It is done

Done done done!

Yeah!

I can not believe how different it makes everything look.And we put this together in the living room on a rainy monday!

J. could not wait to cook on it. Requested burgers.

So even though it was freezing yesterday. We cooked out and ATE outside.

We never eat outside. The sun is just usually to intense on the back of the house. But the canopy takes care of that! But we did eat fast because of course said sun went away when we were sitting down, and it got rather chilly!

So as you tell by the number of photos (and these are only a few) we are excited abotu all the new. Now mind you - our old grill has been on it's last leg for two years now ( we cook out almost all year round) It has been rusted out, put back together by J., had no ignitor switch (I can now once again start the grill myself without fear of losing an eyebrow or two!), and had sounded like is was exploding every time you turned it off. So new is exciting! Thus we take photos of the food!

C took this one! Good no?

Makes you think that J is the one that cooks on the grill. Right? No.

C'est moi. He may check the meat now and again, but I grill.

Someday it will be hooked up straight to the natural gas from the house. That will be nice.

K and I got some alone time yesterday. She had to go for a retest for her biofeedback. It helps us determine which placements are fully trained and which ones still need work. Last test, did away with about half of her placements, so we are hoping for the same results this time. She is really making progress. School is slowly coming along. Also slowing getting past her anxieties, and some bad habits formed with school. I was amazed at how well she sat still for the test this time around. Such a difference from the fidgiting from before. The truth being though that K. hates the tests. They don't hurt, but the woman who does it is curt, and not at all gentle with the leads, and it requires sitting still and focusing on what she is doing for over an hour. But she understands that they are necessary for finishing biofeedback, and goes along. Then I treat her to staying out of school for the rest of the day. We go to lunch and yesterday we hit WalMart (woohoo how exciting- picked up some highlights for her, new shorts and a new book), etc. So as we are leaving WalMart, K - the *difficult* teen that she is sometimes , and really not as often as it seems when all I do is complain about those moments, and all the challenges and stress school provides all of us - she looks at me and says, "yeah mom, I hate those tests , but you know the best part? Getting to hang out with you"

*sigh* S'all good.

So then yesterday we colored her hair . After I talked her out of day-glo red, into a nice cinnamon red highlight. Turned out well actually. But man, that kid has A LOT of hair! So right now I am at the top of the mom rocks list. I am certain I will fall from grace shortly enough, but will enjoy it for now!