In an effort to make the front of the house look good, we cut some overgrown bushes, hung up some ferns, and did a little painting. Then I realized a bird had built a nest in one of the ferns. I didn’t want to water the babies or scare off the mom, so I just didn’t water the ferns. My mom wasn’t as cautious and simply watered the plant. While she was doing that, she also showed my kids the baby birds. They were in awe. (My plants were thankful.)
Month: May 2019
Knowing our days are numbered at this house, we took full advantage of the gorgeous weekend. We chose not to add any propane to the tank for the pool heater this year, but thankfully today the water was warm. (So even I got in the water.) The kids tried a tandem jump – my favorite to try and photograph. Alex created a new game of noodle baseball with the dive toys. Ben joined me on the big watermelon. I made the kids go back outside later in the day just to take our yearly matching holiday swimsuit picture. It was a perfect Memorial Day.
We embraced the holiday weekend with several dips in the pool and a sleepover on the third floor of the new house. It took a little figuring to get the the AC on the third floor just right. But the kids were content to play air hockey (thank you previous owners) while the top floor cooled down and then we all watched a movie and conked out!
Alex has always struggled with change. He does much better with routines and things that stay predictably the same. It took us quite a few moves to figure this out. Because we were moving locally and everyone was excited about the move, we didn’t expect any hiccups this time. We were wrong. We are already seeing some minor behaviors. One example – Alex got quite annoyed over a minor issue (in our eyes) and decided to run away. Unfortunately, it started pouring very shortly after he packed his bags and ran away to the backyard. I went outside and tried to convince him to come in but he can be quite stubborn. He sat out in the rain under his sleeping bag for a good 20 minutes before he agreed to come inside. (Wonder where he gets that stubbornness from?)
Kaitlyn’s last day of preschool was today. She met up with her friends at school and we took pictures and said good-bye to Busy Bee (at least until Ben).
Then we all met back up on the Common later in the afternoon for a graduation ceremony and picnic. Her preschool holds the cutest ceremony/party every spring for the graduates. We have been before but this is the first time we had a graduate. Kaitlyn got her diploma and then the kids all ran wild, danced with bubbles, and got ice cream at Cones on the Common. It was a pretty great afternoon.
My crazy kids were determined to go swimming today. The temperature did officially reach 80 but the water was no where near that warm. I agreed to be the responsible adult outside but told them I wasn’t going near the water or putting on a swimsuit. They had a blast anyway and I’m glad they are getting so much use out of the pool before we move!
Alex was determined to get Pepper in the pool and it took him quite a while to convince her. The weather didn’t cooperate and we ended up with rain, but he finally got her in the pool – for a second.
We’ve been in this house a year(ish) and only after we officially put the house on the market do we have a random tree fall (from the Land Trust – meaning from Public Property) onto our property in just the right way to damage the metal fence around the pool. The crazy thing is this happened not during a storm or during high winds. I just looked out the window and happened to see the tree on the fence. Now we have to scramble to find replacement fencing. Fun!