper 5 and Santa.  

I took Carter and Keenan to see Chopper 5 as well. Keenan feel asleep on our way there and slept while we waited for Santa. Carter thought that it took to long. 

Seth stood on the front row with his class waiting for Santa to come. This whole week he was counting down the days for Santa to arrive. He was most excited to be able to ride the bus to and from the board office. 

They were about a half hour late arriving on the helicopter but it was worth the wait. 

They then were able to walk around the helicopter. 

Basement Work

Before Thanksgiving we finished the Family room in our basement. 

It was just a big room so we put up a wall to divide it nearly in half. The door on one end goes into our 4th bedroom that we will finish later.  The other door goes into our storage room.  We did lights, outlets and sheet rock. Then paint and carpet. It all came together quick and looks great. 

We put three layers of joint compound on the seams.  Working over head is tiring.

This is my homemade ceiling texturing tool called a Hawk.  You put it in a pile of joint compound and stamp it on the ceiling.

The stamping creates stalactites.  Then you knock them down with a trowel.  The best part of doing a knock down ceiling is that it completely hides all the joints.

After the ceiling was done it was time for sanding the walls.  Jennifer wanted a smooth finish, with no texture.  I sanded and felt with my hands to make sure the joints were just right.

I have a micro filter mask that I wear when I do really dirty work.

Jennifer helped with the painting.

Keenan got bored and fell asleep standing with his head on the stairs.

This is a picture from the boys bedroom into the hall.  We put sheet rock on both sides of the air duct and painted the air duct.  

We installed the carpet on Monday before Thanksgiving.  

It is very nice to have this area finished.  It was very dusty and dirty before.  It was no place for Keenan to play.  Now it will be a nice place for the boys to play and get their toys out of the front room.