Living Room Antics

2007 marks Kevin's 5 yr anniversary with McDonald's. One of the perks of working for this Fortune 500 company (aside from their generous 401(k) plan) is that you get a 'bonus' vacation week every 5yr milestone. That's in addition to the one week increase in vacation you automatically receive every five years. 5 years = 4 weeks vacation!!

Three of those weeks were spent traveling - a week in Conway, Arkansas to visit Great Grandma Glasscock & Uncle Ken; a week in Myrtle Beach for the annual Busardo family beach holiday, and a week in Philadelphia for the [once in a lifetime] opportunity to see the King Tut exhibit w/ Aunt Kitty & Grandma Busardo.

That leaves us one more week, which we've spent at home - remodeling the master bedroom. We've been wanting to finish this project for over year, but the twins' demands overtake any down time we may have. The plan - caulk & then high gloss the crown moulding, paint the walls (we picked a beautiful bleached denim), replace the lights, mount the curtain rod, and have the silk dupioni curtains hung. All within our seven day vacation period. With the help of Uncle Eddie & our friend Rosario, I think we may just get it all completed.

Since the master bedroom is off limits & the twins' room is now the staging area, we have all been misplaced from our normal sleeping quarters. The twins & mommy are on the first floor, while daddy is on the basement couch. John & Kathryn love this new arrangement because they have more freedom on the main level (no gates) and the master bed, currently in the living room, offers them many opportunities for jumping and wrestling. Please enjoy some pictures from Thursday night's 1 hr WWF session. Considering John has a sizable height & weight advantage (4 inches & 12 pounds, respectively), Kathryn was able to hold her own. She took down her brother a few times! Fun times all around.

Even though we aren't away on some exotic island (French Polynesia, preferably), we are on vacation and that means the normal limits we set for the twins have been lifted. They've indulged in less than healthy snacks, stayed up later than usual, and have watched way too much TV. Little do they know, but the honeymoon period will be ending as the clock strikes 12 tonight.

I promise to have some before & after pictures of Kevin's work on the master bedroom. I will end with a quick shout out to Uncle Eddie & Grandpa Busardo - Happy Birthday!