Natalie's 5th Birthday Party Weekend

Natalie turned five on Saturday and had a blast at her princess themed gymnastics party! She and her friends wore themselves out jumping, running, bouncing, swinging, and climbing. She was excited to have her birthday, yet when asked how it was being five she reported, "It's hard work."

It sure wasn't hard work for her today when she got to play with her brand new toys! Five was "easy peasy lemon squeezy" as she often says. Mark is living in Barbie hell and says that Target threw up in our living room! Natalie, of course, is in Barbie wonderland and loving every minute of it.

Getting new toys inspired me to clean out and reorganize her playroom. We cleaned up her room and bit too, and then went to work on her bathroom. As we were cleaning out underneath her bathroom cabinet I noticed that a lot of the items were really wet. I took everything out and discovered the bottom of the cabinet had buckled in some places. Upon further inspection it looked like at some point it had created water spots on the living room ceiling close to the precious flat screen tv! Luckily the spots had dried, but it was still cause for alarm. After a call to the family fix it man, Daniel, Mark was advised to unclog the bathroom drain. We've got the cabinet door open to dry (and a curious cat trying to make it his bed.) Needless to say, it seems like this is the perfect time to redo this bathroom. We had discussed remodeling it at a future date, but it looks like the time has arrived to begin. So, if you're thinking about what would make the perfect Christmas gift for us, a Home Depot or Lowes gift card would help it be a joyous holiday season. We'll take that and world peace!

When it rains it pours! We think the water heater may be on its last legs too. Some days the water is so scalding hot you could get 3rd degree burns from it and some days it takes a while to heat. It's just not normal! We've got someone coming out to look at that tomorrow so we'll see if it's just a part that needs to be replaced or the entire thing. The excitement never stops!