This morning we drove to Wells Maine to a homemade doughnut place. It was so mobbed though that we got our dozen to go and planned a picnic at the lighthouse. Needless to say, we were stuffed to the gills by that point with sugar and fat so this was just the fresh air break.
I like that he's old enough to sit with us at the dinner table now. Even if he's only having rice rusk and water. He was loving the sippy cup.
The kids got these tiny little seed kits in their easter baskets. We set them up one week ago today and look! Tomatoes!
Went for a little walk at this great new to us and only about 2 miles away park. Forts, playground, beach, bathrooms, and excellent science center (which we didn't fully check out but will during vacation week maybe on a rainy day - it was way too nice to be inside!).
The boy set up his homework desk at the rental today. Right next to Daddy's desk, which is a big hit for all involved.
It hit 85 here today. What a day to be across the street from a dog-friendly beach. She was a nut in the surf.
The house was officially sold today. Celebratory dinner at Petey's seafood. Onion rings!!!
I went and got some rice rusks today. I don't really do rice cereal but these are fun. They were a hit.
This afternoon I had some chocolate dairy queen and that was a *huge* hit. He was lunging for the cone. It was not neat.
The bubble wands are the big hit of the easter baskets. The baby *loved* watching his brother and sister play with them.
I'm finally back with a real non-phone internet connection, so I will be posting the pictures from the last week soon. I took them, just haven't uploaded and blogged them.
Crazy surfers at the beach. Yes, I was driving when I took this. But at least it's a crappy picture, so you can see I prioritized the safety. And no kids were in the car.
The kids school has this event (annual? perhaps twice a year) where they have stories in jammies, eat popcorn, it's lovely. And it always reassures me that my kids aren't the worst behaved ones out there.
By six months, all of my kids have loved the bath. This one is no exception. I had to take him out when it was getting cold - but he wasn't complaining.
The kids played outside almost all day and were at my sister in law's snacking and so at 8 pm, we had scrambled eggs. They had tons of fruits and starches so it shouldn't surprise me that all they wanted was protein.
Two weeks from today we have to be out of this place. This is the pile of stuff I semi sorted through today, all of my archi-materials.
Anyone want a t-square? Or three?
Today we finally got out and went to the park. The kids had a "tennis lesson". The quotes are because, well, they're kids.
I'm not feeling great, daddy's working late, and we're cleaning out the freezer. Tater tots and veggie burgers it is!
Cereal for momma, as there were only two servings left.
The final project at this house, hopefully. We have to install a radon mitigation system, which involves crawling around in dust and drilling a hole through brick, creating that red dust all over the husband. The kids crawled into the crawlspace and the big boy even accidentally touched a mummified mouse. I'm glad they have such a rich childhood.
We gave him a little bit of pears tonight. The kids have been dying to try him on real people food and at 5+ months I was okay with this. He was not impressed.
Taking a break from house related things for a shot of my baby boy. His hair is filling in and it's fairer than I expected. He's going to be his own little man I guess.
Did some house hunting today and found this one house that had an adorable workshop out in the acreage. No water to it but it's really sweet. It wasn't until I looked at the image that I realized it also looked horror movie-ish.
I just thought the lemons and the apples looked so pretty there. We are going to have fish so I got lemons, but then the husband had a dinner hour meeting so tomorrow it is.
We lost power for a few days. I've taken daily photos but I haven't appropriately uploaded them yet.
The kids are starting to outgrow the shared bath. Both in terms of this being a smaller sized tub, and in terms of the boy being seven and mixed gender bathing starting to be less appropriate. The thing is, they don't care or notice, but it's starting to get to the point where someone else might judge based upon. Maybe in the next house they will have their own baths or the big boy will take showers or whatever.
Yesterday we had the home inspection and it's looking more and more like we won't see April in this house. I can't let myself think about it or I will get weepy.
Crazy surf at the beach. Shortly after this, when we realized that water was coming up on to the road, we cut back inland to safety. ;o)
The house-hunting process begins with Barbie's cottage. This is the guest house of a property we looked at.
My daughter is 100% convinced that we aren't done and next I will get pregnant with a girl baby. And she drew the illustration!
Crazy ice sailboat racing at the beach. The ocean was at my back. It was amazing.
