Santa??? I Know Him!!

We say good-bye to our first dumpster tomorrow, but the nice Home Depot dumpster people are bringing us another one!!! No worries! After two huge weekends of demolition, we decided not to load the minimal leftover space with plaster, so we filled the remaining space with old insulation and ceiling tiles. Keep your fingers crossed we're not too far over the 4 ton limit. In addition to moving Kade's entire apartment to the storage shed, we managed to tear out the master bath, the third bedroom and the living room, including the ceilings this weekend. Kade climbed the ladder with Elliot's sledgehammer (merci) and knocked out the ceilings. This process is soooo funny because when Kade rests on the ceiling beams, one boot and a lil bit of an ankle sticks out making it look like Santa is coming through the ceiling (Santa??? I know him!!). HUGE THANKS to Aaron and Jason for helping move Kade, knock out walls, tear out ceilings, and endure endless wheelbarrow trips to the dumpster and the wood pile!! And thanks to Cindy for delicious Domino's pick up on Friday night! We would not have gotten this far this weekend without them!!

If any of you are wondering why Santa only comes one night a year, its because Mrs. Claus spends the other 364 days of the year getting chimney soot washed our of his infamous red suit. Yesterday, Kade and I were covered in dirt and soot--I'm positive there is still soot in my hair after 4 washings. That stuff gets in your hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, under your fingernails, in your shoes, down your back... In a moment of weakness I made fun of Kade covered in soot and he informed me promptly that I wasn't exactly pretty. I think his exact words were, "Well, you should see yourself. You look like a coal miner's daughter." I had a VERY attractive soot ring around my ankles and when Kade took his shoes off, he looked like he was wearing black leggings--HOT. My camera batteries died yesterday afternoon so I apologize for not having any pictures of our loveliness.