A boy, his dog and a bucket

I was just telling someone the other day how lucky we have been this winter.  Kaleb has been very healthy and has not had any of the "bugs" going around.  On the way home from church he said, "mom my stomach hurts", and then proceeded to fall asleep in the car.  I have a kid who only ever sleeps in his bed, and has not napped since he was 4, so I knew he was getting sick.  After we got home he laid around for a couple of hours looking pale and pathetic and then puked all over the place.  He said, "Oh, that's why my stomach hurt!"  
 My older dog, Sam prefers not to be too close to kids, but he's a big softy when someone is sick.  He stayed by his side for quite sometime.  It's been about 2 years since Kaleb had a stomach bug, but he quickly learned that having a puke bucket nearby was a smart thing to do!  It left just about as quickly as it came.  By the next morning he was feeling pretty decent.  Of course mom let him stay home from school, made him mashed potatoes, and let him play Wii.  All that puking ought to get you some sort of award, right??

Be my Valentine!

This was the first year at school Kaleb had to make a valentine's box at home.  We had a lot of fun creating a robot box for him.  It was a big hit at school!  A little spray paint and some odds and ends from Dad's tool box was all it took.  Who wouldn't want to be his valentine???

Pizza Pie

Pizza Pie

Another view of Pizza Pie!

Due to the amount of time I spend at work mixed with the lack of motivation I often experience, we still have a lot of "builder's white" in our house.  I have picked out colors for the house and really wanted to paint this wall with one of my accent colors, pizza pie.  I love it.   It will look nicer when I paint the surrounding walls with sandstone.  I might be a little slow, but I will get it done!