Operation House Restoration...OVER! {InstaFriday}

After three long, grueling, testing of every ounce of patience in my DNA months, all of our house restorations are over! Our tile shower is now properly installed and we were even able to get a little creative with the flooring this time around.



The final touch was putting our kitchen ceiling back in.

I kept expecting men in white suits, breathing heavily, to come trekking through my doors looking for an alien in my bathtub.



Girls Night Out.

Need I say more really?

I will add one disclaimer here: the dark blob on my ankle in this picture is not a tattoo. I do in fact have a tee tiny tattoo on that ankle, but trust me you would need a magnifying glass to see it here. I have no idea what this is.



Last week I declared one whole day be "unplugged"...copious amounts of whining and groaning ensued.

But shortly thereafter, I stumbled upon this in my living room.

All 3 of my kiddos...including the teenager...engaged in a game of Monopoly. Star Wars Monopoly.



They were having such a good time that Nick just had to get in on the fun.

After seeing this I was halfway tempted to put the t.v. on the street. Along with cell phones, iPads, and iPods.

But I remembered that hockey season is just around the corner and I decided I kinda like being married.



While dad was out of town, we had a Redbox movie night and watched Mulan.

My favorite Disney "princess" movie by far.

I have never been a fan of the fru-fru princess movies.

Never.

Give me a gutsy tomboy defending her country and her family's honor any day.

My Aidan was inspired that's for sure. He went upstairs and came back down sporting a warrior garb made of belts.



We found this on our screened in porch last week.

The kids ran to fetch the magnifying glass faster than I could say "homeschool momma's dream."



Speaking of homeschool, we are stocking the bookshelves and gearing up for year 5 here at McManus Academy.



I lost our homeschool room this year to the teenager, so I've decided to move it all downstairs to our reading area in our Living Room. I was inspired by Jamie who also has her schoolroom in her living room. Except she doesn't have her kitchen ceiling fan laying in hers.

It's more practical. Half of it ended up down here by days end anyway. Now I just need to find the perfect table on Craigslist.



OOPS?!?!?!

Oh no Mr. Quaker...you finally got it right!








"My every mortal breath, is Grace and nothing less"