New Home–Day 101

Happy 14th Anniversary to us!!

And happy breaking-ground day!

We’ve had a lot of rain digging hasn’t begun.  However, the footprint has been staked and its easy to see where the house will sit

 

 The alcove for the fireplace and built in cabinets

 Bedroom bay window

 Along the West wall

 The back-yard – its actually substantially larger than our current yard.

 looking towards the front of the house.  Aaron’s standing in the back porch.

Still waiting for her princess room….

Its such a relief to have work accomplished on our house – to finally see things start to take shape.  This is a long journey but at least we’re kicking it off…

Pre-Kindergarten

Elayna started ‘real’ school this week!!  She’s in the pre-kindergarten program at the new Fireside Elementary school – just down the road from our house.

 

Wednesday morning was a meet-and-greet with the parents and teachers.  Elayna’s class is about 20 kids with a teacher and 2-aides.  She has an adorable little desk, cute circle-time area, and tons of new toys and classroom material.  She jumped right in meeting new friends!

Yesterday and today have been the first full days of school:  9am – 3pm every day.  They eat lunch in the cafeteria, have a rest time everyday, and study a variety of subjects.  They are busy and Elayna loves her new clothes and backpack!  Just like a big kid.

But public school means no more daily report card – no update of every activity.  She was sent home yesterday with a sticky-note and a smile…

[one aide is from the Philippines – go easy on her spelling…]

New Home–Day 86

It has been a while since we’ve visited our dirt.  We are starting to get anxious while no physical work is happening on the house but are told we should break ground this month…  Let’s be hopeful.

While our lot is still just a big pile of dirt, its interesting to compare the progress of the neighbor’s houses

Looking West:  Both houses on that side are almost complete.  They’ve installed their back wall (our side wall).

 

Looking East:  In May, they had staked out the home but ground wasn’t broken yet.  Today the exterior is framed and room is going on – nice!

  

So while there’s not a lot of progress on our house to record, we still had a great time swimming in the pool at the Community Center