It's nice to finally see the sun again! After a rainy and dark start to the week, we are finally getting some nice weather again. Hopefully that was the last of the cold weather. I probably shouldn't have just said that...
The developers of this neighborhood (KBH Builders) are starting to build on the two empty lots in our cul-de-sac. There are still seven remaining. Needless to say, there have been a lot of trucks down our street this week. On Monday, they cleared out the lots. The boys loved watching the trucks cut down the trees, another one pick up the lumber, and then it being put into the wood chipper (a big one, I must say!). There was an enormous pile of wood chips Monday night. Despite the misty rain, the boys and I ventured over there to climb the mountain. While the workers were on their lunch break, I was tempted to haul our Christmas tree over there and some of the logs in the back yard...I refrained.
On Tuesday, they finished clearing and leveled the lots out. Today they poured the footings. Dane and Abel have been waving to every truck that goes by, and have occasionally got honks! They have been watching from the window - but it was much nicer to be outside today!
Last night a tree fell on a house right across from the neighborhood. There was a tree service that came today to clean it up, so the boys and I sat and watched them for awhile. Our neighbor from across the street came down in his golf cart and watched for a little while too. We were having a great time until the Bobcat driver hit an overhead line and broke it. The F-bombs started flying and then it was time to go. Mr. Paul gave the boys a ride back up to the house in his golf cart....and they LOVED it. I think he started something.....
The boys are going to have a lot of stuff to watch in the next few months... and hopefully some kids to play with!! Word has it that one house has a buyer and the other one doesn't. Haven't met anyone yet, but we're hoping for a younger family, since we are the youngest ones down here! We can't complain though, everyone is very nice. Now we won't be the newest ones here....
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Easter
Nikki and I took the boys on the train from Battle Creek to Jackson last Thursday, and we stayed until Sunday. They had a great time, and everyone was well behaved....well, except for Abel. He realized he could run around, and was not going to sit down for anything! It was only a 50 minute ride, so we didn't have to fight him for long. Unfortunately, I left my camera at Nikki's house that day, so I don't have any pictures. Once I get them from her, I will post some.
Here is a picture of Dane with the Matchbox car from Nana and Poppy....do you think he liked it?
Abel is opening up his Easter basket from Nana and Poppy...with a chick in his pocket that they made the day before.
Dane tried for about a half an hour to blow up a balloon from an egg he found. I thought he was going to pass out! After he gave up, he wanted me to blow it up. It couldn't have been any wetter from all his spit!
Dane and Aunt Nikki after the egg hunt. He was very proud of what he found!
All the kids....Abel, Dane, Cameron, Avary, Maddox, and Maverick afer the hunt. I was surprised we got them to sit!
Abel with one of his eggs....he had to look inside each one before putting it in his bag...
He wasn't afraid to get down on the ground in order to get some! It was a very nice day out, but it had been raining a few days before. The ground was still quite muddy at my parent's house, so they had to wear their boots.
Here is Dane checking out what is in his egg. They all had Easter baskets, but after the "Easter Bunny" (aka Uncle Eric, Aunt Nikki, and Uncle Jason) hid all the eggs outside, we realized that there were too many eggs for their baskets. So, we opted for bags instead!
Abel says, "Farewell"......
Here is a picture of Dane with the Matchbox car from Nana and Poppy....do you think he liked it?
Abel is opening up his Easter basket from Nana and Poppy...with a chick in his pocket that they made the day before.
Dane tried for about a half an hour to blow up a balloon from an egg he found. I thought he was going to pass out! After he gave up, he wanted me to blow it up. It couldn't have been any wetter from all his spit!
Dane and Aunt Nikki after the egg hunt. He was very proud of what he found!
All the kids....Abel, Dane, Cameron, Avary, Maddox, and Maverick afer the hunt. I was surprised we got them to sit!
Abel with one of his eggs....he had to look inside each one before putting it in his bag...
He wasn't afraid to get down on the ground in order to get some! It was a very nice day out, but it had been raining a few days before. The ground was still quite muddy at my parent's house, so they had to wear their boots.
Here is Dane checking out what is in his egg. They all had Easter baskets, but after the "Easter Bunny" (aka Uncle Eric, Aunt Nikki, and Uncle Jason) hid all the eggs outside, we realized that there were too many eggs for their baskets. So, we opted for bags instead!
Abel says, "Farewell"......
Friday, April 3, 2009
Our week...
Not much has been happening around here lately...just waiting for spring. The boys and I get outside as much as we can when the weather allows - today it is rainy and gloomy.
Dane is still loving preschool, and is doing very well. He is writing his name (I'm trying to teach him how to hold a pencil the right way), and he recognizes most of his numbers and letters. We will be sending him to the same place next year, and the year after that, maybe kindergarten (WHAT????). Lately, when we are outside, he has been telling me that he wants his training wheels off his bike. He rides around on it so well that we may try to take them off and see what happens. I think he'll do great and catch on quick. If he's not ready, we'll just put them back on!
Abel will still be too young to go to school next year, so he will have another year home with me! I don't think he'll mind. Although, he usually tries to take his coat off when we drop Dane off. I think by the middle of next year, he'll really be wanting to stay. I had to take him for an xray of his tonsils and adenoids on Wednesda. When I took him for his two year appointment in January, the doctor noticed his tonsils were enlarged. We went to an ENT and he didn't seem as concerned about his tonsils, but focused more on his adenoids. He still had fluid in his ear from his last ear infection, so we will go back in 6 weeks and see if the fluid has cleared. If it hasn't, he will probably need tubes. We'll also see what he wants to do about his adenoids.
On Thursday, we had to have someone come out to look at our microwave - it wasn't heating anything up. He tested it, and there was some part that was bad, and he said it would take a week to get it in. We have already been without it for a week! I kind of feel spoiled complaining about it - do I think that no one survived before they were invented?? There are certainly other ways to heat things up (hello, Mr. Stove), but they aren't as convenient.
We bought a new bedroom set back in February, which we love, but it is not "right" yet. After they delivered it, I noticed that one of the dresser drawers was very hard to open (note to self: when having something delivered, check all drawers before they leave...). I called the store the next week, and they said that some screws had probably come loose during delivery, and that they would send someone out to fix it. I would've tried this myself, but we couldn't figure out how to get the drawer out! Besides, you could hear wood scraping on wood, so we thought it was more than that. The guy came out, and told us that something was warped inside, and he couldn't fix it. Well, he said if he had it in the store, he could take it apart and fix it, but he didn't think that was fair to us to pay for a new one that had to be ripped apart. They ordered us a new one, and we waited another 2 weeks.
They called me for delivery, which was last Friday from 1 - 4 pm. At 3:45pm, I got a call from the store saying that they wouldn't be out that day because they found something wrong with the new dresser. They knew in the morning that they wouldn't be out, but the failed to call me. Ugh. So, now we are waiting another 2 weeks for a new dresser (the salesperson informed me that this was the last one they were ordering for us, if this one is bad, he said maybe they could put the three together and make a good one. If he thinks I am paying what we did for a pieced together dresser, he's CRAZY). Anyway, at the end of our conversation, he said they have had issues with this company. WHY THE HECK ARE YOU STILL SELLING IT????? It only causes headaches for the store and the customer. We'll see what happens. I'm starting to wonder. It makes me glad that Eric got the 5 year warranty with it. We normally don't by those things, but they waived the sales tax if we bought it, and it was the same amount of money.
Eric almost has the shed built, which means we can clean out our garage! We are starting the think about landscaping, and putting in the grass. We may have someone come do the front and sides, and we will worry about he back. I think it would take a lot of Eric's time, of which he doesn't have a lot of right now. We have lots of projects that we want to do, but we'll just have to pick and choose what we want to do this year. It will be waiting for us next year too, so no rush!
Dane is still loving preschool, and is doing very well. He is writing his name (I'm trying to teach him how to hold a pencil the right way), and he recognizes most of his numbers and letters. We will be sending him to the same place next year, and the year after that, maybe kindergarten (WHAT????). Lately, when we are outside, he has been telling me that he wants his training wheels off his bike. He rides around on it so well that we may try to take them off and see what happens. I think he'll do great and catch on quick. If he's not ready, we'll just put them back on!
Abel will still be too young to go to school next year, so he will have another year home with me! I don't think he'll mind. Although, he usually tries to take his coat off when we drop Dane off. I think by the middle of next year, he'll really be wanting to stay. I had to take him for an xray of his tonsils and adenoids on Wednesda. When I took him for his two year appointment in January, the doctor noticed his tonsils were enlarged. We went to an ENT and he didn't seem as concerned about his tonsils, but focused more on his adenoids. He still had fluid in his ear from his last ear infection, so we will go back in 6 weeks and see if the fluid has cleared. If it hasn't, he will probably need tubes. We'll also see what he wants to do about his adenoids.
On Thursday, we had to have someone come out to look at our microwave - it wasn't heating anything up. He tested it, and there was some part that was bad, and he said it would take a week to get it in. We have already been without it for a week! I kind of feel spoiled complaining about it - do I think that no one survived before they were invented?? There are certainly other ways to heat things up (hello, Mr. Stove), but they aren't as convenient.
We bought a new bedroom set back in February, which we love, but it is not "right" yet. After they delivered it, I noticed that one of the dresser drawers was very hard to open (note to self: when having something delivered, check all drawers before they leave...). I called the store the next week, and they said that some screws had probably come loose during delivery, and that they would send someone out to fix it. I would've tried this myself, but we couldn't figure out how to get the drawer out! Besides, you could hear wood scraping on wood, so we thought it was more than that. The guy came out, and told us that something was warped inside, and he couldn't fix it. Well, he said if he had it in the store, he could take it apart and fix it, but he didn't think that was fair to us to pay for a new one that had to be ripped apart. They ordered us a new one, and we waited another 2 weeks.
They called me for delivery, which was last Friday from 1 - 4 pm. At 3:45pm, I got a call from the store saying that they wouldn't be out that day because they found something wrong with the new dresser. They knew in the morning that they wouldn't be out, but the failed to call me. Ugh. So, now we are waiting another 2 weeks for a new dresser (the salesperson informed me that this was the last one they were ordering for us, if this one is bad, he said maybe they could put the three together and make a good one. If he thinks I am paying what we did for a pieced together dresser, he's CRAZY). Anyway, at the end of our conversation, he said they have had issues with this company. WHY THE HECK ARE YOU STILL SELLING IT????? It only causes headaches for the store and the customer. We'll see what happens. I'm starting to wonder. It makes me glad that Eric got the 5 year warranty with it. We normally don't by those things, but they waived the sales tax if we bought it, and it was the same amount of money.
Eric almost has the shed built, which means we can clean out our garage! We are starting the think about landscaping, and putting in the grass. We may have someone come do the front and sides, and we will worry about he back. I think it would take a lot of Eric's time, of which he doesn't have a lot of right now. We have lots of projects that we want to do, but we'll just have to pick and choose what we want to do this year. It will be waiting for us next year too, so no rush!
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