Wow - a milestone for the blog - post number 100!
It's been beyond normal chaos in our house of late. We've decided to finish off the last few items on our home improvement list in order to consider everything "done". Yes, we do know we're never really done and that there is always a new project.
We had a sump pump installed two weeks ago that has been working beautifully but left one very small area that needed to be addressed from when the driveway was re-done a few years ago and it affected the water flow. So the mason came back to dri-lock the basement. We asked the foreman about the odor and were told that it would dissipate by that afternoon. It's now 4 days later and we're finally moving back in. We're planning on doing a small renovation of the downstairs bathroom. You know, adding a floor again where the tiles were removed during the renovation and replacing the subfloor since there are literally drilled holes from when we had radiator/steam heat. Since we're pulling out the fixtures anyway we're replacing the vanity with a smaller version and putting in a new toilet. I think we're going to try to plan this one for when we actually want to be out of the house for the week :)
Seriously, my mom and dad were incredibly gracious hosts given that we showed up on their doorsteps with 2 adults, 4 kids, 1 neurotic dog and 1 incredibly lazy dog, not knowing when we could go back home. It was like sleep away camp for the girls with the bonus of us being right down the hall should they need us. Hopefully my parents will get some sleep tonight since they won't be overrun with our family.
The kids are all doing well. We took Erin and Sarah for their regular eye exams. Erin is still farsighted but not enough to need glasses so we'll just continue to have her tested yearly. Sarah's vision is the same but the crossing is getting worse even with the glasses so we've been instructed to patch her eye 2 hours a day when she's playing but not running around. In case you don't know, trying to patch a two year olds eye is like trying to bathe a cat. Not so much fun. However, we're hoping it works since the next step is surgery.
Sloane and Sarah have had another language explosion and the phrases that come out of their mouth astound us. And sometimes make us shake our heads. Sarah's new favorite "No, you go to time out Mommy". Sloane's "I no go to bed, I watch TV downstairs. Because that's why".
Cole has discovered toys and loves to play on his mat or in his exersaucer and talks animatedly to them. Have to wonder what he's saying?
Erin is doing well - she's beginning to write and doing a lot of pre-reading. One of her gifts was the tag reading system so we're hoping this will help her in her quest to learn to read (along with help from mom and dad).
Facebook addiction has kept us from updating the blog. Who knew all those people you left behind after high school are actually still out there - and they grew up too!
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