A Night to Remember

Last night was a night to remember!  To start with, the 3 of us kids went to bed with part of the bath room floor torn out.  We are doing some remodeling, you could say.  We are taking up the old worn out stuff and are going to replace it with some new stuff- probably stained concrete.  Anyway, the best way to explain what I heard while I was in bed is like this... it was like the movie Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, when the dad was in the shed working on the car.  You know, the kids would sit up in bed and listen to their dad banging and hammering.  Yep- that's just what it sounded like in our house last night.  Well, though we should have been asleep, we could not get there, so we snuck to the stairs every so often.  And before long we were down stairs, almost surprised at what we saw.  Not only was part of the bath room floor out, part of the kitchen floor was missing!  I couldn't contain my excitement.  Now, why was it a night to remember?  Well, Dad and Mom, who were doing the taking-out of the flooring, told us to get down and help.  We were already up, so why not help tear up the floor?  We got down and started pulling up the flooring.  And to make it more fun, we listened to Christmas music as we worked.  There was linoleum on top and now we are at a layer of stuff that's not fun to get up.  Thankfully, Dad got a tool that will get that stuff up quicker.  Under that we have concrete.  The project was a fun one.  But that still wasn't the best part!  As we worked, time got away... it was getting close to 12 AM.  Dad let us work until ten till 12 and that's when we quit.  So, that's why it was a night to remember.  Not everyone gets to work late into the night as a family.  I really enjoy the family time we get to spend together.  I wish a lot more people would have a family that cared enough to eat as a family at a family dining table.  Thank you, Daddy and Mom, for spending family time with your 3 kids.   Even if it's work that we may dislike doing, I know that when I look back, I always have to say that it was fun.  Love you, Daddy and Mom!  : )