Just a few pictures:

A couple of the bunnies right now and their visitors

And the Cat who has adopted us... he still lives outside.. but we feed him and he sleeps on our front ledge and occassionally darts inside and finds a nice spot to curl up. No manners.

Our backyard campout:


The best way for a 4yr old to paint:

We had a campout. At the campfire last night I came up with the idea of sleeping outside. Mike brought out the tent, and we all piled in with blankets and pillows. So we had our campfire, held our bunnies and slept outside. I read them a bed time book and it was lights out.

We woke up to the sound of birds and garbage trucks. But I leapt out of bed when Caleb cried "the rabbits are out"! One of the doors didn't get all the way latched last night in the dark... and 5 bunnies had jumped out of the hutch and tried to explore. We discovered 2 behind the couch (the backdoor had been left open to the house), 2 under the wagon next to the house, and the last (after looked for another 15-20 minutes) Tigger lead us to him ... he was behind the stack of firewood next to the house. So they were all rustled up this morning and put back because I'm sure they missed their water and mom-food. All safe and calming down now, and it's only 9 AM.

Still more painting today. Ran out of paint yesterday so today I have higher hopes. Unfortunately, once all the red is done.... I have all the ceiling to paint WHITE... sigh. But then REALLY, I'm done. oh, except the new moulding will have to be painted before being installed. And the rest of the kitchen subflooring will have to be ripped up so that the hardwood can get laid down on Saturday... and the last edges will have to get glued down since the pnuematic nailer won't reach those areas.... AND THEN, we have new lighting to install. It's alot. I'll be relieved when I no longer live in a construction zone, then I can actually have friends over who have smaller children.

So a little update post "flooring weekend"...

We have 95% of the Living-Dining room completed. The area by the stairs, closet and all of the kitchen are what we have to work on next. Mike and I have a system... I measure and install/place the flooring, Mike cuts with the saws and runs power nailer gun. It's working out prettty good. And here is a mid-project picture of the room... and the boys. They have been mostly good while we work on this big project. They are so eager to help, despite there bing only a limited number of things that they actually can help with. But the bouncy house in the yard and the bunny rabbits for holding have been excellent distractions for them. It is just a blessing that things have worked out the way that they have.

And due to requests, despite still being in "mid-project" condition (so a little grace please as we are "project jugglers" right now) here is the kitchen in red (still needing 2 coats of paint, white cabinets, and new granite).

And of course, bunny bonding moments (including bunny holding at a playdate this last week):

So that's it for now. Have a good week.