I have to boast for a minute here. I'm so so proud of Peanut - she has been working incredibly hard and her hard work is paying off. At 4 years and 2 months, she is starting the 5 & 6 year old gymnastics class tomorrow and yesterday she got moved into the 5 to 7 year old swimming class which she held her own in.
Buggy is trying so hard to jump on his own and he has gotten so much closer. He occasionally does get both feet off of the ground at the same time, but it is pretty rare. It's cute watching him try, though!
In house news, things are progressing and hopefully we will close on our construction loan and break ground in the next week or two! Yippee! After closing on our first house on Jan. 5 of this year, we are ready to get construction on our new place. We are living with my parents while our house is being built, which is great and is going well, but we feel badly for taking over my parents house and bringing our chaos to their formerly quiet home.
So far the process has been:
Go through initial plans and figure out what plan we wanted to build off of
Sign a build agreement and work on changes we wanted to happen
List our house for sale
Finalize finish choices
Sell our house
Work on our initial change order - we just finished this step...moving on to the next couple
Finalize our initial change order
Give our final purchase price to the bank
Beyond that, I'm not sure how the process goes exactly...we have definitely been learning as we go through the process but it has been so much fun!
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Sunday, December 21, 2014
New House - Lighting Options
Bath Room:
http://www.shadesoflight.com/chic-sophisticate-crystal-torch-wall-sconce.html
Buggy's Room
http://www.shadesoflight.com/deck-stripe-shade_pendant-light.html
Peanut's Room
http://www.shadesoflight.com/round-crystal-chandelier-only.html
Dining Room
http://www.shadesoflight.com/rectangle-shade-and-glass-bubbles-island-chandelier.html
http://www.shadesoflight.com/chic-sophisticate-crystal-torch-wall-sconce.html
Buggy's Room
http://www.shadesoflight.com/deck-stripe-shade_pendant-light.html
Peanut's Room
http://www.shadesoflight.com/round-crystal-chandelier-only.html
Dining Room
http://www.shadesoflight.com/rectangle-shade-and-glass-bubbles-island-chandelier.html
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
It's the Busiest Time of Year!
Wow it has been a while since I've updated...things have been insanely crazy around here. I think this is the busiest our lives have been since getting married - which is definitely saying something.
Where to start? We signed paperwork with a builder signifying our intent to build a new house next year. Then we prepared our current house to get it on the market. We met with a real estate agent and listed our house for sale the next day...then sold it within a week. We had the inspection and the appraisal and those both went well, we just have to fix a window upstairs that we knew needed to be repaired (and we already fixed a valve on the sump pump which cost all of $11 and took maybe 10 minutes). In addition to going through all of the selling necessities, we have been making decisions for our soon to be new home - trying to finalize all of those plans before we remove contingencies on the build agreement at the beginning of the new year (just a few weeks away - crazy!). In addition to all of that, we are making plans for moving into my parents home for the 6 months it will take to build our new one - ahhhh!
Plus, my FIL has been having more health issues and scares, so that has taken some time, and hubby's grandma is having memory issues which are somewhat concerning, so that has required some attention. Not to mention that it's Christmas time on top of all of that, so I have been shopping like a madwoman. Additionally, my hubby turned 30 this month, so the kids and I have been trying to make that celebration feel special in the midst of chaos.
All of the regular happenings have of course been going on as well. Peanut has preschool twice a week and she just had her holiday concert/play - she was a sheep and she did awesome! She also has one dance class, one gymnastics class, and one swim lesson each week. Her gymnastics is going very well, the cartwheels and handstands have gotten so much better and for the first time today she was able to lift her head in the bridge - yay! Dance she still loves, although the class moves much more slowly than gymnastics or swimming and I'm getting frustrated that the video is not working so the parents haven't been able to see what is going on lately. In swimming, Peanut is doing very well - she has almost passed level 3 except that she needs to work on her side breathing (she has a lot of difficulty with this) and a couple of other items that she needs to improve upon - back glide, treading water.
I can't remember if I posted about this before, but Buggy started gymnastics lessons and absolutely loves them. He loves being with the kids, he gets very excited when we walk in the room, and he has zero fear about trying all of the things. He just doesn't hold on very well yet - ha! He has also been loving the water, although he isn't in classes right now because he isn't old enough to do the beginner independent swim lessons until he turns two. For now he just plays while big sister has her lesson.
Regarding the new house, here is the bedding set I am thinking of using in Peanut's room - it seems to fit her personality and I think she will like it :). I wish there was a store around here that we could check it out in person to see if I like it as much up close as I do online. I have a hard time finding bedding that I'm drawn to so I was pleasantly surprised to find this one. We'll see where we end up - we are supposed to be picking paint colors (among many other items) this week I think.
Mackenzie's Bedding
This is what I'm thinking for Buggy's room right now - we'll see if we end up going this way. I'd do either blue, green, or orange on the walls. I like the gray and white stripe comforter with the blue sheets.
Parker's Bedding
Where to start? We signed paperwork with a builder signifying our intent to build a new house next year. Then we prepared our current house to get it on the market. We met with a real estate agent and listed our house for sale the next day...then sold it within a week. We had the inspection and the appraisal and those both went well, we just have to fix a window upstairs that we knew needed to be repaired (and we already fixed a valve on the sump pump which cost all of $11 and took maybe 10 minutes). In addition to going through all of the selling necessities, we have been making decisions for our soon to be new home - trying to finalize all of those plans before we remove contingencies on the build agreement at the beginning of the new year (just a few weeks away - crazy!). In addition to all of that, we are making plans for moving into my parents home for the 6 months it will take to build our new one - ahhhh!
Plus, my FIL has been having more health issues and scares, so that has taken some time, and hubby's grandma is having memory issues which are somewhat concerning, so that has required some attention. Not to mention that it's Christmas time on top of all of that, so I have been shopping like a madwoman. Additionally, my hubby turned 30 this month, so the kids and I have been trying to make that celebration feel special in the midst of chaos.
All of the regular happenings have of course been going on as well. Peanut has preschool twice a week and she just had her holiday concert/play - she was a sheep and she did awesome! She also has one dance class, one gymnastics class, and one swim lesson each week. Her gymnastics is going very well, the cartwheels and handstands have gotten so much better and for the first time today she was able to lift her head in the bridge - yay! Dance she still loves, although the class moves much more slowly than gymnastics or swimming and I'm getting frustrated that the video is not working so the parents haven't been able to see what is going on lately. In swimming, Peanut is doing very well - she has almost passed level 3 except that she needs to work on her side breathing (she has a lot of difficulty with this) and a couple of other items that she needs to improve upon - back glide, treading water.
I can't remember if I posted about this before, but Buggy started gymnastics lessons and absolutely loves them. He loves being with the kids, he gets very excited when we walk in the room, and he has zero fear about trying all of the things. He just doesn't hold on very well yet - ha! He has also been loving the water, although he isn't in classes right now because he isn't old enough to do the beginner independent swim lessons until he turns two. For now he just plays while big sister has her lesson.
Regarding the new house, here is the bedding set I am thinking of using in Peanut's room - it seems to fit her personality and I think she will like it :). I wish there was a store around here that we could check it out in person to see if I like it as much up close as I do online. I have a hard time finding bedding that I'm drawn to so I was pleasantly surprised to find this one. We'll see where we end up - we are supposed to be picking paint colors (among many other items) this week I think.
Mackenzie's Bedding
This is what I'm thinking for Buggy's room right now - we'll see if we end up going this way. I'd do either blue, green, or orange on the walls. I like the gray and white stripe comforter with the blue sheets.
Parker's Bedding
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Parent Teacher Conferences + Buggy Starts Gymnastics
Peanut's first parent-teacher conferences were this week. As expected, she is doing well in school, her teacher is very fond of having her in class, and there are no concerns for her development. Bravo, Peanut!
Buggy had his first gymnastics class this week too (today, actually!). I wasn't sure how he would do with following directions and waiting his turn, but he did very well with just a couple of reminders. He did not throw any fits and really only decided to not participate the last few minutes of the class when he was completely exhausted from the rest of the 45 minute session. So proud of my baby :).
We are working on finishing up some fixes on our house still and the to-do list is getting shorter. Hopefully we will have the house on the market by next week. The original goal was this week, but there was just too much to do.
We are also making many decisions about the house we are building, which is fun and causing me anxiety all at the same time. I don't want to make poor choices!
Just a quick update tonight as I'm exhausted and heading to bed - Night!
Buggy had his first gymnastics class this week too (today, actually!). I wasn't sure how he would do with following directions and waiting his turn, but he did very well with just a couple of reminders. He did not throw any fits and really only decided to not participate the last few minutes of the class when he was completely exhausted from the rest of the 45 minute session. So proud of my baby :).
We are working on finishing up some fixes on our house still and the to-do list is getting shorter. Hopefully we will have the house on the market by next week. The original goal was this week, but there was just too much to do.
We are also making many decisions about the house we are building, which is fun and causing me anxiety all at the same time. I don't want to make poor choices!
Just a quick update tonight as I'm exhausted and heading to bed - Night!
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Busy, Busy!
This time of year is usually busy, but this year in particular is especially so! Hubby turns 30 next month, so I've been preparing surprises for 30 days of turning 30 that will start soon. Swimming just started back up again, so we've had that going on along with dance and gymnastics. Preschool just had a Halloween (Reformation) Party last week and Peanut's birthday was last week so that has been crazy too. On top of all that, we are preparing to build a house - yay! Things have been in the works for a while now, but we finally signed papers last night and are frantically trying to get our house in order to go on the market. Yikes! Hopefully things go well and everything is taken care of - I know it's not a great time of year to try and sell so we will have to see.
Peanut's handstands have been amazing lately, and her cartwheels and backward rolls are coming along nicely too. She had a few weeks off from swimming so we started slow last week, but I have no doubt that she will be a fish again soon, probably even tomorrow at her lesson. I'm still trying to figure out if I love our dance class or not, I'm unsure at this point. Maybe it will grow on me? I hope so.
Buggy is saying more words now, but not many. He says Hot regularly and is trying to sound out other words he hears, but he still communicates effectively even without speech. He'll get there, I'm sure. He is cute as can be but very stubborn about certain things! His personality is really coming through now. He is very sweet until he's mad and then he yells and throws and bites occasionally (although we've been working on that and it's gotten much better).
That's life right now! Loving every minute of the craziness!
Peanut's handstands have been amazing lately, and her cartwheels and backward rolls are coming along nicely too. She had a few weeks off from swimming so we started slow last week, but I have no doubt that she will be a fish again soon, probably even tomorrow at her lesson. I'm still trying to figure out if I love our dance class or not, I'm unsure at this point. Maybe it will grow on me? I hope so.
Buggy is saying more words now, but not many. He says Hot regularly and is trying to sound out other words he hears, but he still communicates effectively even without speech. He'll get there, I'm sure. He is cute as can be but very stubborn about certain things! His personality is really coming through now. He is very sweet until he's mad and then he yells and throws and bites occasionally (although we've been working on that and it's gotten much better).
That's life right now! Loving every minute of the craziness!
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Cute things kids say
As we left church this morning, Peanut asked me, "Did you shake the Lord's hand?". Buggy and I had left right after the service instead of staying and listening to the announcements because he was getting antsy and making too much noise, so we walked out before Peanut and Daddy. She was talking about the Pastor, but I thought it was pretty cute....I guess Pastor got a promotion today ;-)
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Conversations in the Car
Peanut was so insightful in the car this morning! Here are a few gems from our trip to school:
She saw an airplane flying overhead but it was up much higher than we usually see them flying over our house. It was so high you couldn't really make out the shape of it, just that there was something flying overhead and the jet stream behind it. She announced that she saw a rocket flying, and when I asked her if she thought it might be an airplane she responded with, "No, I don't think so, I don't see the wings. Airplanes have wings, but rockets don't."
We were then talking about where the "rocket" might be going, and Peanut said that maybe the rocket was heading to the moon, or maybe a planet. She said maybe Planet Earth, but that Earth was not a good planet. When I asked why, she said because there were bad guys on Earth (Daddy has been playing quite a bit of video games lately). She didn't realize that Earth is the planet we live on, so we talked about how there are some bad guys but there are many more good guys, and that the police officers take care of the bad guys.
I will have to keep trying to think of the other items she brought up. Unfortunately my memory is not great these days and I wasn't able to write down the stories right away. I'll keep trying to remember!
She saw an airplane flying overhead but it was up much higher than we usually see them flying over our house. It was so high you couldn't really make out the shape of it, just that there was something flying overhead and the jet stream behind it. She announced that she saw a rocket flying, and when I asked her if she thought it might be an airplane she responded with, "No, I don't think so, I don't see the wings. Airplanes have wings, but rockets don't."
We were then talking about where the "rocket" might be going, and Peanut said that maybe the rocket was heading to the moon, or maybe a planet. She said maybe Planet Earth, but that Earth was not a good planet. When I asked why, she said because there were bad guys on Earth (Daddy has been playing quite a bit of video games lately). She didn't realize that Earth is the planet we live on, so we talked about how there are some bad guys but there are many more good guys, and that the police officers take care of the bad guys.
I will have to keep trying to think of the other items she brought up. Unfortunately my memory is not great these days and I wasn't able to write down the stories right away. I'll keep trying to remember!
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