So, just when we're getting into our routine and Owen knows that Monday and Thursdays are swim team pick-up, we have a whole week of modified days and a random day off on Thursday. If we make it through the week with no tardies, I'm calling it a complete success!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Adventures in potty training
She's 'this' close to being fully potty trained. At home she's goes on her potty, and at pre-school she's even waking up from naps dry. We've just got to work on other places we spend a lot of time - like the pool... Yeah, you don't want to know.
Sunday, August 05, 2012
More progress!
We visited the new house for the millionth time today and went inside (instead of the usual drive by). Here's what it looked like in June:
And today:
Our street today:
There's been a ton of progress. We're so excited to see how fast the house is going up, but still amazed we can't move in until October. I am impatient and am ready to make our final move and unpack everything and be settled.
The kids would be fine if we never left the apartment because our new friends the Maginos live right next door. The Maginos and their kids Gary, Lukey and baby Troy have just made this in-between time so wonderful. They are just the kind of neighbors you dream of; the kind that bring over cookies to welcome you to the neighborhood and the kind where the kids can just shuttle back and forth as they please. They may be moving soon too, so you know i'm working on them to move close to us!
Back to the house...
Here's the backyard. It's not huge, but still so much more space than we had before. The builder calls these modest yards "Executive" yards - so funny. I wonder how many focus groups they needed to settle on that adjective. Still, we're looking forward to a lot of dining al fresco!
Here's the view from the kitchen looking toward the living room. The house has an open floor plan where the dining room, kitchen and living room is all one big space. This is great for me - I can keep an eye on what the kids are up to. And we have a fireplace! Can't wait for cosy nights by the fire.
Here's the opposite view, looking from the living room to the kitchen. The kitchen has a big island that will be right where that stack of boxes is.
There are more pictures in the flickr stream that include the kids rooms and bathrooms. I had a hard time getting whole rooms in the pictures, so here's a link the floor plans and a video tour of the model for our house. The outside will look a little different, and the inside will have white cabinets instead of brown, and we'll have a bit more IKEA furniture, but you'll get a better idea of the layout.
October 30 can't come soon enough, and then November when friends and family start coming to visit! Living the dream!
And today:
Our street today:
There's been a ton of progress. We're so excited to see how fast the house is going up, but still amazed we can't move in until October. I am impatient and am ready to make our final move and unpack everything and be settled.
The kids would be fine if we never left the apartment because our new friends the Maginos live right next door. The Maginos and their kids Gary, Lukey and baby Troy have just made this in-between time so wonderful. They are just the kind of neighbors you dream of; the kind that bring over cookies to welcome you to the neighborhood and the kind where the kids can just shuttle back and forth as they please. They may be moving soon too, so you know i'm working on them to move close to us!
Back to the house...
Here's the backyard. It's not huge, but still so much more space than we had before. The builder calls these modest yards "Executive" yards - so funny. I wonder how many focus groups they needed to settle on that adjective. Still, we're looking forward to a lot of dining al fresco!
Here's the view from the kitchen looking toward the living room. The house has an open floor plan where the dining room, kitchen and living room is all one big space. This is great for me - I can keep an eye on what the kids are up to. And we have a fireplace! Can't wait for cosy nights by the fire.
Here's the opposite view, looking from the living room to the kitchen. The kitchen has a big island that will be right where that stack of boxes is.
There are more pictures in the flickr stream that include the kids rooms and bathrooms. I had a hard time getting whole rooms in the pictures, so here's a link the floor plans and a video tour of the model for our house. The outside will look a little different, and the inside will have white cabinets instead of brown, and we'll have a bit more IKEA furniture, but you'll get a better idea of the layout.
October 30 can't come soon enough, and then November when friends and family start coming to visit! Living the dream!
Friday, August 03, 2012
Candid camera
When I'm trying to get something done, like dinner or go to the bathroom, I let the kids do stuff I wouldn't normally let them do. Yesterday, I said yes to the boys when they wanted to take pictures with my big camera. I'm so glad I did! Their little photo shoot cracks me up! Saving these for the wedding slide show ; ).
Owen with some cool tricks
So, here's what we were doing yesterday when we should have been on the way to school to drop Owen off. I am totally on the ball with his regular schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday he goes 11:50 - 3:10pm. Then on Wednesday he goes from 10:10 - 1:25pm for school-wide minimum days. Except on special days like yesterday (a Thursday) because of Back to School night when its 10:10-1:25 too. I totally spaced and forgot he had his minimum day schedule, but realized my error before it was a total wasted day. He ended up being about 30 minutes late. So, he's got his first tardy. I think this kills Eric a little bit on the inside. Owen's attendance record is forever blemished : ).
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Owen's turn
It's Owen's turn to make a Kindergarden share box. I swear we were just doing this with Andrew! (Mom was much more relaxed this time around.) Owen decided on a sports theme. I helped him wrap it, then he took off with decorating. He had a ton of fun gluing and sticking cool stuff to it. Another masterpiece I think!
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Olympic Fever
We've been watching a lot of Olympics around here. Eric has been excited that Andrew loves watching the swimming. Which has lead to impromptu swimming clinics on the living room floor. Yesterday Andrew even announced that Ryan Lochte was cooler than Justin Bieber! We caught some of the water polo over the weekend, and I think Sarah picked up a thing or too!
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