PTO ie. Flex day

Since I essentially didn't have a summer, I have a lot of remaining PTOs (personal time off days). If you don't use them, you lose them so I am using them. I took the morning off yesterday to volunteer in Emily's class and I took today off to hang with the little man.

After dropping Emily off at school, Liam and I headed to Cross Iron Mills. I wanted to check out Revolve Kids for some bedroom furniture. No luck. Although Liam did see a red leather chaise lounge for kids that he loved. He thought Emily would like it, too. Then we headed for Toys R Us. The place is huge and I got lots of ideas for Christmas. I'll have to go back on my own as my goal is to be finished Christmas shopping by the 2nd week of December.

Emily has a spelling review each Friday so this week's deal was if she gets 100% she can get a Japanese fighting fish (since a dog is out of the question). She spelled all of her words correctly so after picking her up, we headed to Market Mall to get the fish. Of course Liam also had to get one. They named them Jeffrey and Beffrey.

Our mattress was delivered today so tonight is the first night we'll sleep in our room. And the dishwasher was hooked up (we've been hand washing for two months). It was a good day for house stuff. Driving home was another story. It snowed today and took us about hour to get home from Market Mall - usually a 15 minute drive. It's a perfect night to park in the garage, light a fire and enjoy a glass of red wine.

One for the future wedding

Liam is into costumes and dressing up these days. This is him wearing his sister's poncho and one of my scarves. Todd is proud of his boy.

House

Here is a better picture of the lights over the island.

The garage doors were also put in on Sunday. We'll probably paint them in the spring. The white is a bit too...white. It's great to park in it and not have to worry about frost or snow (eventually).