House Renovations

 We decided to do some renovating in our house.  Are we fixing the drywall from the flood in November? Ah, no.  But we are working on the floors in the kitchen.  Ugh, we have wanted to do this for SO LONG. Three years I think? Pretty much since we moved in.  It was never first priority but we decided to make it so. Finally so here we go. 

 Our fridge and stove were in the living room, along with our kitchen table and our trash can for over a week.  It was lovely.  So eating at home was difficult. 

 The first day we decided to just go out to eat.  We went to Applebees so the kids could burn off some energy at the mall. 

 Charlotte loved her chicken quesadilla.  It was a big kids meal and she ate the whole thing! Her appetite is incredible.

 Tommy's appetite is the opposite.  He has always been such a good eater until he turned 4.  Now it's a battle every night. But he enjoyed his chicken a little. Mostly just the fries.  That kid could live on fries, fries and more fries.  He practically does. 

 Then we went to Red Mango for ice cream.  Yum!


On Tuesday, Tommy said he wanted Wendy's (his new fave place, too bad there's not one on 26). So we decided to head over to Toys R Us so the kids could burn off some energy (sensing a theme here?) and then headed to Wendy's.

 Charlotte picked out what she wanted... two of what she already has.  Two Charlotte-sized Minnie Mouses.  She. Adores. Minnie. 

Charlotte also liked the ride-on cars! Tommy was the only one that went home with a toy though (Second-child Problems).  He got a super cool stegosaurus.  

 The rest of the week we brought home food and ate it in the living room.  Blech.  But it worked!

 There was not a lot of room for "burning off energy" so it was a difficult week. 

 It wasn't done by the weekend so we still had to eat out on Saturday and Sunday.  Where did we go? Applebees again.  Ha! We were eating good in the neighborhood. Charlotte was excited!

Off the table, silly girl! 

So anyway, it was finished today.  HOORAY!!! It's awesome.  Ready for Renovation Pics? Here... We... Go....

 We love our tile guy.  He's so organized. 

 We chose a 12x24 inch tile.  Very cool looking. 

So went we bought the house in 2011, this is what the kitchen looked like.

 Then we painted and replaced appliance and cabinet handles...

OMG, look at that hanging lamp! I totally forgot about that! 

 

Then we re-did the backsplash and countertops...

 

And now... drumroll please... the finished project!

Hey Charlee Bean! 

 Hey Thornburg! Lookin' cool in your new kitch, dude!
So there's a couple more things we might do like replace the fluorescent light and the scalloped bar over the sink.  Annndddd..... maybe take out half that wall to the dining room.  We shall see.  But we are so very pleased with our reno.  Wowzers.  It makes such a difference!!

 Here's a different view.

Hi again, Andrew! 

Charlotte loves her new kitchen!

We loooooovvvveee our new floor.  What a beautiful update.  

So I wonder what we should work on next.... Hmmm.... ;-)